# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百十五条 (Article 215) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第二百十五条 (Article 215)（株券の発行） — address `art-215` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百十五条（株券の発行） — (Issuing of Share Certificate) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215 **第一項** 株券発行会社は、株式を発行した日以後遅滞なく、当該株式に係る株券を発行しなければならない。 art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215/par-1 A share certificate-issuing company must, without delay after the day of a share issue, issue share certificates representing those shares. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株券発行会社は、株式の併合をしたときは、第百八十条第二項第二号の日以後遅滞なく、併合した株式に係る株券を発行しなければならない。 art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215/par-2 If a share certificate-issuing company consolidates shares, it must issue share certificates representing those consolidated shares without delay after the day provided for in Article 180, paragraph (2), item (ii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株券発行会社は、株式の分割をしたときは、第百八十三条第二項第二号の日以後遅滞なく、分割した株式に係る株券（既に発行されているものを除く。）を発行しなければならない。 art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215/par-3 If a share certificate-issuing company splits shares, it must issue share certificates representing those split shares (excluding those which have been already issued) without delay after the day provided for in Article 183, paragraph (2), item (ii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定にかかわらず、公開会社でない株券発行会社は、株主から請求がある時までは、これらの規定の株券を発行しないことができる。 art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, a share certificate-issuing company that is not a public company may elect to not deliver share certificates under those paragraphs until shareholders so request. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-215/par-2: 第百八十条第二項第二号 → 会社法 第百八十条第二項第二号 (Article 180, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-180/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-180/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-180/par-2/item-2 - art-215/par-3: 第百八十三条第二項第二号 → 会社法 第百八十三条第二項第二号 (Article 183, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-183/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-183/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-183/par-2/item-2 - art-215/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第二百十五条第一項 (Article 215, paragraph (1)), art-215/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215/par-1 - art-215/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第二百十五条第二項 (Article 215, paragraph (2)), art-215/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215/par-2 - art-215/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第二百十五条第三項 (Article 215, paragraph (3)), art-215/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百十五条第四項（株券の発行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-215/par-4 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第十四号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-14 --- ## 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