# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三十六条 (Article 36) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36. 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: 第三十六条 (Article 36)（設立時発行株式の株主となる権利の喪失） — address `art-36` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36 - 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. 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. --- ### 第三十六条（設立時発行株式の株主となる権利の喪失） — (Forfeiture of Right to Become a Holder of Shares Issued at Incorporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36 **第一項** 発起人のうち出資の履行をしていないものがある場合には、発起人は、当該出資の履行をしていない発起人に対して、期日を定め、その期日までに当該出資の履行をしなければならない旨を通知しなければならない。 art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36/par-1 If not all of the incorporators fulfill the performance of contributions, the incorporators must set a date and notify any incorporator who does not fulfill the performance of contributions that the incorporator must fulfill the performance of contributions by that date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による通知は、同項に規定する期日の二週間前までにしなければならない。 art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36/par-2 The notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be given no later than two weeks prior to the date provided for in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による通知を受けた発起人は、同項に規定する期日までに出資の履行をしないときは、当該出資の履行をすることにより設立時発行株式の株主となる権利を失う。 art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36/par-3 Incorporator who is notified pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) will forfeit the right to become the holder of shares issued at incorporation by fulfilling the performance of contributions if the same fail to fulfill the performance of contributions by the date provided for in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-36/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36/par-1 - art-36/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三十六条第二項（設立時発行株式の株主となる権利の喪失） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36/par-2 - 会社法 第三十六条第三項（設立時発行株式の株主となる権利の喪失） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-36/par-3 - 会社法 第五十九条第二項（設立時募集株式の申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-59/par-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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17