# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第八十八条の五 (Article 88-5) - 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: 第八十八条の五 (Article 88-5)（加入予定者の議決権） — address `art-88-5` - 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-88-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5 - 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. --- ### 第八十八条の五（加入予定者の議決権） — (Voting Rights of Expected Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-88-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5 **第一項** 創立総会における各加入予定者の議決権は、平等とする。 art-88-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/par-1 At an organizational meeting, each of the expected members holds an equal voting right. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 創立総会に出席しない加入予定者は、書面で、又は代理人によつて議決をすることができる。 art-88-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/par-2 An expected member that is not present at an organizational meeting may vote in writing or by proxy. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 加入予定者は、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（電子情報処理組織を使用する方法その他の情報通信の技術を利用する方法であつて内閣府令で定めるものをいう。以下同じ。）により議決をすることができる。 art-88-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/par-3 An expected member may, in lieu of voting in writing based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, vote by electronic or magnetic means (meaning by means of using an electronic data processing system or by any other means using information and communications technology that Cabinet Office Order specifies; the same applies hereinafter), pursuant 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-88-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/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-88-5/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十八条の五第二項 (Article 88-5, paragraph (2)), art-88-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/par-2 - art-88-5/par-4: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十八条の五第一項 (Article 88-5, paragraph (1)), art-88-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/par-1 - art-88-5/par-4: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十八条の五第二項 (Article 88-5, paragraph (2)), art-88-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第八十八条の四第二項（創立総会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-4/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第八十八条の五第三項（加入予定者の議決権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第八十八条の五第四項（加入予定者の議決権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-5/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第百二条の六第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-6/par-1 - 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 --- ## 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