# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百十八条 (Article 218) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218. 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: 第二百十八条 (Article 218)（株券を発行する旨の定款の定めの廃止） — address `art-218` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百十八条（株券を発行する旨の定款の定めの廃止） — (Abolition of Provisions of Articles of Incorporation That Share Certificates Be Issued) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-218 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218 **第一項** 株券発行会社は、その株式（種類株式発行会社にあっては、全部の種類の株式）に係る株券を発行する旨の定款の定めを廃止する定款の変更をしようとするときは、当該定款の変更の効力が生ずる日の二週間前までに、次に掲げる事項を公告し、かつ、株主及び登録株式質権者には、各別にこれを通知しなければならない。 art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1 If a share certificate-issuing company intends to effect an amendment to the articles of incorporation to abolish provisions of the articles of incorporation to the effect that it issues share certificates for its shares (or, for a company with class shares, shares of all classes), it must give public notice of the following matters, and give separate notice thereof to each shareholder and each registered pledgee of shares no later than two weeks prior to the day on which relevant amendment to the articles of incorporation takes effect: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** その株式（種類株式発行会社にあっては、全部の種類の株式）に係る株券を発行する旨の定款の定めを廃止する旨 art-218/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-1 a statement to the effect that the stock company abolishes the provisions of the articles of incorporation to the effect that it issues share certificates for its shares (or, for a company with class shares, shares of all classes); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 定款の変更がその効力を生ずる日 art-218/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-2 the day on which the amendment to the articles of incorporation will take effect; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前号の日において当該株式会社の株券は無効となる旨 art-218/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-3 a statement to the effect that the share certificates of relevant stock company become invalid on the day provided for in the preceding item. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株券発行会社の株式に係る株券は、前項第二号の日に無効となる。 art-218/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-2 Share certificates representing the shares of a share certificate-issuing company become invalid on the day provided for in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定にかかわらず、株式の全部について株券を発行していない株券発行会社がその株式（種類株式発行会社にあっては、全部の種類の株式）に係る株券を発行する旨の定款の定めを廃止する定款の変更をしようとする場合には、同項第二号の日の二週間前までに、株主及び登録株式質権者に対し、同項第一号及び第二号に掲げる事項を通知すれば足りる。 art-218/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if a share certificate-issuing company that does not issue share certificates for any of its shares intends to effect an amendment to the articles of incorporation to abolish provisions of the articles of incorporation to the effect that it issues share certificates for its shares (or, for a company with class shares, shares of all classes), it is sufficient to notify the shareholders and registered pledgees of shares of the matters set forth in item (i) and item (ii) of that paragraph no later than two weeks prior to the day provided for in item (ii) of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。 art-218/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-4 A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項に規定する場合には、株式の質権者（登録株式質権者を除く。）は、同項第二号の日の前日までに、株券発行会社に対し、第百四十八条各号に掲げる事項を株主名簿に記載し、又は記録することを請求することができる。 art-218/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-5 In the cases provided for in paragraph (1), pledgees of shares (excluding registered pledgees of shares) may, no later than the day immediately preceding the day provided for in item (ii) of that paragraph, demand that the share certificate-issuing company state or record the matters set forth in each item of Article 148 in the shareholder register. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-218/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 会社法 第二百十八条第一項第二号 (Article 218, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-218/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-2 - art-218/par-2: 前項第二号 → 会社法 第二百十八条第一項第二号 (Article 218, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-218/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-2 - art-218/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百十八条第一項 (Article 218, paragraph (1)), art-218/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1 - art-218/par-3: 同項第二号 → 会社法 第二百十八条第一項第二号 (Article 218, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-218/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-2 - art-218/par-3: 同項第一号 → 会社法 第二百十八条第一項第一号 (Article 218, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-218/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-1 - art-218/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第二百十八条第三項 (Article 218, paragraph (3)), art-218/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-3 - art-218/par-5: 第一項 → 会社法 第二百十八条第一項 (Article 218, paragraph (1)), art-218/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1 - art-218/par-5: 同項第二号 → 会社法 第二百十八条第一項第二号 (Article 218, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-218/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-2 - art-218/par-5: 第百四十八条 → 会社法 第百四十八条 (Article 148), art-148 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-148 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-148 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百五十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-152/par-1 - 会社法 第二百十八条第一項第三号（株券を発行する旨の定款の定めの廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第二百十八条第二項（株券を発行する旨の定款の定めの廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-2 - 会社法 第二百十八条第三項（株券を発行する旨の定款の定めの廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-3 - 会社法 第二百十八条第四項（株券を発行する旨の定款の定めの廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-4 - 会社法 第二百十八条第五項（株券を発行する旨の定款の定めの廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-218/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-218/par-5 - 会社法 第二百二十一条第一項第一号（株券喪失登録簿） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-221/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-221/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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