# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の四十四の四 (Article 79-44-4) - 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の四 (Article 79-44-4)（会員の議決権） — address `art-79-44-4` - 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-79-44-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十九条の四十四の四（会員の議決権） — (Voting Rights of Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-79-44-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4 **第一項** 各会員の議決権は、平等とする。 art-79-44-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-1 Each member holds an equal voting right. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 総会に出席しない会員は、書面で、又は代理人によつて議決をすることができる。 art-79-44-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-2 A member not attending a general meeting may vote in writing or by proxy. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 会員は、定款で定めるところにより、前項の規定に基づく書面による議決に代えて、電磁的方法により議決をすることができる。 art-79-44-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-3 A member may, in lieu of voting in writing based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, vote by electronic or magnetic means pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の規定は、定款に別段の定めがある場合には、適用しない。 art-79-44-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-4 The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply if it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-79-44-4/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十四の四第二項 (Article 79-44-4, paragraph (2)), art-79-44-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-2 - art-79-44-4/par-4: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十四の四第一項 (Article 79-44-4, paragraph (1)), art-79-44-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-1 - art-79-44-4/par-4: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十四の四第二項 (Article 79-44-4, paragraph (2)), art-79-44-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の二十九第十項（設立要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-29/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-29/par-10 - 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十四の四第三項（会員の議決権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十四の四第四項（会員の議決権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-44-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-44-4/par-4 --- ## 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