# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百四十六条 (Article 246) - 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: 第二百四十六条 (Article 246) — address `art-246` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十六条 art-246 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246 **第一項** 第二百三十八条第一項第三号に規定する場合には、新株予約権者は、募集新株予約権についての第二百三十六条第一項第四号の期間の初日の前日（第二百三十八条第一項第五号に規定する場合にあっては、同号の期日。第三項において「払込期日」という。）までに、株式会社が定めた銀行等の払込みの取扱いの場所において、それぞれの募集新株予約権の払込金額の全額を払い込まなければならない。 art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246/par-1 In the cases provided for under Article 238, paragraph (1), item (iii), holders of share options must pay the entire amount to be paid in for the share options for subscription for which the holders respectively subscribed, at the place for the handling of bank, etc. payments designated by the stock company, no later than the day immediately preceding the first day of the period provided for under Article 236, paragraph (1), item (iv) for share options for subscription (or, in the cases provided for under Article 238, paragraph (1), item (v), no later than the date under that item; in paragraph (3) referred to as the "payment date"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、新株予約権者は、株式会社の承諾を得て、同項の規定による払込みに代えて、払込金額に相当する金銭以外の財産を給付し、又は当該株式会社に対する債権をもって相殺することができる。 art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, share option holders may, with the approval of the stock company, tender property other than monies equivalent to the amount to be paid in or set off their claims against relevant stock company, in lieu of payment under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第二百三十八条第一項第三号に規定する場合には、新株予約権者は、募集新株予約権についての払込期日までに、それぞれの募集新株予約権の払込金額の全額の払込み（当該払込みに代えてする金銭以外の財産の給付又は当該株式会社に対する債権をもってする相殺を含む。）をしないときは、当該募集新株予約権を行使することができない。 art-246/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246/par-3 In the cases provided for under Article 238, paragraph (1), item (iii), share option holders may not exercise the share options for subscription unless they pay in the entire amount to be paid in for their respective share options for subscription (including tendering property other than monies or setting off claims against relevant stock company in lieu of relevant payment) no later than the payment date with respect to relevant share options for subscription. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-246/par-1: 第二百三十八条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第二百三十八条第一項第三号 (Article 238, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-238/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-238/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-238/par-1/item-3 - art-246/par-1: 第二百三十六条第一項第四号 → 会社法 第二百三十六条第一項第四号 (Article 236, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-236/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-236/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-236/par-1/item-4 - art-246/par-1: 第二百三十八条第一項第五号 → 会社法 第二百三十八条第一項第五号 (Article 238, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-238/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-238/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-238/par-1/item-5 - art-246/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第二百四十六条第三項 (Article 246, paragraph (3)), art-246/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246/par-3 - art-246/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百四十六条第一項 (Article 246, paragraph (1)), art-246/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246/par-1 - art-246/par-3: 第二百三十八条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第二百三十八条第一項第三号 (Article 238, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-238/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-238/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-238/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百四十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246/par-1 - 会社法 第二百四十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-246/par-2 - 会社法 第二百八十六条の二第一項第一号（新株予約権に係る払込み等を仮装した新株予約権者等の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-286-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-286-2/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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