# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百二十五条 (Article 225) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225. 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: 第二百二十五条 (Article 225)（株券を所持する者による抹消の申請） — address `art-225` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十五条（株券を所持する者による抹消の申請） — (Filing of Application to Cancel by Holders of Share Certificate) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225 **第一項** 株券喪失登録がされた株券を所持する者（その株券についての株券喪失登録者を除く。）は、法務省令で定めるところにより、株券発行会社に対し、当該株券喪失登録の抹消を申請することができる。ただし、株券喪失登録日の翌日から起算して一年を経過したときは、この限りでない。 art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-1 A person who holds share certificates subject to the registration of lost share certificate (excluding the registrant of lost share certificate for relevant share certificates) may file an application with the share certificate-issuing company for the cancellation of relevant registration of lost share certificate, as prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order; provided, however, that this does not apply if one year has elapsed from the day immediately following the day of registration of the loss of share certificate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による申請をしようとする者は、株券発行会社に対し、同項の株券を提出しなければならない。 art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-2 A person who intends to make an application under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must submit the share certificates referred to in that paragraph 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請を受けた株券発行会社は、遅滞なく、同項の株券喪失登録者に対し、同項の規定による申請をした者の氏名又は名称及び住所並びに同項の株券の番号を通知しなければならない。 art-225/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-3 A share certificate-issuing company that has received an application under the provisions of paragraph (1) must, without delay, notify the registrant of lost share certificate referred to in that paragraph of the name and address of the person who made the application under the provisions of that paragraph, and of the serial numbers of the share certificates referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 株券発行会社は、前項の規定による通知の日から二週間を経過した日に、第二項の規定により提出された株券に係る株券喪失登録を抹消しなければならない。この場合においては、株券発行会社は、当該株券を第一項の規定による申請をした者に返還しなければならない。 art-225/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-4 On the day on which two weeks have elapsed from the day of the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the share certificate-issuing company must cancel the registration of lost share certificate relating to share certificates submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2). In these cases, the share certificate-issuing company must return relevant share certificates to the person who filed the application under the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-225/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百二十五条第一項 (Article 225, paragraph (1)), art-225/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-1 - art-225/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百二十五条第一項 (Article 225, paragraph (1)), art-225/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-1 - art-225/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第二百二十五条第三項 (Article 225, paragraph (3)), art-225/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-3 - art-225/par-4: 第二項 → 会社法 第二百二十五条第二項 (Article 225, paragraph (2)), art-225/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-2 - art-225/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百二十五条第一項 (Article 225, paragraph (1)), art-225/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百二十五条第二項（株券を所持する者による抹消の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-2 - 会社法 第二百二十五条第三項（株券を所持する者による抹消の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-3 - 会社法 第二百二十五条第四項（株券を所持する者による抹消の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-225/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-225/par-4 - 会社法 第二百二十六条第一項（株券喪失登録者による抹消の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-226/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-226/par-1 - 会社法 第二百二十七条第一項（株券を発行する旨の定款の定めを廃止した場合における株券喪失登録の抹消） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-227/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-227/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第十六号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-16 --- ## 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