# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百六十二条 (Article 262)

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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: 第二百六十二条 (Article 262)（新株予約権者からの承認の請求） — address `art-262`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-262
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-262
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### 第二百六十二条（新株予約権者からの承認の請求） — (Requests for Approval by Share Option Holders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-262 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-262 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-262</sup>

      **第一項**  譲渡制限新株予約権の新株予約権者は、その有する譲渡制限新株予約権を他人（当該譲渡制限新株予約権を発行した株式会社を除く。）に譲り渡そうとするときは、当該株式会社に対し、当該他人が当該譲渡制限新株予約権を取得することについて承認をするか否かの決定をすることを請求することができる。
      <sup>art-262/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-262/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-262/par-1</sup>
      If share option holders with restriction on transfer intend to transfer share options with restriction on transfer held by the same to others (excluding the stock company which issued relevant share options with restriction on transfer), they may request that relevant stock company make a determination as to whether or not to approve the acquisition by relevant others of relevant share options with restriction on transfer.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第二百六十一条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-261/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-261/par-1/item-1
- 会社法 第二百六十四条第一項第一号（譲渡等承認請求の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-264/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-264/par-1/item-1
- 会社法 第二百六十五条第一項（譲渡等の承認の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-265/par-1
- 会社法 第二百六十六条第一項（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-266/par-1
- 会社法 第三百九十九条の十三第五項第三号（監査等委員会設置会社の取締役会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-399-13/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-399-13/par-5/item-3
- 会社法 第四百十六条第四項第三号（指名委員会等設置会社の取締役会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-416/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-4/item-3

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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
