# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百五十一条 (Article 251)

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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: 第二百五十一条 (Article 251)（新株予約権原簿の管理） — address `art-251`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-251
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-251
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### 第二百五十一条（新株予約権原簿の管理） — (Administration of the Share Option Register)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-251 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-251 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-251</sup>

    **第一項**  株式会社が新株予約権を発行している場合における第百二十三条の規定の適用については、同条中「株主名簿の」とあるのは「株主名簿及び新株予約権原簿の」と、「株主名簿に」とあるのは「株主名簿及び新株予約権原簿に」とする。
    <sup>art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-251/par-1</sup>
    For the purpose of the application of Article 123 if a stock company issues share options, in that Article, the phrase "shareholder register administrator" is deemed to be replaced with "shareholder and share option register administrator" and the phrase "administer the shareholder register" is deemed to be replaced with "administer the shareholder register and the share option register".
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-251/par-1: 第百二十三条 → 会社法 第百二十三条 (Article 123), art-123 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-123

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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