# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百六十六条 (Article 266) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-266. 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: 第二百六十六条 (Article 266)（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — address `art-266` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-266 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-266 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十六条（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — (Cases Where Stock Company Is Deemed to Have Approved) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-266 **第一項** 株式会社が譲渡等承認請求の日から二週間（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）以内に前条第二項の規定による通知をしなかった場合には、第二百六十二条又は第二百六十三条第一項の承認をしたものとみなす。ただし、当該株式会社と当該譲渡等承認請求をした者との合意により別段の定めをしたときは、この限りでない。 art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-266/par-1 If a stock company has failed to give notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article within two weeks (or if any shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation, relevant shorter period of time) from the day of the requests for approval of transfer, the stock company is deemed to have given the approval under Article 262 or Article 263, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply if otherwise provided for by agreement between the stock company and the person who made the requests for approval of transfer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-266/par-1: 前条第二項 → 会社法 第二百六十五条第二項 (Article 265, paragraph (2)), art-265/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-265/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-265/par-2 - art-266/par-1: 第二百六十二条 → 会社法 第二百六十二条 (Article 262), art-262 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-262 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-262 - art-266/par-1: 第二百六十三条第一項 → 会社法 第二百六十三条第一項 (Article 263, paragraph (1)), art-263/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-263/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-263/par-1 --- ## 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