# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百四十七条 (Article 247) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-247. 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: 第二百四十七条 (Article 247) — address `art-247` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-247 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-247 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十七条 art-247 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-247 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-247 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合において、株主が不利益を受けるおそれがあるときは、株主は、株式会社に対し、第二百三十八条第一項の募集に係る新株予約権の発行をやめることを請求することができる。 art-247/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-247/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-247/par-1 In the following cases, if shareholders are likely to suffer any disadvantage, shareholders may demand that the stock company discontinue an issue of the share options relating to solicitation under Article 238, paragraph (1): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該新株予約権の発行が法令又は定款に違反する場合 art-247/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-247/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-247/par-1/item-1 if relevant issuance of share options violates laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該新株予約権の発行が著しく不公正な方法により行われる場合 art-247/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-247/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-247/par-1/item-2 if relevant issuance of share options is effected by using a method that is extremely unfair. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-247/par-1: 第二百三十八条第一項 → 会社法 第二百三十八条第一項 (Article 238, paragraph (1)), art-238/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-238/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-238/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百六十八条第一項第二号（株主等の権利の行使に関する贈収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-968/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-968/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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