# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百七十三条 (Article 273) - 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: 第二百七十三条 (Article 273)（取得する日の決定） — address `art-273` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-273 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-273 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百七十三条（取得する日の決定） — (Determination of Day of Acquisition) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-273 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-273 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-273 **第一項** 取得条項付新株予約権（第二百三十六条第一項第七号イに掲げる事項についての定めがある新株予約権をいう。以下この章において同じ。）の内容として同号ロに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、株式会社は、同号ロの日を株主総会（取締役会設置会社にあっては、取締役会）の決議によって定めなければならない。ただし、当該取得条項付新株予約権の内容として別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-273/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-273/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-273/par-1 If there are provisions with respect to the matters set forth in Article 236, paragraph (1), item (vii), (b) as a feature of share options subject to call (meaning share options for which there are provisions with respect to the matters set forth in item (vii), (a) of that paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter), the stock company must determine the day under the same item (vii), (b) by a resolution at a shareholders meeting (or at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise provided as a feature of relevant share options subject to call. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第二百三十六条第一項第七号ロの日を定めたときは、株式会社は、取得条項付新株予約権の新株予約権者（同号ハに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合にあっては、次条第一項の規定により決定した取得条項付新株予約権の新株予約権者）及びその登録新株予約権質権者に対し、当該日の二週間前までに、当該日を通知しなければならない。 art-273/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-273/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-273/par-2 If a stock company determines the day under Article 236, paragraph (1), item (vii), (b), the stock company must notify the holders of share options subject to call (or, if there are provisions with respect to the matters set forth in item (vii), (c) of that paragraph, the holders of share options subject to call determined under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article) and the registered pledgees of share options thereof of that date, no later than two weeks prior to that day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。 art-273/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-273/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-273/par-3 A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-273/par-1: 第二百三十六条第一項第七号 → 会社法 第二百三十六条第一項第七号 (Article 236, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-236/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-236/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-236/par-1/item-7 - art-273/par-2: 第二百三十六条第一項第七号 → 会社法 第二百三十六条第一項第七号 (Article 236, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-236/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-236/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-236/par-1/item-7 - art-273/par-2: 次条第一項 → 会社法 第二百七十四条第一項 (Article 274, paragraph (1)), art-274/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-274/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-274/par-1 - art-273/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第二百七十三条第二項 (Article 273, paragraph (2)), art-273/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-273/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-273/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百七十三条第三項（取得する日の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-273/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-273/par-3 - 会社法 第二百七十五条第四項（効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-275/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-275/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17