# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百十七条 (Article 217) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第二百十七条 (Article 217)（株券不所持の申出） — address `art-217` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百十七条（株券不所持の申出） — (Offer Not to Possess Share Certificates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-217 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217 **第一項** 株券発行会社の株主は、当該株券発行会社に対し、当該株主の有する株式に係る株券の所持を希望しない旨を申し出ることができる。 art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-1 Shareholders of a share certificate-issuing company may make an offer to relevant share certificate-issuing company to the effect that they do not wish to hold share certificates representing the shares that they hold. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による申出は、その申出に係る株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）を明らかにしてしなければならない。この場合において、当該株式に係る株券が発行されているときは、当該株主は、当該株券を株券発行会社に提出しなければならない。 art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-2 The offer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made by disclosing the number of shares relating to the offer (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of shares and the number of shares for each class). In these cases, if share certificates representing those shares have been issued, relevant shareholders must submit relevant share certificates to the share certificate-issuing company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による申出を受けた株券発行会社は、遅滞なく、前項前段の株式に係る株券を発行しない旨を株主名簿に記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-217/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-3 A share certificate-issuing company that has received an offer under the provisions of paragraph (1) must enter or record in the shareholder register, without delay, a statement that it will not issue share certificates representing the shares referred to in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 株券発行会社は、前項の規定による記載又は記録をしたときは、第二項前段の株式に係る株券を発行することができない。 art-217/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-4 If a share certificate-issuing company has stated or recorded the statement pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it may not issue share certificates representing the shares referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二項後段の規定により提出された株券は、第三項の規定による記載又は記録をした時において、無効となる。 art-217/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-5 Share certificates submitted pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2) become ineffective when a statement is stated or recorded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項の規定による申出をした株主は、いつでも、株券発行会社に対し、第二項前段の株式に係る株券を発行することを請求することができる。この場合において、第二項後段の規定により提出された株券があるときは、株券の発行に要する費用は、当該株主の負担とする。 art-217/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-6 A shareholder who has made an offer pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may at any time demand that the share certificate-issuing company issue share certificates for the shares referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (2). In these cases, if there are any share certificates that have been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (2), the cost for the issuing of the share certificates is borne by relevant shareholder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-217/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第一項 (Article 217, paragraph (1)), art-217/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-1 - art-217/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第一項 (Article 217, paragraph (1)), art-217/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-1 - art-217/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第二項 (Article 217, paragraph (2)), art-217/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-2 - art-217/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第三項 (Article 217, paragraph (3)), art-217/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-3 - art-217/par-4: 第二項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第二項 (Article 217, paragraph (2)), art-217/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-2 - art-217/par-5: 第二項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第二項 (Article 217, paragraph (2)), art-217/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-2 - art-217/par-5: 第三項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第三項 (Article 217, paragraph (3)), art-217/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-3 - art-217/par-6: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第一項 (Article 217, paragraph (1)), art-217/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-1 - art-217/par-6: 第二項 → 会社法 第二百十七条第二項 (Article 217, paragraph (2)), art-217/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百十七条第二項（株券不所持の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-2 - 会社法 第二百十七条第三項（株券不所持の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-3 - 会社法 第二百十七条第四項（株券不所持の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-4 - 会社法 第二百十七条第五項（株券不所持の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-5 - 会社法 第二百十七条第六項（株券不所持の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-217/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-217/par-6 --- ## 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17