# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百四十四条 (Article 144)

- Law: 金融商品取引法 (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二十五号
- English title "Financial Instruments and Exchange 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: 第百四十四条 (Article 144)（株券等の提出） — address `art-144`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第百四十四条（株券等の提出） — (Submission of Share Certificates)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-144</sup>

      **第一項**  会社法第二百十九条第一項（第六号に係る部分に限る。）、第二項（第四号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項、第二百二十条並びに第二百九十三条第一項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）、第二項（第四号に係る部分に限る。）、第三項及び第五項の規定は、新設合併消滅株式会社金融商品取引所について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
      <sup>art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-144/par-1</sup>
      The provisions of Article 219, paragraph (1) (limited to the part that involves item (vi)), paragraph (2) (limited to the part that involves item (iv)) and paragraph (3), Article 220 and Article 293, paragraph (1) (limited to the part that involves item (iii)), paragraph (2) (limited to the part that involves item (iv)), and paragraphs (3) and (5) of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis to the incorporated financial instruments exchange disappearing in the consolidation-type merger. In such a case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **第二項**  会社法第九百四十条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項の規定は新設合併消滅株式会社金融商品取引所が電子公告により前項において準用する同法第二百十九条第一項又は第二百九十三条第一項の規定による公告をする場合について、同法第九百四十条第一項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項の規定は新設合併消滅株式会社金融商品取引所が電子公告により前項において準用する同法第二百二十条第一項（前項において準用する同法第二百九十三条第五項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による公告をする場合について、それぞれ準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
      <sup>art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-144/par-2</sup>
      The provisions of Article 940, paragraph (1) (limited to the part that involves item (i)) and paragraph (3) of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis if an incorporated financial instruments exchange disappearing in a consolidation-type merger makes a public notice under Article 219, paragraph (1) or Article 293, paragraph (1) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph through an electronic public notice; and the provisions of Article 940, paragraph (1) (limited to the part that involves item (iii)) and paragraph (3) of that Act apply mutatis mutandis if an incorporated financial instruments exchange disappearing in a consolidation-type merger issues the public notice under Article 220, paragraph (1) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 293, paragraph (5) of that Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph) through an electronic public notice. In such a case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  会社法第百五十四条第二項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）及び第二百七十二条第三項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、会員金融商品取引所と株式会社金融商品取引所とが新設合併をした場合について準用する。この場合において、同法第百五十四条第二項第三号及び第二百七十二条第三項第三号中「第七百四十九条第一項に規定する吸収合併存続会社又は第七百五十三条第一項に規定する新設合併設立会社」とあるのは、「金融商品取引法第百三十九条の二第一項第二号に規定する新設合併設立株式会社金融商品取引所」と読み替えるものとする。
      <sup>art-144/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-144/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-144/par-3</sup>
      The provisions of Article 154, paragraph (2) (limited to the part that involves item (iii)) and Article 272, paragraph (3) (limited to the part that involves item (iii)) of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which an incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange and an incorporated financial instruments exchange implement a consolidation-type merger. In this case, in Article 154, paragraph (2), item (iii) and Article 272, paragraph (3), item (iii) of that Act, the phrase "company surviving an absorption-type merger prescribed in Article 749, paragraph (1) or a company incorporated in a consolidation-type merger prescribed in Article 753, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "incorporated financial instruments exchange incorporated in the consolidation-type merger prescribed in Article 139-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act".
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 154, paragraph (2) (limited to the part that involves item (iii)) and Article 272, paragraph (3) (limited to the part that involves item (iii)) of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which an incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange and an incorporated financial instruments exchange implement a consolidation-type merger. In this case, in Article 154, paragraph (2), item (iii) and Article 272, paragraph (3), item (iii) of that Act, the phrase "company surviving an absorption-type merger prescribed in Article 749 (1) or a company incorporated in a consolidation-type merger prescribed in Article 753, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "incorporated financial instruments exchange incorporated in the consolidation-type merger prescribed in Article 139-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act"." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-144/par-1: 会社法第二百十九条第一項 → 会社法 第二百十九条第一項 (Article 219, paragraph (1)), art-219/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-1
- art-144/par-1: 第六号 → 会社法 第二百十九条第一項第六号 (Article 219, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-219/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-219/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-1/item-6
- art-144/par-1: 第二項 → 会社法 第二百十九条第二項 (Article 219, paragraph (2)), art-219/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-219/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-2
- art-144/par-1: 第四号 → 会社法 第二百十九条第二項第四号 (Article 219, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-219/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-219/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-2/item-4
- art-144/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第二百十九条第三項 (Article 219, paragraph (3)), art-219/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-219/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-3
- art-144/par-1: 第二百二十条 → 会社法 第二百二十条 (Article 220), art-220 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220
- art-144/par-1: 第二百九十三条第一項 → 会社法 第二百九十三条第一項 (Article 293, paragraph (1)), art-293/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-1
- art-144/par-1: 第三号 → 会社法 第二百九十三条第一項第三号 (Article 293, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-293/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-1/item-3
- art-144/par-1: 第二項 → 会社法 第二百九十三条第二項 (Article 293, paragraph (2)), art-293/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-2
- art-144/par-1: 第四号 → 会社法 第二百九十三条第二項第四号 (Article 293, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-293/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-2/item-4
- art-144/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第二百九十三条第三項 (Article 293, paragraph (3)), art-293/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-3
- art-144/par-1: 第五項 → 会社法 第二百九十三条第五項 (Article 293, paragraph (5)), art-293/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-5
- art-144/par-2: 会社法第九百四十条第一項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項 (Article 940, paragraph (1)), art-940/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1
- art-144/par-2: 第一号 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第一号 (Article 940, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-940/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-1
- art-144/par-2: 第三項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第三項 (Article 940, paragraph (3)), art-940/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3
- art-144/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百四十四条第一項 (Article 144, paragraph (1)), art-144/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-144/par-1
- art-144/par-2: 同法第二百十九条第一項 → 会社法 第二百十九条第一項 (Article 219, paragraph (1)), art-219/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-1
- art-144/par-2: 第二百九十三条第一項 → 会社法 第二百九十三条第一項 (Article 293, paragraph (1)), art-293/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-1
- art-144/par-2: 第三号 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第三号 (Article 940, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-940/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-3
- art-144/par-2: 同法第二百二十条第一項 → 会社法 第二百二十条第一項 (Article 220, paragraph (1)), art-220/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-220/par-1
- art-144/par-2: 同法第二百九十三条第五項 → 会社法 第二百九十三条第五項 (Article 293, paragraph (5)), art-293/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-293/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-293/par-5
- art-144/par-3: 会社法第百五十四条第二項 → 会社法 第百五十四条第二項 (Article 154, paragraph (2)), art-154/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-154/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-154/par-2
- art-144/par-3: 第三号 → 会社法 第百五十四条第二項第三号 (Article 154, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-154/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-154/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-154/par-2/item-3
- art-144/par-3: 第二百七十二条第三項 → 会社法 第二百七十二条第三項 (Article 272, paragraph (3)), art-272/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-272/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-272/par-3
- art-144/par-3: 第三号 → 会社法 第二百七十二条第三項第三号 (Article 272, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-272/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-272/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-272/par-3/item-3
- art-144/par-3: 第七百四十九条第一項 → 会社法 第七百四十九条第一項 (Article 749, paragraph (1)), art-749/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-749/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-749/par-1
- art-144/par-3: 第七百五十三条第一項 → 会社法 第七百五十三条第一項 (Article 753, paragraph (1)), art-753/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-753/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-753/par-1
- art-144/par-3: 金融商品取引法第百三十九条の二第一項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の二第一項第二号 (Article 139-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-139-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-2/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第百四十四条第二項（株券等の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-144/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第百五十四条の二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-154-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-154-2/par-1

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## Sources

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- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 金融商品取引法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000025/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-22
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- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22