# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百五条 (Article 205) - 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: 第二百五条 (Article 205)（募集株式の申込み及び割当てに関する特則） — address `art-205` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205 - 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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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合において、募集株式が譲渡制限株式であるときは、株式会社は、株主総会（取締役会設置会社にあっては、取締役会）の決議によって、同項の契約の承認を受けなければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-2 In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if shares for subscription are shares with restriction on transfer, the stock company must obtain approval of the contract referred to in the same paragraph by the resolution at shareholders meeting(or at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise prescribed in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if shares for subscription are shares with restriction on transfer, the stock company must obtain approval of the contract referred to in the same paragraph by the resolution at shareholders meeting(or at a the board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise prescribed in the articles of incorporation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb **第三項** 第二百二条の二第一項後段の規定による同項各号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、定款又は株主総会の決議による第三百六十一条第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての定めに係る取締役（取締役であった者を含む。）以外の者は、第二百三条第二項の申込みをし、又は第一項の契約を締結することができない。 art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-3 If there are provisions on the matters set forth in each item of Article 202-2, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of that paragraph, a person other than a director (including a person who was a director) related to provisions regarding the matters set forth in Article 361, paragraph (1), item (iii) pursuant to the articles of incorporation or a resolution of a shareholders meeting may not make an application provided in Article 203, paragraph (2) or enter into an agreement provided in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項に規定する場合における前条第三項並びに第二百六条の二第一項、第三項及び第四項の規定の適用については、前条第三項及び第二百六条の二第一項中「第百九十九条第一項第四号の期日（同号の期間を定めた場合にあっては、その期間の初日）」とあり、同条第三項中「同項に規定する期日」とあり、並びに同条第四項中「第一項に規定する期日」とあるのは、「割当日」とする。 art-205/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-4 For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and Article 206-2, paragraph (1), paragraph (3), and paragraph (4), in the cases provided in the preceding paragraph, the phrases "the date referred to in Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv) (or, if a period is prescribed under that item, no later than the first day of that period)" in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and Article 206-2, paragraph (1) and "the day prescribed in the same paragraph" in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article and Article 206-2, paragraph (1) and "the day specified in paragraph (1) "in paragraph (4) of that article are deemed to be replaced with "the day of allotment." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 指名委員会等設置会社における第三項の規定の適用については、同項中「定款又は株主総会の決議による第三百六十一条第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての定め」とあるのは「報酬委員会による第四百九条第三項第三号に定める事項についての決定」と、「取締役」とあるのは「執行役又は取締役」とする。 art-205/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-5 For the purpose of application of the provisions of paragraph (3) by a company with nominating committee, etc., the phrase "the provisions regarding the matters set forth in Article 361, paragraph (1), item (iii) pursuant to the articles of incorporation or a resolution of the shareholders meeting" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "decision on the matters provided for in Article 409, paragraph (3), item (iii) by the remuneration committee" and the term "director "is deemed to be replaced with "executive officer or director." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-205/par-1: 前二条 → 会社法 第二百三条 (Article 203), art-203 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-203 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-203 - art-205/par-1: 前二条 → 会社法 第二百四条 (Article 204), art-204 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-204 - art-205/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-1 - art-205/par-3: 第二百二条の二第一項 → 会社法 第二百二条の二第一項 (Article 202-2, paragraph (1)), art-202-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-202-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-202-2/par-1 - art-205/par-3: 第三百六十一条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第三百六十一条第一項第三号 (Article 361, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-361/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-361/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-361/par-1/item-3 - art-205/par-3: 第二百三条第二項 → 会社法 第二百三条第二項 (Article 203, paragraph (2)), art-203/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-203/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-203/par-2 - art-205/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-1 - art-205/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第二百五条第三項 (Article 205, paragraph (3)), art-205/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-3 - art-205/par-4: 前条第三項 → 会社法 第二百四条第三項 (Article 204, paragraph (3)), art-204/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-204/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-204/par-3 - art-205/par-4: 第二百六条の二第一項 → 会社法 第二百六条の二第一項 (Article 206-2, paragraph (1)), art-206-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206-2/par-1 - art-205/par-4: 第三項 → 会社法 第二百六条の二第三項 (Article 206-2, paragraph (3)), art-206-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206-2/par-3 - art-205/par-4: 第四項 → 会社法 第二百六条の二第四項 (Article 206-2, paragraph (4)), art-206-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206-2/par-4 - art-205/par-4: 第百九十九条第一項第四号 → 会社法 第百九十九条第一項第四号 (Article 199, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-199/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-199/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-199/par-1/item-4 - art-205/par-5: 第三項 → 会社法 第二百五条第三項 (Article 205, paragraph (3)), art-205/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-3 - art-205/par-5: 第三百六十一条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第三百六十一条第一項第三号 (Article 361, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-361/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-361/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-361/par-1/item-3 - art-205/par-5: 第四百九条第三項第三号 → 会社法 第四百九条第三項第三号 (Article 409, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-409/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-3 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百五条第二項（募集株式の申込み及び割当てに関する特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-2 - 会社法 第二百五条第三項（募集株式の申込み及び割当てに関する特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-3 - 会社法 第二百五条第四項（募集株式の申込み及び割当てに関する特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-4 - 会社法 第二百五条第五項（募集株式の申込み及び割当てに関する特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-205/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-5 - 会社法 第二百六条第一項第二号（募集株式の引受け） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第二百六条の二第四項（公開会社における募集株式の割当て等の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206-2/par-4 - 会社法 第二百七条第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-207/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-207/par-8 - 会社法 第二百十一条第一項（引受けの無効又は取消しの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-211/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-211/par-1 - 会社法 第二百十二条第二項（不公正な払込金額で株式を引き受けた者等の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-212/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-212/par-2 - 会社法 第三百九条第二項第五号（株主総会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-309/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-309/par-2/item-5 - 会社法 附則第十二条第一項（募集株式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/suppl-4261-90/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4261-90/art-12/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-05 - 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 (会社法), Article 205, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), 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