# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五十七条 (Article 57) - 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: 第五十七条 (Article 57)（設立時発行株式を引き受ける者の募集） — address `art-57` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57 - 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. 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. --- ### 第五十七条（設立時発行株式を引き受ける者の募集） — (Solicitation to Subscribe for Shares Issued at Incorporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57 **第一項** 発起人は、この款の定めるところにより、設立時発行株式を引き受ける者の募集をする旨を定めることができる。 art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-1 Pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection, the incorporators may provide to the effect that persons will be solicited to subscribe for the shares issued at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 発起人は、前項の募集をする旨を定めようとするときは、その全員の同意を得なければならない。 art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-2 Incorporators intending to provide to the effect that the solicitation under the preceding paragraph be carried out must obtain the consent of all incorporators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-57/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五十七条第二項（設立時発行株式を引き受ける者の募集） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-2 - 会社法 第五十八条第一項（設立時募集株式に関する事項の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1 - 会社法 第五十八条第三項（設立時募集株式に関する事項の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-3 - 会社法 第五十九条第一項（設立時募集株式の申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-59/par-1 - 会社法 第五十九条第三項（設立時募集株式の申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-59/par-3 - 会社法 第六十四条第一項（払込金の保管証明） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-64/par-1 - 会社法 第六十五条第一項（創立総会の招集） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-65/par-1 - 会社法 第八十八条第一項（設立時取締役等の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-88/par-1 - 会社法 第九十五条第一項（発起人による定款の変更の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-95/par-1 - 会社法 第九十八条第一項（創立総会の決議による発行可能株式総数の定め） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-98/par-1 - 会社法 第百三条第一項（発起人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-1 - 会社法 第百三条第四項（発起人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-4 - 会社法 第九百十一条第二項（株式会社の設立の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-911/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-911/par-2 --- ## 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