# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の四十四 (Article 79-44)

- 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: 第七十九条の四十四 (Article 79-44)（臨時総会） — address `art-79-44`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44
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### 第七十九条の四十四（臨時総会） — (Extraordinary General Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-79-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44</sup>

  **第一項**  総会員の五分の一以上から会議の目的である事項を示して請求があつたときは、理事は、臨時総会を招集しなければならない。ただし、総会員の五分の一の割合については、定款でこれと異なる割合を定めることができる。
  <sup>art-79-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44/par-1</sup>
  If at least one-fifth of the members specify the purpose of a general meeting and demand that one be called, the board members must call an extraordinary general meeting; provided, however, that a proportion different from one-fifth of the members may be specified in the articles of incorporation.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), retrieved 2026-10-22
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22