# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百二十条 (Article 220) - 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: 第二百二十条 (Article 220)（株券の提出をすることができない場合） — address `art-220` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十条（株券の提出をすることができない場合） — (Cases Where Share Certificates Cannot Be Submitted) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220 **第一項** 前条第一項各号に掲げる行為をした場合において、株券を提出することができない者があるときは、株券発行会社は、その者の請求により、利害関係人に対し異議があれば一定の期間内にこれを述べることができる旨を公告することができる。ただし、当該期間は、三箇月を下ることができない。 art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220/par-1 If the acts set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are carried out, and a person cannot submit share certificates, the share certificate-issuing company may, at the request of that person, give public notice to interested parties to the effect that they can state their objections, if any, during a certain period of time; provided, however, that the period cannot be less than three months. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株券発行会社が前項の規定による公告をした場合において、同項の期間内に利害関係人が異議を述べなかったときは、前条第二項各号に定める者は、前項の請求をした者に対し、同条第二項の金銭等を交付することができる。 art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220/par-2 If a share certificate-issuing company makes public notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if no interested party states an objection during the period of time under that paragraph, the person specified in each of those items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article may deliver monies, etc. under paragraph (2) of the same Article to the person who made the request under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による公告の費用は、同項の請求をした者の負担とする。 art-220/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220/par-3 The costs of the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (1) are borne by the person who makes the request under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-220/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第二百十九条第一項 (Article 219, paragraph (1)), art-219/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-1 - art-220/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百二十条第一項 (Article 220, paragraph (1)), art-220/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220/par-1 - art-220/par-2: 前条第二項 → 会社法 第二百十九条第二項 (Article 219, paragraph (2)), art-219/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-219/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-2 - art-220/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百二十条第一項 (Article 220, paragraph (1)), art-220/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百二十条第二項（株券の提出をすることができない場合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220/par-2 - 会社法 第二百二十条第三項（株券の提出をすることができない場合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-220/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220/par-3 - 会社法 第二百二十九条第一項（異議催告手続との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-229/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-229/par-1 - 会社法 第二百二十九条第二項（異議催告手続との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-229/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-229/par-2 - 会社法 第二百九十三条第五項（新株予約権証券の提出に関する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-293/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-5 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十四条第一項（株券等の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-144/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十四条第二項（株券等の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-144/par-2 --- ## 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