# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58) - 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（設立時募集株式に関する事項の決定） — address `art-58` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十八条（設立時募集株式に関する事項の決定） — (Determination of Matters Regarding Shares Solicited at Incorporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58 **第一項** 発起人は、前条第一項の募集をしようとするときは、その都度、設立時募集株式（同項の募集に応じて設立時発行株式の引受けの申込みをした者に対して割り当てる設立時発行株式をいう。以下この節において同じ。）について次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。 art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1 Whenever the incorporator intends to carry out the solicitation under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the incorporator must decide the following matters with respect to the shares solicited at incorporation (meaning the shares issued at incorporation that are allotted to the persons who accept the solicitation under that paragraph and apply to subscribe for the shares issued at incorporation; hereinafter the same applies in this Section): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 設立時募集株式の数（設立しようとする株式会社が種類株式発行会社である場合にあっては、その種類及び種類ごとの数。以下この款において同じ。） art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1/item-1 the number of the shares solicited at incorporation (if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with class shares, referring to the class and the number of each class of shares solicited at incorporation; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 設立時募集株式の払込金額（設立時募集株式一株と引換えに払い込む金銭の額をいう。以下この款において同じ。） art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1/item-2 the amount to be paid in for shares solicited at incorporation (meaning the amount of money which is to be paid in in exchange for one share solicited at incorporation; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 設立時募集株式と引換えにする金銭の払込みの期日又はその期間 art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1/item-3 the date by or period during which payment is to be made of the money to be paid in in exchange for the shares solicited at incorporation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 一定の日までに設立の登記がされない場合において、設立時募集株式の引受けの取消しをすることができることとするときは、その旨及びその一定の日 art-58/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1/item-4 if there is any arrangement that subscriptions for shares solicited at incorporation may be rescinded if the registration of incorporation is not effected by a certain date, a statement of the arrangement and the date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 発起人は、前項各号に掲げる事項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-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-2 If the incorporator intends to determine the matters set forth in any item of the preceding paragraph, the incorporator must obtain the consent of all incorporators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 設立時募集株式の払込金額その他の前条第一項の募集の条件は、当該募集（設立しようとする株式会社が種類株式発行会社である場合にあっては、種類及び当該募集）ごとに、均等に定めなければならない。 art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-3 The conditions for the solicitation under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, such as the amount to be paid in for shares solicited at incorporation, must be decided uniformly for each relevant solicitation (or, if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with class shares, for each that class and solicitation). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-58/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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 - art-58/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1 - art-58/par-3: 前条第一項 → 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 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五十八条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-2 - 会社法 第五十九条第一項第二号（設立時募集株式の申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-59/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-59/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第六十条第二項（設立時募集株式の割当て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-60/par-2 - 会社法 第六十三条第一項（設立時募集株式の払込金額の払込み） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/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 --- ## 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