# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百六条 (Article 206)

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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: 第二百六条 (Article 206)（募集株式の引受け） — address `art-206`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206
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### 第二百六条（募集株式の引受け） — (Subscription for Shares for Subscription)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-206 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206</sup>

      **第一項**  次の各号に掲げる者は、当該各号に定める募集株式の数について募集株式の引受人となる。
      <sup>art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206/par-1</sup>
      the persons set forth in the following items will be the subscribers for shares for subscription with respect to the number of shares for subscription prescribed in each of relevant items:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  申込者　株式会社の割り当てた募集株式の数
        <sup>art-206/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206/par-1/item-1</sup>
        applicants:the number of the shares for subscription allotted by the stock company; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  前条第一項の契約により募集株式の総数を引き受けた者　その者が引き受けた募集株式の数
        <sup>art-206/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-206/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-206/par-1/item-2</sup>
        A person who subscribed for all of the shares for subscription under a contract in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article:the number of shares for subscription for which that person has subscribed.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-206/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項 → 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

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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