# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百二十四条 (Article 224) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-224. 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: 第二百二十四条 (Article 224)（名義人等に対する通知） — address `art-224` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-224 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-224 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百二十四条（名義人等に対する通知） — (Notices to Registered Holders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-224 **第一項** 株券発行会社が前条の規定による請求に応じて株券喪失登録をした場合において、当該請求に係る株券を喪失した者として株券喪失登録簿に記載され、又は記録された者（以下この款において「株券喪失登録者」という。）が当該株券に係る株式の名義人でないときは、株券発行会社は、遅滞なく、当該名義人に対し、当該株券について株券喪失登録をした旨並びに第二百二十一条第一号、第二号及び第四号に掲げる事項を通知しなければならない。 art-224/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-224/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-224/par-1 If a share certificate-issuing company has effected the registration of lost share certificate in response to a request under the provisions of the preceding Article, if the person entered or recorded in the lost share certificates register as the person that lost the share certificates relating to relevant request (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as "registrant of lost share certificate") is not the registered holder of the shares represented by relevant share certificates, the share certificate-issuing company must, without delay, notify relevant registered holder to the effect that the share certificate-issuing company has effected the registration of lost share certificates for relevant share certificates, and of the matters set forth in Article 221, items (i), (ii) and (iv). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式についての権利を行使するために株券が株券発行会社に提出された場合において、当該株券について株券喪失登録がされているときは、株券発行会社は、遅滞なく、当該株券を提出した者に対し、当該株券について株券喪失登録がされている旨を通知しなければならない。 art-224/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-224/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-224/par-2 If share certificates have been submitted to the share certificate-issuing company in order to exercise rights with respect to the shares, if the registration of lost share certificate has been effected for relevant share certificates, the share certificate-issuing company must, without delay, notify the person who submitted relevant share certificates to the effect that the registration of lost share certificate has been effected for relevant share certificates. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-224/par-1: 前条 → 会社法 第二百二十三条 (Article 223), art-223 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-223 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-223 - art-224/par-1: 第二百二十一条第一号 → 会社法 第二百二十一条第一項第一号 (Article 221, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-221/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-221/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-221/par-1/item-1 - art-224/par-1: 第二号 → 会社法 第二百二十一条第一項第二号 (Article 221, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-221/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-221/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-221/par-1/item-2 - art-224/par-1: 第四号 → 会社法 第二百二十一条第一項第四号 (Article 221, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-221/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-221/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-221/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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