# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六十二条 (Article 62)

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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: 第六十二条 (Article 62)（設立時募集株式の引受け） — address `art-62`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-62
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-62
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### 第六十二条（設立時募集株式の引受け） — (Subscriptions for Shares Solicited at Incorporation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-62</sup>

      **第一項**  次の各号に掲げる者は、当該各号に定める設立時募集株式の数について設立時募集株式の引受人となる。
      <sup>art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-62/par-1</sup>
      The persons set forth in the following items will be the subscribers for the number of the shares solicited at incorporation provided for in each item with respect to the shares solicited at incorporation:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  申込者　発起人の割り当てた設立時募集株式の数
        <sup>art-62/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-62/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-62/par-1/item-1</sup>
        applicants:the number of the shares solicited at incorporation as allotted by the incorporators; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  前条の契約により設立時募集株式の総数を引き受けた者　その者が引き受けた設立時募集株式の数
        <sup>art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-62/par-1/item-2</sup>
        persons who subscribed for the total number of the shares solicited at incorporation under the contracts referred to in the preceding Article:the number of the shares solicited at incorporation for which the persons have subscribed.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-62/par-1/item-2: 前条 → 会社法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-61

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