# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百二十三条 (Article 223)

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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: 第二百二十三条 (Article 223)（株券喪失登録の請求） — address `art-223`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-223
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### 第二百二十三条（株券喪失登録の請求） — (Requests for Registration of Lost Share Certificate)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-223 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-223 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-223</sup>

      **第一項**  株券を喪失した者は、法務省令で定めるところにより、株券発行会社に対し、当該株券についての株券喪失登録簿記載事項を株券喪失登録簿に記載し、又は記録すること（以下「株券喪失登録」という。）を請求することができる。
      <sup>art-223/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-223/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-223/par-1</sup>
      A person that loses a share certificate may request the share certificate-issuing company, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, to enter or record the information required to be entered in the lost share certificates register in the lost share certificates register with respect to that share certificate (hereinafter referred to as the "registration of a lost share certificate").
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第百十六条第六項（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-116/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-116/par-6
- 会社法 第百八十二条の四第五項（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-182-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-182-4/par-5
- 会社法 第二百二十一条第一項（株券喪失登録簿） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-221/par-1
- 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
- 会社法 第二百二十四条第一項（名義人等に対する通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-224/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-224/par-1
- 会社法 第四百六十九条第六項（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-469/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-469/par-6
- 会社法 第七百八十五条第六項（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-785/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-785/par-6
- 会社法 第七百九十七条第六項（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-797/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-797/par-6
- 会社法 第八百六条第六項（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-806/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-806/par-6
- 会社法 第八百十六条の六第六項（反対株主の株式買取請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-816-6/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-816-6/par-6

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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
