# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百五十九条 (Article 359) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359. 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: 第三百五十九条 (Article 359)（裁判所による株主総会招集等の決定） — address `art-359` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359 - 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. --- ### 第三百五十九条（裁判所による株主総会招集等の決定） — (Decision by Court to Call Shareholders Meeting) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-359 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359 **第一項** 裁判所は、前条第五項の報告があった場合において、必要があると認めるときは、取締役に対し、次に掲げる措置の全部又は一部を命じなければならない。 art-359/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-1 If the report under paragraph (5) of the preceding Article is submitted, if the court finds it necessary, it must order the directors to take some or all of the measures set forth below: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 一定の期間内に株主総会を招集すること。 art-359/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-1/item-1 to call a shareholders meeting within a defined period of time; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第五項の調査の結果を株主に通知すること。 art-359/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-1/item-2 to notify shareholders of the result of the investigation under paragraph (5) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所が前項第一号に掲げる措置を命じた場合には、取締役は、前条第五項の報告の内容を同号の株主総会において開示しなければならない。 art-359/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-2 If the court orders the measures set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the directors must disclose the content of the report under paragraph (5) of the preceding Article at the shareholders meeting under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項に規定する場合には、取締役（監査役設置会社にあっては、取締役及び監査役）は、前条第五項の報告の内容を調査し、その結果を第一項第一号の株主総会に報告しなければならない。 art-359/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-3 In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, the directors (or the directors and company auditors for a company with company auditor) must investigate the content of the report under paragraph (5) of the preceding Article and report the result thereof to the shareholders meeting under paragraph (1), item (i). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-359/par-1: 前条第五項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第五項 (Article 358, paragraph (5)), art-358/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-358/par-5 - art-359/par-1/item-2: 前条第五項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第五項 (Article 358, paragraph (5)), art-358/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-358/par-5 - art-359/par-2: 前項第一号 → 会社法 第三百五十九条第一項第一号 (Article 359, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-359/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-1/item-1 - art-359/par-2: 前条第五項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第五項 (Article 358, paragraph (5)), art-358/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-358/par-5 - art-359/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百五十九条第二項 (Article 359, paragraph (2)), art-359/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-2 - art-359/par-3: 前条第五項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第五項 (Article 358, paragraph (5)), art-358/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-358/par-5 - art-359/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 会社法 第三百五十九条第一項第一号 (Article 359, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-359/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百五十九条第二項（裁判所による株主総会招集等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-2 - 会社法 第三百五十九条第三項（裁判所による株主総会招集等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-359/par-3 - 会社法 第四百九十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-491/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第十八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-18 --- ## 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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17