# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百九十六条 (Article 296) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-296. 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: 第二百九十六条 (Article 296)（株主総会の招集） — address `art-296` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-296 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第二百九十六条（株主総会の招集） — (Calling of Shareholders Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-296 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-296 **第一項** 定時株主総会は、毎事業年度の終了後一定の時期に招集しなければならない。 art-296/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-296/par-1 Annual shareholders meetings must be called within a defined period of time after the end of each business year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株主総会は、必要がある場合には、いつでも、招集することができる。 art-296/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-296/par-2 A shareholders meeting may be called whenever necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株主総会は、次条第四項の規定により招集する場合を除き、取締役が招集する。 art-296/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-296/par-3 A shareholders meeting is called by directors, except if it is called pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the following Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-296/par-3: 次条第四項 → 会社法 第二百九十七条第四項 (Article 297, paragraph (4)), art-297/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-297/par-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百二十五条第一項（株主総会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-325/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第十八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-18 --- ## 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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17