# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六十三条 (Article 63) - 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: 第六十三条 (Article 63)（設立時募集株式の払込金額の払込み） — address `art-63` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63 - 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. --- ### 第六十三条（設立時募集株式の払込金額の払込み） — (Payment of Amount to Be Paid in for Shares Solicited at Incorporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63 **第一項** 設立時募集株式の引受人は、第五十八条第一項第三号の期日又は同号の期間内に、発起人が定めた銀行等の払込みの取扱いの場所において、それぞれの設立時募集株式の払込金額の全額の払込みを行わなければならない。 art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/par-1 The subscribers for the shares solicited at incorporation must pay fully the amount to be paid in for shares solicited at incorporation for which the subscribers subscribed, at the bank, etc. designated for payment by the incorporator, no later than the date set forth in Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iii) or within the period under that item. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による払込みをすることにより設立時発行株式の株主となる権利の譲渡は、成立後の株式会社に対抗することができない。 art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/par-2 Transferring of the right to become a holder of the shares issued at incorporation by effecting payment pursuant to the preceding paragraph may not be asserted against the stock company after formation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 設立時募集株式の引受人は、第一項の規定による払込みをしないときは、当該払込みをすることにより設立時募集株式の株主となる権利を失う。 art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/par-3 If a subscriber for the shares solicited at incorporation fails to make payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the subscriber will forfeit the right to become the holder of the shares solicited at incorporation by making relevant payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-63/par-1: 第五十八条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第五十八条第一項第三号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-58/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1/item-3 - art-63/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六十三条第一項 (Article 63, paragraph (1)), art-63/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/par-1 - art-63/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第六十三条第一項 (Article 63, paragraph (1)), art-63/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五十九条第一項第四号（設立時募集株式の申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-59/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-59/par-1/item-4 - 会社法 第六十三条第二項（設立時募集株式の払込金額の払込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/par-2 - 会社法 第六十三条第三項（設立時募集株式の払込金額の払込み） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/par-3 - 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 第九十三条第一項第三号（設立時取締役等による調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第百二条第二項（設立手続等の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-102/par-2 - 会社法 第百二条第三項（設立手続等の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-102/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-102/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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