# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七十一条 (Article 71) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71. 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: 第七十一条 (Article 71) — address `art-71` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71 - 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. --- ### 第七十一条 art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71 **第一項** 発起人は、第六十七条第一項第四号に掲げる事項を定めた場合には、第六十八条第一項の通知に際して、法務省令で定めるところにより、設立時株主に対し、創立総会参考書類を交付しなければならない。 art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-1 If the matters set forth in Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iv) are decided, the incorporators must, when dispatching notice under Article 68, paragraph (1), give the shareholders at incorporation the reference documents for an organizational Meeting as prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 発起人は、第六十八条第三項の承諾をした設立時株主に対し同項の電磁的方法による通知を発するときは、前項の規定による創立総会参考書類の交付に代えて、当該創立総会参考書類に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供することができる。ただし、設立時株主の請求があったときは、創立総会参考書類を当該設立時株主に交付しなければならない。 art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-2 If the incorporators dispatch notices by electronic or magnetic means as referred to in Article 68, paragraph (3) to shareholders at incorporation who have given consent under the same paragraph, the incorporators may provide, in lieu of the giving of reference documents for an organizational meeting pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the information to be detailed in these documents by electronic or magnetic means; provided, however, that, if requested by any shareholder at incorporation, the incorporators must give the reference documents for an organizational meeting to relevant shareholders at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 発起人は、第一項に規定する場合には、第六十八条第三項の承諾をした設立時株主に対する同項の電磁的方法による通知に際して、法務省令で定めるところにより、設立時株主に対し、議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項を当該電磁的方法により提供しなければならない。 art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-3 In the cases provided for in paragraph (1), when using electronic or magnetic means as referred to in Article 68, paragraph (3) to notify shareholders at incorporation that have given the consent referred to in that paragraph, the incorporators must use those electronic or magnetic means to provide the shareholders at incorporation with the information that is required to be detailed in the voting form, as prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 発起人は、第一項に規定する場合において、第六十八条第三項の承諾をしていない設立時株主から創立総会の日の一週間前までに議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項の電磁的方法による提供の請求があったときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、直ちに、当該設立時株主に対し、当該事項を電磁的方法により提供しなければならない。 art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-4 In the cases provided for in paragraph (1), if any shareholder at incorporation who has not given consent under Article 68, paragraph (3) requests, no later than one week prior to the day of the organizational meeting, to be provided with the information that is required to be detailed in the voting form by electronic or magnetic means, the incorporators must use electronic or magnetic means to immediately provide the shareholder at incorporation with that information, as prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71/par-1: 第六十七条第一項第四号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第四号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-67/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-4 - art-71/par-1: 第六十八条第一項 → 会社法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-1 - art-71/par-2: 第六十八条第三項 → 会社法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-3 - art-71/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-1 - art-71/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-1 - art-71/par-3: 第六十八条第三項 → 会社法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-3 - art-71/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-1 - art-71/par-4: 第六十八条第三項 → 会社法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六十七条第二項（創立総会の招集の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-2 - 会社法 第七十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-2 - 会社法 第七十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-3 - 会社法 第七十一条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-4 - 会社法 第八十六条第一項（創立総会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-86/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17