# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百五十七条 (Article 157) - 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: 第百五十七条 (Article 157)（取得価格等の決定） — address `art-157` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157 - 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. --- ### 第百五十七条（取得価格等の決定） — (Determination of Acquisition Price) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157 **第一項** 株式会社は、前条第一項の規定による決定に従い株式を取得しようとするときは、その都度、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。 art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-1 Whenever a stock company intends to acquire its shares in accordance with a determination pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it must prescribe the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 取得する株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、株式の種類及び数） art-157/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-1/item-1 the number of shares to be acquired (or, for a company with class shares, the class of the shares and the number of the shares); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株式一株を取得するのと引換えに交付する金銭等の内容及び数若しくは額又はこれらの算定方法 art-157/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-1/item-2 the description, and the number or amount, or the method for the calculation thereof, of the monies, etc. that will be delivered in exchange for the acquisition of one share; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 株式を取得するのと引換えに交付する金銭等の総額 art-157/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-1/item-3 the total amount of the monies, etc. that will be delivered in exchange for the acquisition of the shares; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 株式の譲渡しの申込みの期日 art-157/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-1/item-4 the date on which the offer to transfer the shares will be made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 取締役会設置会社においては、前項各号に掲げる事項の決定は、取締役会の決議によらなければならない。 art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-2 A company with board of directors must determine the matters set forth in each item of the preceding paragraph by a resolution of the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の株式の取得の条件は、同項の規定による決定ごとに、均等に定めなければならない。 art-157/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-3 The conditions prescribed for the acquisition of shares under paragraph (1) must be uniform for each determination made under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-157/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-156/par-1 - art-157/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百五十七条第一項 (Article 157, paragraph (1)), art-157/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-1 - art-157/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第百五十七条第一項 (Article 157, paragraph (1)), art-157/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百五十七条第二項（取得価格等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-2 - 会社法 第百五十七条第三項（取得価格等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-157/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-157/par-3 - 会社法 第百五十八条第一項（株主に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-158/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-158/par-1 - 会社法 第百五十九条第二項（譲渡しの申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-159/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-159/par-2 - 会社法 第百六十三条第一項（子会社からの株式の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-163/par-1 - 会社法 第百六十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-165/par-1 - 会社法 第四百六十一条第一項第三号（配当等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-461/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-461/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第四百六十二条第一項第二号イ（剰余金の配当等に関する責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-462/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-462/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 会社法 第四百六十二条第一項第二号ロ（剰余金の配当等に関する責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-462/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-462/par-1/item-2/sub-2 - 会社法 第四百六十五条第一項第三号（欠損が生じた場合の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-465/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-465/par-1/item-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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17