# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百五十二条 (Article 152) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152. 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: 第百五十二条 (Article 152) — address `art-152` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-152 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百五十二条 art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-152 **第一項** 株式会社（株券発行会社を除く。以下この条において同じ。）は、前条第一項第一号から第三号までに掲げる行為をした場合（これらの行為に際して当該株式会社が株式を交付する場合に限る。）又は同項第六号に掲げる行為をした場合において、同項の質権の質権者が登録株式質権者（第二百十八条第五項の規定による請求により第百四十八条各号に掲げる事項が株主名簿に記載され、又は記録されたものを除く。以下この款において同じ。）であるときは、前条第一項の株主が受けることができる株式について、その質権者の氏名又は名称及び住所を株主名簿に記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-152/par-1 If a stock company (excluding a share certificate-issuing company; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) carries out the acts set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) through item (iii) of the preceding Article (limited to the cases where relevant stock company delivers the shares when carrying out relevant acts), or carries out the act set forth in item (vi) of that paragraph, if the pledgees of the pledges under that paragraph are registered pledgees of shares (excluding those for whom the information set forth in each item of Article 148 has been entered or recorded in the shareholder register because of a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 218, paragraph (5); hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection), the names and addresses of relevant pledgees must be entered or recorded in the shareholder register with respect to the shares under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article that the shareholders are entitled to receive. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式会社は、株式の併合をした場合において、前条第一項の質権の質権者が登録株式質権者であるときは、併合した株式について、その質権者の氏名又は名称及び住所を株主名簿に記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-152/par-2 If the consolidation of shares has been effected, if the pledgees of the pledge under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are registered pledgees of shares, the stock company must state or record the names and addresses of the pledgees with respect to the shares that have been consolidated. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株式会社は、株式の分割をした場合において、前条第一項の質権の質権者が登録株式質権者であるときは、分割した株式について、その質権者の氏名又は名称及び住所を株主名簿に記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-152/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-152/par-3 If the share split has been effected, if the pledgees of the pledge under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are registered pledgees of shares, the stock company must state or record the names and addresses of the pledgees with respect to the shares that have been split. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-152/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第百五十二条 (Article 152), art-152 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-152 - art-152/par-1: 前条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 会社法 第百五十一条第一項第一号 (Article 151, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-151/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-151/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-151/par-1/item-1 - art-152/par-1: 前条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 会社法 第百五十一条第一項第二号 (Article 151, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-151/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-151/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-151/par-1/item-2 - art-152/par-1: 前条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 会社法 第百五十一条第一項第三号 (Article 151, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-151/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-151/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-151/par-1/item-3 - art-152/par-1: 同項第六号 → 会社法 第百五十一条第一項第六号 (Article 151, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-151/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-151/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-151/par-1/item-6 - art-152/par-1: 同項 → 会社法 第百五十一条第一項 (Article 151, paragraph (1)), art-151/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-151/par-1 - art-152/par-1: 第二百十八条第五項 → 会社法 第二百十八条第五項 (Article 218, paragraph (5)), art-218/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-5 - art-152/par-1: 第百四十八条 → 会社法 第百四十八条 (Article 148), art-148 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-148 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-148 - art-152/par-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百五十一条第一項 (Article 151, paragraph (1)), art-151/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-151/par-1 - art-152/par-3: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百五十一条第一項 (Article 151, paragraph (1)), art-151/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-151/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百五十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-152/par-1 - 会社法 第百五十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-153/par-1 - 会社法 第百五十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-153/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-153/par-2 - 会社法 第百五十三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-153/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-153/par-3 --- ## 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