# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七十六条 (Article 76) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76. 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: 第七十六条 (Article 76)（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — address `art-76` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76 - 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. --- ### 第七十六条（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — (Voting by Electronic or Magnetic Means) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76 **第一項** 電磁的方法による議決権の行使は、政令で定めるところにより、発起人の承諾を得て、法務省令で定める時までに議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項を、電磁的方法により当該発起人に提供して行う。 art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-1 The exercise of voting rights by electronic or magnetic means is effected by using electronic or magnetic means to provide the incorporators with the information that is required to be entered in the voting form no later than the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, with the approval of the incorporators and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 設立時株主が第六十八条第三項の承諾をした者である場合には、発起人は、正当な理由がなければ、前項の承諾をすることを拒んではならない。 art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-2 If the shareholders at incorporation are persons who have given consent under Article 68, paragraph (3), the incorporators may not refuse to give the approval under the preceding paragraph without justifiable reasons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により電磁的方法によって行使した議決権の数は、出席した設立時株主の議決権の数に算入する。 art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-3 The number of the votes exercised by electronic or magnetic means pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is included in the number of the votes of the shareholders at incorporation who are present at the meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 発起人は、創立総会の日から三箇月間、第一項の規定により提供された事項を記録した電磁的記録を発起人が定めた場所に備え置かなければならない。 art-76/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-4 The incorporators must keep any electronic or magnetic record in which the information with which they have been provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is recorded at a place designated by the incorporators for the period of three months from the day of the organizational meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 設立時株主は、発起人が定めた時間内は、いつでも、前項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧又は謄写の請求をすることができる。 art-76/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-5 The shareholders at incorporation may, at any time during the hours designated by the incorporators, request to inspect or copy anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the data recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-76/par-2: 第六十八条第三項 → 会社法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-3 - art-76/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-1 - art-76/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-1 - art-76/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-1 - art-76/par-5: 前項 → 会社法 第七十六条第四項 (Article 76, paragraph (4)), art-76/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-4 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七十四条第六項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-74/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-74/par-6 - 会社法 第七十四条第七項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-74/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-74/par-7 - 会社法 第七十六条第二項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-2 - 会社法 第七十六条第三項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-3 - 会社法 第七十六条第四項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-4 - 会社法 第七十六条第五項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-5 - 会社法 第八十六条第一項（創立総会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-86/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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