# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百九条 (Article 209) - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二百九条 (Article 209)（株主となる時期等） — address `art-209` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百九条（株主となる時期等） — (Timing of Shareholder Status) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-209 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209 **第一項** 募集株式の引受人は、次の各号に掲げる場合には、当該各号に定める日に、出資の履行をした募集株式の株主となる。 art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-1 In the cases set forth in the following items, a subscriber for shares for subscription becomes the shareholder of the shares for subscription for which the subscriber effects the performance of contribution on the day prescribed in each of these items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第百九十九条第一項第四号の期日を定めた場合　当該期日 art-209/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-1/item-1 if a date under Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv) is prescribed:relevant date; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第百九十九条第一項第四号の期間を定めた場合　出資の履行をした日 art-209/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-1/item-2 if a period under Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv) is prescribed:the day on which the performance of contribution is effected. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 募集株式の引受人は、第二百十三条の二第一項各号に掲げる場合には、当該各号に定める支払若しくは給付又は第二百十三条の三第一項の規定による支払がされた後でなければ、出資の履行を仮装した募集株式について、株主の権利を行使することができない。 art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-2 In the cases set forth in the items of Article 213-2, paragraph (1), a subscriber of shares for subscription may not exercise the rights of shareholders with respect to shares for subscription for which the performance of contribution is falsified, only after the payment prescribed in those items or the payment pursuant to the provisions of Article 213-3, paragraph (1) is made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の募集株式を譲り受けた者は、当該募集株式についての株主の権利を行使することができる。ただし、その者に悪意又は重大な過失があるときは、この限りでない。 art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-3 A person who accepts transfer of shares for subscription as referred to in the preceding paragraph may exercise the right of shareholders with respect to the shares for subscription; provided, however, that this does not apply when the person has acted in bad faith or with gross negligence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定にかかわらず、第二百二条の二第一項後段の規定による同項各号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、募集株式の引受人は、割当日に、その引き受けた募集株式の株主となる。 art-209/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if there are provisions with respect to the matters set forth in each item of Article 202-2, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of that paragraph, a subscriber for shares for subscription becomes the shareholder of the shares for subscription that the subscriber subscribed to on the day of allotment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-209/par-1/item-1: 第百九十九条第一項第四号 → 会社法 第百九十九条第一項第四号 (Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-199/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-199/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-199/par-1/item-4 - art-209/par-1/item-2: 第百九十九条第一項第四号 → 会社法 第百九十九条第一項第四号 (Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-199/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-199/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-199/par-1/item-4 - art-209/par-2: 第二百十三条の二第一項 → 会社法 第二百十三条の二第一項 (Article 213-2, paragraph (1)), art-213-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-213-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-2/par-1 - art-209/par-2: 第二百十三条の三第一項 → 会社法 第二百十三条の三第一項 (Article 213-3, paragraph (1)), art-213-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-213-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-3/par-1 - art-209/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第二百九条第二項 (Article 209, paragraph (2)), art-209/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-2 - art-209/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百九条第一項 (Article 209, paragraph (1)), art-209/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-1 - art-209/par-4: 第二百二条の二第一項 → 会社法 第二百二条の二第一項 (Article 202-2, paragraph (1)), art-202-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-202-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-202-2/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百九条第三項（株主となる時期等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-3 - 会社法 第二百九条第四項（株主となる時期等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-209/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-4 - 会社法 第二百十一条第二項（引受けの無効又は取消しの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-211/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-211/par-2 - 会社法 第二百十二条第一項第二号（不公正な払込金額で株式を引き受けた者等の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-212/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-212/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 附則第十二条第一項（募集株式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4261-90/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4261-90/art-12/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百一条の十六第三項（金銭以外の財産の出資等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-101-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-101-16/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17