# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百一条 (Article 301) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-301. 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: 第三百一条 (Article 301)（株主総会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — address `art-301` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-301 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百一条（株主総会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — (Giving of Reference Documents for Shareholders Meetings and Voting Forms) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-301 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-301 **第一項** 取締役は、第二百九十八条第一項第三号に掲げる事項を定めた場合には、第二百九十九条第一項の通知に際して、法務省令で定めるところにより、株主に対し、議決権の行使について参考となるべき事項を記載した書類（以下この節において「株主総会参考書類」という。）及び株主が議決権を行使するための書面（以下この節において「議決権行使書面」という。）を交付しなければならない。 art-301/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-301/par-1 If the matters set forth in Article 298, paragraph (1), item (iii) are decided, the directors must, when dispatching a notice under Article 299, paragraph (1), give the shareholder the document stating matters of reference for voting (hereinafter in this Section referred to as "reference documents for shareholders meetings") and the document to be used by the shareholder to vote (hereinafter in this Section referred to as "voting form") pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 取締役は、第二百九十九条第三項の承諾をした株主に対し同項の電磁的方法による通知を発するときは、前項の規定による株主総会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付に代えて、これらの書類に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供することができる。ただし、株主の請求があったときは、これらの書類を当該株主に交付しなければならない。 art-301/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-301/par-2 If the directors issue notices by electronic or magnetic means as referred to in Article 299, paragraph (3) to the shareholders who have given consent under the same paragraph, in lieu of delivering the reference documents for shareholders meetings and voting forms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the directors may use electronic or magnetic means to provide the information that is required to be detailed in those documents; provided, however, that if requested by any shareholder, they must deliver these documents to the shareholder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-301/par-1: 第二百九十八条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第二百九十八条第一項第三号 (Article 298, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-298/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-298/par-1/item-3 - art-301/par-1: 第二百九十九条第一項 → 会社法 第二百九十九条第一項 (Article 299, paragraph (1)), art-299/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-299/par-1 - art-301/par-2: 第二百九十九条第三項 → 会社法 第二百九十九条第三項 (Article 299, paragraph (3)), art-299/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-299/par-3 - art-301/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百一条第一項 (Article 301, paragraph (1)), art-301/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-301/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百九十八条第一項（株主総会の招集の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-298/par-1 - 会社法 第二百九十八条第二項（株主総会の招集の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-298/par-2 - 会社法 第三百一条第二項（株主総会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-301/par-2 - 会社法 第三百二十五条の三第一項第二号（電子提供措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-325-3/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第三百二十五条の四第三項（株主総会の招集の通知等の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-325-4/par-3 - 会社法 第三百二十五条の七第一項（株主総会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-325-7/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 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17