# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百三十条 (Article 230) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230. 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: 第二百三十条 (Article 230)（株券喪失登録の効力） — address `art-230` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230 - 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. --- ### 第二百三十条（株券喪失登録の効力） — (Effect of Registration of Lost Share Certificate) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-230 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230 **第一項** 株券発行会社は、次に掲げる日のいずれか早い日（以下この条において「登録抹消日」という。）までの間は、株券喪失登録がされた株券に係る株式を取得した者の氏名又は名称及び住所を株主名簿に記載し、又は記録することができない。 art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230/par-1 A share certificate-issuing company may not state or record the names and addresses of the persons who acquired shares represented by share certificates subject to the registration of lost share certificate until the earliest of the following days (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "day of cancellation of registration"): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該株券喪失登録が抹消された日 art-230/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230/par-1/item-1 the day on which relevant registration of lost share certificate is cancelled; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株券喪失登録日の翌日から起算して一年を経過した日 art-230/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230/par-1/item-2 the day on which one year has elapsed from the day immediately following the day of registration of lost share certificate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株券発行会社は、登録抹消日後でなければ、株券喪失登録がされた株券を再発行することができない。 art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230/par-2 A share certificate-issuing company may reissue share certificates subject to the registration of lost share certificate only after the day of cancellation of registration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株券喪失登録者が株券喪失登録をした株券に係る株式の名義人でないときは、当該株式の株主は、登録抹消日までの間は、株主総会又は種類株主総会において議決権を行使することができない。 art-230/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230/par-3 If a registrant of lost share certificate is not the registered holder of the shares represented by the share certificates subject to the registration of lost share certificate, the shareholders of relevant shares may not exercise voting right at a shareholders meeting or general meeting of class shareholders until the day of cancellation of registration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 株券喪失登録がされた株券に係る株式については、第百九十七条第一項の規定による競売又は同条第二項の規定による売却をすることができない。 art-230/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230/par-4 An auction pursuant to the provisions of Article 197, paragraph (1) or a sale pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article may not be effected with respect to shares represented by share certificates subject to the registration of lost share certificate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-230/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第二百三十条 (Article 230), art-230 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230 - art-230/par-4: 第百九十七条第一項 → 会社法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-197/par-1 - art-230/par-4: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第百九十七条第二項 (Article 197, paragraph (2)), art-197/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-197/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百三十条第一項（株券喪失登録の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-230/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第十七号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-17 --- ## 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