# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百二十五条の二 (Article 325-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-2. 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: 第三百二十五条の二 (Article 325-2)（電子提供措置をとる旨の定款の定め） — address `art-325-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-2 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百二十五条の二（電子提供措置をとる旨の定款の定め） — (Provisions in the Articles of Incorporation to the Effect that Measures for Electronic Provision Will be Taken) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-325-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-2 **第一項** 株式会社は、取締役が株主総会（種類株主総会を含む。）の招集の手続を行うときは、次に掲げる資料（以下この款において「株主総会参考書類等」という。）の内容である情報について、電子提供措置（電磁的方法により株主（種類株主総会を招集する場合にあっては、ある種類の株主に限る。）が情報の提供を受けることができる状態に置く措置であって、法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下この款、第九百十一条第三項第十二号の二及び第九百七十六条第十九号において同じ。）をとる旨を定款で定めることができる。この場合において、その定款には、電子提供措置をとる旨を定めれば足りる。 art-325-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-2/par-1 A stock company may provide in its articles of incorporation that when the directors perform shareholders meeting (including general meeting of class shareholders) convocation procedures, measures may be taken for electronic provision (measures so that shareholders (if the general meeting of class shareholders is convened, limited to shareholders of shares of a class) can receive the provision of information by electronic or magnetic means as prescribed in a Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies in this Subsection, Article 911, paragraph (3), item (xii)-2 and Article 976, item (xix)) of the information which is the content of the materials set forth in the following items (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as " reference documents for shareholders meeting"). In this case, it is sufficient for the articles of incorporation to provide that measures for electronic provision are taken. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 株主総会参考書類 art-325-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-2/par-1/item-1 reference documents for shareholder meetings; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 議決権行使書面 art-325-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-2/par-1/item-2 voting forms; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第四百三十七条の計算書類及び事業報告 art-325-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-2/par-1/item-3 financial statements and business reports provided in Article 437; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第四百四十四条第六項の連結計算書類 art-325-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-2/par-1/item-4 consolidated financial statements provided in Article 444, paragraph (6). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-325-2/par-1: 第九百十一条第三項第十二号の二 → 会社法 第九百十一条第三項第十二号の二 (Article 911, paragraph (3), item (xii-2)), art-911/par-3/item-12-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-911/par-3/item-12-2 - art-325-2/par-1: 第九百七十六条第十九号 → 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第十九号 (Article 976, paragraph (1), item (xix)), art-976/par-1/item-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-19 - art-325-2/par-1/item-3: 第四百三十七条 → 会社法 第四百三十七条 (Article 437), art-437 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-437 - art-325-2/par-1/item-4: 第四百四十四条第六項 → 会社法 第四百四十四条第六項 (Article 444, paragraph (6)), art-444/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-444/par-6 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百二十五条の四第四項（株主総会の招集の通知等の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325-4/par-4 - 会社法 第九百十一条第三項第十二号の二（株式会社の設立の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-911/par-3/item-12-2 --- ## 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