# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八十二条 (Article 82)

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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: 第八十二条 (Article 82)（創立総会の決議の省略） — address `art-82`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82
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### 第八十二条（創立総会の決議の省略） — (Omission of Resolutions at Organizational Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82</sup>

      **第一項**  発起人が創立総会の目的である事項について提案をした場合において、当該提案につき設立時株主（当該事項について議決権を行使することができるものに限る。）の全員が書面又は電磁的記録により同意の意思表示をしたときは、当該提案を可決する旨の創立総会の決議があったものとみなす。
      <sup>art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-1</sup>
      If incorporators submit a proposal with respect to any matter that is the purpose of an organizational meeting, if all shareholders at incorporation (limited to those who may vote with respect to relevant matter) manifest their intention to agree to relevant proposal in writing or using an electronic or magnetic record, it is deemed that a resolution to approve relevant proposal has been passed at an organizational meeting.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  発起人は、前項の規定により創立総会の決議があったものとみなされた日から十年間、同項の書面又は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。
      <sup>art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-2</sup>
      The incorporators must keep the documents or an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in the provisions of the preceding paragraph at a place designated by the incorporators for the period of ten years from the day when the resolution at the organizational meeting is deemed to have been passed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  設立時株主は、発起人が定めた時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。
      <sup>art-82/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-3</sup>
      The shareholders at incorporation may submit the following requests at any time during the hours designated by the incorporators:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  前項の書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求
        <sup>art-82/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-3/item-1</sup>
        requests for inspection or copying of the documents under the preceding paragraph; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  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
        <sup>art-82/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-3/item-2</sup>
        requests to inspect or copy anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in the preceding paragraph.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  株式会社の成立後において、当該株式会社の親会社社員は、その権利を行使するため必要があるときは、裁判所の許可を得て、第二項の書面又は電磁的記録について前項各号に掲げる請求をすることができる。
      <sup>art-82/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-4</sup>
      If, after the formation of a stock company, it is necessary for the purpose of exercising the rights of a member of the parent company of relevant stock company, the relevant member of the parent company may, with the permission of the court, make the requests set forth in each item of the preceding paragraph with respect to the documents or an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in paragraph (2).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-82/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八十二条第一項 (Article 82, paragraph (1)), art-82/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-1
- art-82/par-3/item-1: 前項 → 会社法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-2
- art-82/par-3/item-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-2
- art-82/par-4: 第二項 → 会社法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-2
- art-82/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第八十二条第三項 (Article 82, paragraph (3)), art-82/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-3

## Cited by

8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第八十一条第二項（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-2
- 会社法 第八十一条第三項（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-3
- 会社法 第八十二条第二項（創立総会の決議の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-2
- 会社法 第八十二条第三項第一号（創立総会の決議の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-3/item-1
- 会社法 第八十二条第三項第二号（創立総会の決議の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-3/item-2
- 会社法 第八十二条第四項（創立総会の決議の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-82/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-4
- 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

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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
