# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百七十一条 (Article 271)

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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: 第二百七十一条 (Article 271)（登録新株予約権質権者に対する通知等） — address `art-271`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-271
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-271
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### 第二百七十一条（登録新株予約権質権者に対する通知等） — (Notices to Registered Pledgees of Share Options)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-271 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-271 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-271</sup>

      **第一項**  株式会社が登録新株予約権質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、又は記録した当該登録新株予約権質権者の住所（当該登録新株予約権質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。
      <sup>art-271/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-271/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-271/par-1</sup>
      It is sufficient for a notice or demand to a registered pledgees of share options to be sent by a stock company to the addresses of relevant registered pledgees of share options stated or recorded in the share option register (or, if relevant registered pledgees of share options notify the stock company of any different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or demands, to that place or contact address).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **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。
      <sup>art-271/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-271/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-271/par-2</sup>
      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.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-271/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百七十一条第一項 (Article 271, paragraph (1)), art-271/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-271/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-271/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第二百七十一条第二項（登録新株予約権質権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-271/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-271/par-2

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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
