# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百七十九条の三 (Article 179-3) - 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: 第百七十九条の三 (Article 179-3)（対象会社の承認） — address `art-179-3` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3 - 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. --- ### 第百七十九条の三（対象会社の承認） — (Approval of Subject Company) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-179-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3 **第一項** 特別支配株主は、株式売渡請求（株式売渡請求に併せて新株予約権売渡請求をする場合にあっては、株式売渡請求及び新株予約権売渡請求。以下「株式等売渡請求」という。）をしようとするときは、対象会社に対し、その旨及び前条第一項各号に掲げる事項を通知し、その承認を受けなければならない。 art-179-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3/par-1 When a special controlling shareholder intends to make a demand for cash-out (in cases of making a demand for share option cash-out along with the demand for cash-out, the demand for cash-out and demand for share option cash-out; hereinafter collectively referred to as "demand for share, etc. cash-out"), the special controlling shareholder must notify the subject company to that effect and matters set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and must obtain its approval. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 対象会社は、特別支配株主が株式売渡請求に併せて新株予約権売渡請求をしようとするときは、新株予約権売渡請求のみを承認することはできない。 art-179-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3/par-2 When a special controlling shareholder intends to make a demand for share option cash-out along with the demand for cash-out, the subject company may not approve only the demand for share option cash-out. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 取締役会設置会社が第一項の承認をするか否かの決定をするには、取締役会の決議によらなければならない。 art-179-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3/par-3 A company with board of directors must make a determination as to whether or not to approve by a resolution of the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 対象会社は、第一項の承認をするか否かの決定をしたときは、特別支配株主に対し、当該決定の内容を通知しなければならない。 art-179-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3/par-4 When a subject company makes a determination as to whether or not to approve under paragraph (1), it must notify the special controlling shareholder of the content of the determination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-179-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百七十九条の二第一項 (Article 179-2, paragraph (1)), art-179-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-2/par-1 - art-179-3/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第百七十九条の三第一項 (Article 179-3, paragraph (1)), art-179-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3/par-1 - art-179-3/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第百七十九条の三第一項 (Article 179-3, paragraph (1)), art-179-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百七十九条の三第三項（対象会社の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3/par-3 - 会社法 第百七十九条の三第四項（対象会社の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-3/par-4 - 会社法 第百七十九条の四第一項（売渡株主等に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-4/par-1 - 会社法 第百七十九条の五第一項第三号（株式等売渡請求に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-5/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第百七十九条の六第一項（株式等売渡請求の撤回） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-179-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-6/par-1 - 会社法 第二百十九条第一項第四号の二（株券の提出に関する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-219/par-1/item-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-1/item-4-2 - 会社法 第二百十九条第二項第二号（株券の提出に関する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-219/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-2/item-2 - 会社法 第二百九十三条第一項第一号（新株予約権証券の提出に関する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第二百九十三条第二項第一号（新株予約権証券の提出に関する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-2/item-1 - 会社法 第三百二十二条第一項第一号の二（ある種類の種類株主に損害を及ぼすおそれがある場合の種類株主総会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-322/par-1/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-322/par-1/item-1-2 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17