# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百七十三条の二 (Article 173-2)

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- 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: 第百七十三条の二 (Article 173-2)（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — address `art-173-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第百七十三条の二（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — (Keeping and Inspection of Documents Related to Acquisition of Shares Subject to Class-Wide Call)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-173-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2</sup>

      **第一項**  株式会社は、取得日後遅滞なく、株式会社が取得した全部取得条項付種類株式の数その他の全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する事項として法務省令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録を作成しなければならない。
      <sup>art-173-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-1</sup>
      A stock company must prepare a document or electronic or magnetic record in which it details or records the number of shares subject to class-wide call that the stock company acquired and other information prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as information related to the acquisition of shares subject to class-wide call, after the acquisition day without delay.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  株式会社は、取得日から六箇月間、前項の書面又は電磁的記録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。
      <sup>art-173-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-2</sup>
      A stock company must keep the document or electronic or magnetic record referred to in the preceding paragraph at its head office for six months from the acquisition day.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  全部取得条項付種類株式を取得した株式会社の株主又は取得日に全部取得条項付種類株式の株主であった者は、当該株式会社に対して、その営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号に掲げる請求をするには、当該株式会社の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。
      <sup>art-173-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3</sup>
      Shareholders of a stock company that acquired shares subject to class-wide call or persons who were shareholders of shares subject to class-wide call on the acquisition day may make the following requests of the stock company at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that the cost specified by relevant stock company must be paid in order to make a request set forth in items (ii) or (iv):
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  前項の書面の閲覧の請求
        <sup>art-173-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-1</sup>
        a request to inspect documents under the preceding paragraph;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  前項の書面の謄本又は抄本の交付の請求
        <sup>art-173-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-2</sup>
        a request for a transcript or extract of documents under the preceding paragraph;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  前項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧の請求
        <sup>art-173-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-3</sup>
        a request to inspect anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in the preceding paragraph; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **四**  前項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を電磁的方法であって株式会社の定めたものにより提供することの請求又はその事項を記載した書面の交付の請求
        <sup>art-173-2/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-4</sup>
        a request to be provided with the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in the preceding paragraph by an electronic or magnetic means that the stock company has designated, or a request to be issued a document showing that information.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-173-2/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十三条の二第一項 (Article 173-2, paragraph (1)), art-173-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-1
- art-173-2/par-3: 第二号 → 会社法 第百七十三条の二第三項第二号 (Article 173-2, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-173-2/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-2
- art-173-2/par-3: 第四号 → 会社法 第百七十三条の二第三項第四号 (Article 173-2, paragraph (3), item (iv)), art-173-2/par-3/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-4
- art-173-2/par-3/item-1: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十三条の二第二項 (Article 173-2, paragraph (2)), art-173-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-2
- art-173-2/par-3/item-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十三条の二第二項 (Article 173-2, paragraph (2)), art-173-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-2
- art-173-2/par-3/item-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十三条の二第二項 (Article 173-2, paragraph (2)), art-173-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-2
- art-173-2/par-3/item-4: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十三条の二第二項 (Article 173-2, paragraph (2)), art-173-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第百七十三条の二第二項（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-2
- 会社法 第百七十三条の二第三項（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3
- 会社法 第百七十三条の二第三項第一号（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-1
- 会社法 第百七十三条の二第三項第二号（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-2
- 会社法 第百七十三条の二第三項第三号（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-3
- 会社法 第百七十三条の二第三項第四号（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-173-2/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173-2/par-3/item-4
- 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第七号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-7
- 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-8

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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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17
