# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百六十五条 (Article 265) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-265. 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: 第二百六十五条 (Article 265)（譲渡等の承認の決定等） — address `art-265` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-265 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-265 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十五条（譲渡等の承認の決定等） — (Determination of Approval of Transfer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-265 **第一項** 株式会社が第二百六十二条又は第二百六十三条第一項の承認をするか否かの決定をするには、株主総会（取締役会設置会社にあっては、取締役会）の決議によらなければならない。ただし、新株予約権の内容として別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-265/par-1 The determination by a stock company as to whether or not to grant approval under Article 262 or Article 263, paragraph (1) must be made by a resolution at a shareholders meeting (or at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors); provided, however, that this does not apply in cases where it is otherwise provided for as a feature of the share options. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式会社は、前項の決定をしたときは、譲渡等承認請求をした者に対し、当該決定の内容を通知しなければならない。 art-265/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-265/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-265/par-2 If a stock company has made a determination under the preceding paragraph, it must notify the person who made the requests for approval of transfer of the content of relevant determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-265/par-1: 第二百六十二条 → 会社法 第二百六十二条 (Article 262), art-262 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-262 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-262 - art-265/par-1: 第二百六十三条第一項 → 会社法 第二百六十三条第一項 (Article 263, paragraph (1)), art-263/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-263/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-263/par-1 - art-265/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百六十五条第一項 (Article 265, paragraph (1)), art-265/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-265/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百六十五条第二項（譲渡等の承認の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-265/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-265/par-2 - 会社法 第二百六十六条第一項（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-266/par-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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17