# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百五十七条 (Article 457) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457. 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: 第四百五十七条 (Article 457)（配当財産の交付の方法等） — address `art-457` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百五十七条（配当財産の交付の方法等） — (Methods of Delivery of Dividend Property) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-457 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457 **第一項** 配当財産（第四百五十五条第二項の規定により支払う金銭及び前条の規定により支払う金銭を含む。以下この条において同じ。）は、株主名簿に記載し、又は記録した株主（登録株式質権者を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の住所又は株主が株式会社に通知した場所（第三項において「住所等」という。）において、これを交付しなければならない。 art-457/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-1 The dividend property (including monies paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 455, paragraph (2) and monies paid pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must be delivered at the address of the shareholders (including registered pledgees of shares; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) which have been entered or recorded in the shareholder register, or at any other place of which the shareholders have notified the stock company (in paragraph (3) referred to as "address, etc."). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による配当財産の交付に要する費用は、株式会社の負担とする。ただし、株主の責めに帰すべき事由によってその費用が増加したときは、その増加額は、株主の負担とする。 art-457/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-2 The cost of the delivery of dividend property pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is borne by the stock company; provided, however, that, if relevant cost increases due to reasons attributable to shareholders, relevant increased amount is borne by the shareholders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、日本に住所等を有しない株主に対する配当財産の交付については、適用しない。 art-457/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the delivery of dividend property to shareholders who do not have address, etc. in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-457/par-1: 第四百五十五条第二項 → 会社法 第四百五十五条第二項 (Article 455, paragraph (2)), art-455/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-455/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-455/par-2 - art-457/par-1: 前条 → 会社法 第四百五十六条 (Article 456), art-456 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-456 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-456 - art-457/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第四百五十七条 (Article 457), art-457 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457 - art-457/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第四百五十七条第三項 (Article 457, paragraph (3)), art-457/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-3 - art-457/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百五十七条第一項 (Article 457, paragraph (1)), art-457/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-1 - art-457/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第四百五十七条第一項 (Article 457, paragraph (1)), art-457/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-1 - art-457/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第四百五十七条第二項 (Article 457, paragraph (2)), art-457/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百五十七条第一項（配当財産の交付の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-1 - 会社法 第四百五十七条第二項（配当財産の交付の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-2 - 会社法 第四百五十七条第三項（配当財産の交付の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-457/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-457/par-3 - 会社法 第四百五十八条第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-458/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-458/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17