# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百四十条 (Article 940) - 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: 第九百四十条 (Article 940)（電子公告の公告期間等） — address `art-940` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940 - 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. --- ### 第九百四十条（電子公告の公告期間等） — (Public Notice Period of Electronic Public Notice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-940 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940 **第一項** 株式会社又は持分会社が電子公告によりこの法律の規定による公告をする場合には、次の各号に掲げる公告の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める日までの間、継続して電子公告による公告をしなければならない。 art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1 If a stock company or a membership company gives public notice under the provisions of this Act by way of electronic public notice, it must give public notice by way of electronic public notice continuously until the days specified in the following items for the categories of public notice set forth respectively in those items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** この法律の規定により特定の日の一定の期間前に公告しなければならない場合における当該公告　当該特定の日 art-940/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-1 public notice if the public notice must be given a certain period prior to a specified date pursuant to the provisions of this Act:the specified date; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第四百四十条第一項の規定による公告　同項の定時株主総会の終結の日後五年を経過する日 art-940/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-2 public notice under the provisions of Article 440, paragraph (1):the day on which five years have elapsed from the day of the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting referred to in that paragraph; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 公告に定める期間内に異議を述べることができる旨の公告　当該期間を経過する日 art-940/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-3 public notice to the effect that objections may be stated within the period specified in the public notice:the day on which the period has elapsed; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる公告以外の公告　当該公告の開始後一箇月を経過する日 art-940/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-4 public notice other than that referred in the preceding three items:the day on which one month has elapsed from the start of relevant public notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 外国会社が電子公告により第八百十九条第一項の規定による公告をする場合には、同項の手続の終結の日後五年を経過する日までの間、継続して電子公告による公告をしなければならない。 art-940/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-2 If a foreign company gives public notice under the provisions of Article 819, paragraph (1) by way of electronic public notice, it must give public notice by way of electronic public notice continuously until the day on which five years have elapsed from the day of the conclusion of the procedure referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定にかかわらず、これらの規定により電子公告による公告をしなければならない期間（以下この章において「公告期間」という。）中公告の中断（不特定多数の者が提供を受けることができる状態に置かれた情報がその状態に置かれないこととなったこと又はその情報がその状態に置かれた後改変されたことをいう。以下この項において同じ。）が生じた場合において、次のいずれにも該当するときは、その公告の中断は、当該公告の効力に影響を及ぼさない。 art-940/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, if an interruption of public notice (meaning that the information, which was made available to the general public, is no longer made available or that the information has been altered after being made available to the general public; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) occurs during the period in which public notice was to be given by way of electronic public notice pursuant to these provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "public notice period" in this Chapter), if all of the following conditions are met, that interruption of public notice does not affect the effects of relevant public notice: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 公告の中断が生ずることにつき会社が善意でかつ重大な過失がないこと又は会社に正当な事由があること。 art-940/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3/item-1 the company acts in good faith and without gross negligence without gross negligence or the company has justifiable grounds with regard to the occurrence of the interruption of public notice; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 公告の中断が生じた時間の合計が公告期間の十分の一を超えないこと。 art-940/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3/item-2 the total time during which the interruption of public notice has occurred does not exceed one-tenth of the public notice period; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 会社が公告の中断が生じたことを知った後速やかにその旨、公告の中断が生じた時間及び公告の中断の内容を当該公告に付して公告したこと。 art-940/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3/item-3 promptly after learning about the occurrence of the interruption of public notice, the company has given public notice of that fact, the time when the interruption of public notice occurred and the details of the interruption of public notice by appending the information to the relevant public notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-940/par-1/item-2: 第四百四十条第一項 → 会社法 第四百四十条第一項 (Article 440, paragraph (1)), art-440/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-440/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-440/par-1 - art-940/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第一号 (Article 940, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-940/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-1 - art-940/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第二号 (Article 940, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-940/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-2 - art-940/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第三号 (Article 940, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-940/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-3 - art-940/par-2: 第八百十九条第一項 → 会社法 第八百十九条第一項 (Article 819, paragraph (1)), art-819/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-819/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-819/par-1 - art-940/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項 (Article 940, paragraph (1)), art-940/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1 - art-940/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第二項 (Article 940, paragraph (2)), art-940/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-2 - art-940/par-3: この項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第三項 (Article 940, paragraph (3)), art-940/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3 ## Cited by 15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第四号（電子公告の公告期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-4 - 会社法 第九百四十条第三項（電子公告の公告期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-940/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項（債権者の異議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-6 - 資金決済に関する法律 第二十条第三項（保有者に対する前払式支払手段の払戻し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-20/par-3 - 資金決済に関する法律 第二十条第四項（保有者に対する前払式支払手段の払戻し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-20/par-4 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第六項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-61/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-6 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-61/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-7 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十二条の二十五第六項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-62-25/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-62-25/par-6 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十二条の二十五第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-62-25/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-62-25/par-7 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の二十第六項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-63-20/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-20/par-6 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の二十第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-63-20/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-20/par-7 - 銀行法 第四十九条の二第二項（外国銀行支店の公告方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49-2/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の三十六第六項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-60-36/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-36/par-6 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の三十六第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-60-36/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-36/par-7 - 銀行法 第五十七条の二第二項（電子公告による公告をする期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-2/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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/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