# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百四十一条 (Article 141)

- 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: 第百四十一条 (Article 141)（株式会社による買取りの通知） — address `art-141`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141
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### 第百四十一条（株式会社による買取りの通知） — (Notice of Purchases by Stock Company)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-141 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141</sup>

      **第一項**  株式会社は、前条第一項各号に掲げる事項を決定したときは、譲渡等承認請求者に対し、これらの事項を通知しなければならない。
      <sup>art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-1</sup>
      If a stock company has determined the matters set forth in any item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it must notify the requester for approval of transfer of these matters.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  株式会社は、前項の規定による通知をしようとするときは、一株当たり純資産額（一株当たりの純資産額として法務省令で定める方法により算定される額をいう。以下同じ。）に前条第一項第二号の対象株式の数を乗じて得た額をその本店の所在地の供託所に供託し、かつ、当該供託を証する書面を譲渡等承認請求者に交付しなければならない。
      <sup>art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-2</sup>
      If a stock company intends to give notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must deposit the amount obtained by multiplying the amount of the net assets per share (meaning the amount prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the amount of net assets per share; the same applies hereinafter) by the number of the subject shares under paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article, with a depository located in the area where its head office is located, and deliver a document certifying relevant deposit to the requester for approval of transfer.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  対象株式が株券発行会社の株式である場合には、前項の書面の交付を受けた譲渡等承認請求者は、当該交付を受けた日から一週間以内に、前条第一項第二号の対象株式に係る株券を当該株券発行会社の本店の所在地の供託所に供託しなければならない。この場合においては、当該譲渡等承認請求者は、当該株券発行会社に対し、遅滞なく、当該供託をした旨を通知しなければならない。
      <sup>art-141/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-3</sup>
      If the subject shares are the shares of a share certificate-issuing company, the requester for approval of transfer who received delivery of the document referred to in the preceding paragraph must deposit the share certificates representing the subject shares referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article with a depository located in the area where the head office of relevant share certificate-issuing company is located within one week from the day of receipt of relevant delivery. In these cases, the requester for approval of transfer must give notice of relevant deposit to relevant share certificate-issuing company without delay.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  前項の譲渡等承認請求者が同項の期間内に同項の規定による供託をしなかったときは、株券発行会社は、前条第一項第二号の対象株式の売買契約を解除することができる。
      <sup>art-141/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-4</sup>
      If the requester for approval of a transfer under the preceding paragraph does not effect the deposit pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph within the period under that paragraph, the share certificate-issuing company may cancel the contract for the sale and purchase of the subject shares provided for in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-141/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百四十条第一項 (Article 140, paragraph (1)), art-140/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-140/par-1
- art-141/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百四十一条第一項 (Article 141, paragraph (1)), art-141/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-1
- art-141/par-2: 前条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第百四十条第一項第二号 (Article 140, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-140/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-140/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-140/par-1/item-2
- art-141/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百四十一条第二項 (Article 141, paragraph (2)), art-141/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-2
- art-141/par-3: 前条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第百四十条第一項第二号 (Article 140, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-140/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-140/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-140/par-1/item-2
- art-141/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第百四十一条第三項 (Article 141, paragraph (3)), art-141/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-3
- art-141/par-4: 前条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第百四十条第一項第二号 (Article 140, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-140/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-140/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-140/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第百四十一条第二項（株式会社による買取りの通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-2
- 会社法 第百四十一条第三項（株式会社による買取りの通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-3
- 会社法 第百四十一条第四項（株式会社による買取りの通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-141/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-4
- 会社法 第百四十三条第一項（譲渡等承認請求の撤回） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-143/par-1
- 会社法 第百四十四条第一項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-144/par-1
- 会社法 第百四十四条第二項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-144/par-2
- 会社法 第百四十四条第六項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-144/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-144/par-6
- 会社法 第百四十四条第七項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-144/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-144/par-7
- 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

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## 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
