# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百二十条 (Article 320)

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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: 第三百二十条 (Article 320)（株主総会への報告の省略） — address `art-320`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三百二十条（株主総会への報告の省略） — (Omission of Reports to Shareholders Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-320 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-320</sup>

      **第一項**  取締役が株主の全員に対して株主総会に報告すべき事項を通知した場合において、当該事項を株主総会に報告することを要しないことにつき株主の全員が書面又は電磁的記録により同意の意思表示をしたときは、当該事項の株主総会への報告があったものとみなす。
      <sup>art-320/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-320/par-1</sup>
      If the directors notify all shareholders of any matter that is to be reported to the shareholders meeting, if all shareholders manifest in writing or in an electronic or magnetic record their intention to agree that it is not necessary to report relevant matter to the shareholders meeting, it is deemed that relevant matter has been reported to the shareholders meeting.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17