# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百三十九条 (Article 139) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-139. 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: 第百三十九条 (Article 139)（譲渡等の承認の決定等） — address `art-139` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-139 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-139 - 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. --- ### 第百三十九条（譲渡等の承認の決定等） — (Determination of Approval of Transfer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-139 **第一項** 株式会社が第百三十六条又は第百三十七条第一項の承認をするか否かの決定をするには、株主総会（取締役会設置会社にあっては、取締役会）の決議によらなければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-139/par-1 The determination by a stock company as to whether or not to grant approval under Article 136 or Article 137, paragraph (1) must be made by a resolution at a shareholders meeting (or at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式会社は、前項の決定をしたときは、譲渡等承認請求をした者（以下この款において「譲渡等承認請求者」という。）に対し、当該決定の内容を通知しなければならない。 art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-139/par-2 If a stock company has made a determination under the preceding paragraph, it must notify the person who made the requests for approval of transfer (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as "requester for approval of transfer") of the content of relevant determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-139/par-1: 第百三十六条 → 会社法 第百三十六条 (Article 136), art-136 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-136 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-136 - art-139/par-1: 第百三十七条第一項 → 会社法 第百三十七条第一項 (Article 137, paragraph (1)), art-137/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-137/par-1 - art-139/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百三十九条第一項 (Article 139, paragraph (1)), art-139/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-139/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百三十九条第二項（譲渡等の承認の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-139/par-2 - 会社法 第百四十五条第一項第一号（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-145/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第百四十五条第一項第二号（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-145/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-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