# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三十四条 (Article 34) - 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（出資の履行） — address `art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-34 - 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. --- ### 第三十四条（出資の履行） — (Performance of Contributions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-34 **第一項** 発起人は、設立時発行株式の引受け後遅滞なく、その引き受けた設立時発行株式につき、その出資に係る金銭の全額を払い込み、又はその出資に係る金銭以外の財産の全部を給付しなければならない。ただし、発起人全員の同意があるときは、登記、登録その他権利の設定又は移転を第三者に対抗するために必要な行為は、株式会社の成立後にすることを妨げない。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-34/par-1 An incorporator must, without delay after subscription for shares issued at incorporation, pay in the entire sum of monies relating to the incorporator's contribution, or deliver all properties other than monies relating to the incorporator's contribution fully in money or in kind, with respect to the shares issued at incorporation for which the incorporator has subscribed; provided, however, that, if the consent of all incorporators is obtained, the foregoing provisions do not preclude an incorporator from performing registration, recording or other acts necessary to assert the creation or transfer of rights against third parties after the formation of the stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による払込みは、発起人が定めた銀行等（銀行（銀行法（昭和五十六年法律第五十九号）第二条第一項に規定する銀行をいう。第七百三条第一号において同じ。）、信託会社（信託業法（平成十六年法律第百五十四号）第二条第二項に規定する信託会社をいう。以下同じ。）その他これに準ずるものとして法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下同じ。）の払込みの取扱いの場所においてしなければならない。 art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-34/par-2 The contribution in money pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be paid at the bank, etc. (meaning a bank (meaning a bank as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Bank Act (Act No. 59 of 1981); the same applies in Article 703, item (i)), a trust company (meaning a trust company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Trust Business Act (Act No. 154 of 2004); the same applies hereinafter) and other entities prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as entities equivalent to the same; the same applies hereinafter) designated for payment by the incorporator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-34/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-34/par-1 - art-34/par-2: 銀行法（昭和五十六年法律第五十九号）第二条第一項 → 銀行法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-2/par-1 - art-34/par-2: 第七百三条第一号 → 会社法 第七百三条第一項第一号 (Article 703, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-703/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703/par-1/item-1 - art-34/par-2: 信託業法（平成十六年法律第百五十四号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 416AC0000000154, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三十四条第二項（出資の履行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-34/par-2 - 会社法 第三十五条第一項（設立時発行株式の株主となる権利の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-35/par-1 - 会社法 第五十二条の二第一項第一号（出資の履行を仮装した場合の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-52-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-52-2/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第五十二条の二第一項第二号（出資の履行を仮装した場合の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-52-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-52-2/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第六十四条第一項（払込金の保管証明） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-64/par-1 - 会社法 第六十四条第二項（払込金の保管証明） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-64/par-2 - 会社法 第九百六十三条第一項（会社財産を危うくする罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-963/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-963/par-1 - 会社法 第九百六十三条第四項（会社財産を危うくする罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-963/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-963/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第百一条の十三第一項（出資の履行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-101-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-101-13/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17