# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百五十三条 (Article 253) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253. 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: 第二百五十三条 (Article 253)（新株予約権者に対する通知等） — address `art-253` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百五十三条（新株予約権者に対する通知等） — (Notices to Share Option Holders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-253 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253 **第一項** 株式会社が新株予約権者に対してする通知又は催告は、新株予約権原簿に記載し、又は記録した当該新株予約権者の住所（当該新株予約権者が別に通知又は催告を受ける場所又は連絡先を当該株式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。 art-253/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-1 It is sufficient for a notice or demand to holders of share options to be sent by a stock company to the addresses of relevant holders of share options which have been entered or recorded in the share option register (or, if relevant share option holders notify relevant stock company of a different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or demands, to relevant place or contact address). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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。 art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-2 The notices or demands referred to in the preceding paragraph are deemed to have arrived at the time when that notice or demand should normally have arrived. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 新株予約権が二以上の者の共有に属するときは、共有者は、株式会社が新株予約権者に対してする通知又は催告を受領する者一人を定め、当該株式会社に対し、その者の氏名又は名称を通知しなければならない。この場合においては、その者を新株予約権者とみなして、前二項の規定を適用する。 art-253/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-3 If a share option is co-owned by two or more persons, the co-owners must specify one person who receives the notice or demand sent by the stock company to the share option holders and notify relevant stock company of the name of that person. In this case, that person is deemed to be the share option holder and the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による共有者の通知がない場合には、株式会社が新株予約権の共有者に対してする通知又は催告は、そのうちの一人に対してすれば足りる。 art-253/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-4 If there is no notice by co-owners pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it is sufficient for a notice or demand sent by a stock company to the co-owners of the share options if it is sent to one of them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-253/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百五十三条第一項 (Article 253, paragraph (1)), art-253/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-1 - art-253/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第二百五十三条第一項 (Article 253, paragraph (1)), art-253/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-1 - art-253/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第二百五十三条第二項 (Article 253, paragraph (2)), art-253/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-2 - art-253/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第二百五十三条第三項 (Article 253, paragraph (3)), art-253/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百五十三条第二項（新株予約権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-2 - 会社法 第二百五十三条第三項（新株予約権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-3 - 会社法 第二百五十三条第四項（新株予約権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-253/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-253/par-4 --- ## 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