# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百十二条 (Article 312) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312. 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: 第三百十二条 (Article 312)（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — address `art-312` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百十二条（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — (Voting by Electronic or Magnetic Means) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-312 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312 **第一項** 電磁的方法による議決権の行使は、政令で定めるところにより、株式会社の承諾を得て、法務省令で定める時までに議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項を、電磁的方法により当該株式会社に提供して行う。 art-312/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-1 The exercise of voting rights by electronic or magnetic means is effected by using electronic or magnetic means to provide the stock company with the information that is required to be entered in the voting form no later than the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, with the approval of the stock company and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株主が第二百九十九条第三項の承諾をした者である場合には、株式会社は、正当な理由がなければ、前項の承諾をすることを拒んではならない。 art-312/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-2 If the shareholders are the persons who have given consent under Article 299, paragraph (3), the stock company may not refuse to give the approval under the preceding paragraph without justifiable reasons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により電磁的方法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-312/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-3 The number of the votes exercised by electronic or magnetic means pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) 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 **第四項** 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供された事項を記録した電磁的記録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。 art-312/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-4 The stock company must keep any electronic or magnetic record in which the information with which it has been provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) has been recorded at its office for the period of three months from the day of the shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 株主は、株式会社の営業時間内は、いつでも、前項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したもの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-312/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-5 The shareholders may, at any time during the business hours of the stock company, request to inspect or copy anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in the preceding paragraph. In these cases, the reasons for the requests must be disclosed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 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-312/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6 If a request specified in the preceding paragraph is made, a stock company may not refuse the 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-312/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6/item-1 the shareholder who made the 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-312/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6/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** 請求者が前項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したもの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-312/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6/item-3 the requestor made the request in order to provide notification of facts learned by inspecting or copying anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the data recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in the preceding paragraph 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、前項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したもの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-312/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6/item-4 the requestor is a person who has provided notification of the facts learned by inspecting or copying anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the data recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in the preceding paragraph to third parties for profit in the immediately preceding two years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-312/par-2: 第二百九十九条第三項 → 会社法 第二百九十九条第三項 (Article 299, paragraph (3)), art-299/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-299/par-3 - art-312/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百十二条第一項 (Article 312, paragraph (1)), art-312/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-1 - art-312/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百十二条第一項 (Article 312, paragraph (1)), art-312/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-1 - art-312/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百十二条第一項 (Article 312, paragraph (1)), art-312/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-1 - art-312/par-5: 前項 → 会社法 第三百十二条第四項 (Article 312, paragraph (4)), art-312/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-4 - art-312/par-6: 前項 → 会社法 第三百十二条第五項 (Article 312, paragraph (5)), art-312/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-5 - art-312/par-6/item-1: この項 → 会社法 第三百十二条第六項 (Article 312, paragraph (6)), art-312/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6 - art-312/par-6/item-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百十二条第五項 (Article 312, paragraph (5)), art-312/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-5 - art-312/par-6/item-4: 前項 → 会社法 第三百十二条第五項 (Article 312, paragraph (5)), art-312/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-5 ## Cited by 10 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 第三百十二条第二項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-2 - 会社法 第三百十二条第三項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-3 - 会社法 第三百十二条第四項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-4 - 会社法 第三百十二条第五項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-5 - 会社法 第三百十二条第六項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6 - 会社法 第三百十二条第六項第一号（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6/item-1 - 会社法 第三百十二条第六項第三号（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6/item-3 - 会社法 第三百十二条第六項第四号（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-312/par-6/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