# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七十五条 (Article 75) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75. 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: 第七十五条 (Article 75)（書面による議決権の行使） — address `art-75` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75 - 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. --- ### 第七十五条（書面による議決権の行使） — (Voting in Writing) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75 **第一項** 書面による議決権の行使は、議決権行使書面に必要な事項を記載し、法務省令で定める時までに当該議決権行使書面を発起人に提出して行う。 art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-1 The exercise of voting rights in writing is effected by entering the voting form with the necessary matters and submitting it to the incorporators no later than the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により書面によって行使した議決権の数は、出席した設立時株主の議決権の数に算入する。 art-75/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-2 The number of the votes exercised in writing pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is included in the number of the votes of the shareholders at incorporation who are present at the meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 発起人は、創立総会の日から三箇月間、第一項の規定により提出された議決権行使書面を発起人が定めた場所に備え置かなければならない。 art-75/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-3 The incorporators must keep the voting forms submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) at a place designated by the incorporators for the period of three months from the day of the organizational meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 設立時株主は、発起人が定めた時間内は、いつでも、第一項の規定により提出された議決権行使書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求をすることができる。 art-75/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-4 The shareholders at incorporation may make requests for the inspection or copying of the voting forms submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) at any time during the hours designated by the incorporators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-75/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-1 - art-75/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-1 - art-75/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七十四条第六項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-74/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-74/par-6 - 会社法 第七十四条第七項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-74/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-74/par-7 - 会社法 第七十五条第二項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-2 - 会社法 第七十五条第三項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/par-3 - 会社法 第七十五条第四項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-75/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-75/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 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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