# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百十一条 (Article 311) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311. 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: 第三百十一条 (Article 311)（書面による議決権の行使） — address `art-311` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第三百十一条（書面による議決権の行使） — (Voting in Writing) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-311 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311 **第一項** 書面による議決権の行使は、議決権行使書面に必要な事項を記載し、法務省令で定める時までに当該記載をした議決権行使書面を株式会社に提出して行う。 art-311/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-1 The exercise of voting rights in writing is effected by entering the voting form with necessary matters and submitting it to the stock company no later than the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により書面によって行使した議決権の数は、出席した株主の議決権の数に算入する。 art-311/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-2 The number of the votes exercised in writing pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is included in the number of the votes of the shareholders who are present at the meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株式会社は、株主総会の日から三箇月間、第一項の規定により提出された議決権行使書面をその本店に備え置かなければならない。 art-311/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-3 The stock company must keep the voting forms submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) at its head office for the period of three months from the day of the shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 株主は、株式会社の営業時間内は、いつでも、第一項の規定により提出された議決権行使書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求をすることができる。この場合においては、当該請求の理由を明らかにしてしなければならない。 art-311/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-4 The shareholders may make requests for the inspection or copying of the voting forms submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) at any time during the business hours of the stock company. In these cases, the reasons for the requests must be disclosed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 株式会社は、前項の請求があったときは、次のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、これを拒むことができない。 art-311/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5 If a request specified in the preceding paragraph is made, a stock company may not refuse relevant request, except in cases it falls under any of the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該請求を行う株主（以下この項において「請求者」という。）がその権利の確保又は行使に関する調査以外の目的で請求を行ったとき。 art-311/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5/item-1 the shareholder who made relevant request (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "requestor") made the request for other purposes than research on securing or exercising the requestor's rights; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 請求者が当該株式会社の業務の遂行を妨げ、又は株主の共同の利益を害する目的で請求を行ったとき。 art-311/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5/item-2 the requestor made the request with the purpose of interfering with the execution of the operations of relevant stock company or prejudicing the common benefit of the shareholders; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 請求者が第一項の規定により提出された議決権行使書面の閲覧又は謄写によって知り得た事実を利益を得て第三者に通報するため請求を行ったとき。 art-311/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5/item-3 the requestor made the request in order to provide notification of the facts learned by inspecting or copying the voting form submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to third parties for profit; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 請求者が、過去二年以内において、第一項の規定により提出された議決権行使書面の閲覧又は謄写によって知り得た事実を利益を得て第三者に通報したことがあるものであるとき。 art-311/par-5/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5/item-4 the requestor is a person who has provided notification of the facts learned by inspecting or copying the voting form submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to third parties for profit in the immediately preceding two years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-311/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百十一条第一項 (Article 311, paragraph (1)), art-311/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-1 - art-311/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百十一条第一項 (Article 311, paragraph (1)), art-311/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-1 - art-311/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百十一条第一項 (Article 311, paragraph (1)), art-311/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-1 - art-311/par-5: 前項 → 会社法 第三百十一条第四項 (Article 311, paragraph (4)), art-311/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-4 - art-311/par-5/item-1: この項 → 会社法 第三百十一条第五項 (Article 311, paragraph (5)), art-311/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5 - art-311/par-5/item-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百十一条第一項 (Article 311, paragraph (1)), art-311/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-1 - art-311/par-5/item-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百十一条第一項 (Article 311, paragraph (1)), art-311/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百十条第七項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-310/par-7 - 会社法 第三百十一条第二項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-2 - 会社法 第三百十一条第三項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-3 - 会社法 第三百十一条第四項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-4 - 会社法 第三百十一条第五項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5 - 会社法 第三百十一条第五項第一号（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5/item-1 - 会社法 第三百十一条第五項第三号（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5/item-3 - 会社法 第三百十一条第五項第四号（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-311/par-5/item-4 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17