# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百三十二条 (Article 232)

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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: 第二百三十二条 (Article 232)（株券喪失登録者に対する通知等） — address `art-232`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-232
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-232
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### 第二百三十二条（株券喪失登録者に対する通知等） — (Notices to Registrants of Lost Share Certificate)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-232 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-232 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-232</sup>

      **第一項**  株券発行会社が株券喪失登録者に対してする通知又は催告は、株券喪失登録簿に記載し、又は記録した当該株券喪失登録者の住所（当該株券喪失登録者が別に通知又は催告を受ける場所又は連絡先を株券発行会社に通知した場合にあっては、その場所又は連絡先）にあてて発すれば足りる。
      <sup>art-232/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-232/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-232/par-1</sup>
      It is sufficient for a notice or demand to a registrant of lost share certificate to be sent by a share certificate-issuing company to the address of relevant registrant of lost share certificate stated or recorded in the lost share certificates register (or, if relevant registrant of lost share certificate notifies the share certificate-issuing company of a different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or demands, to the place or contact address).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  前項の通知又は催告は、その通知又は催告が通常到達すべきであった時に、到達したものとみなす。
      <sup>art-232/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-232/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-232/par-2</sup>
      The notices or demands referred to in the preceding paragraph are deemed to have arrived at the time when the notice or demand should normally have arrived.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-232/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百三十二条第一項 (Article 232, paragraph (1)), art-232/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-232/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-232/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第二百三十二条第二項（株券喪失登録者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-232/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-232/par-2

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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
