発起人は、創立総会を招集する場合には、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。
The incorporators must decide the following matters if the incorporators call an organizational meeting:
創立総会の日時及び場所
the date, time and place of the organizational meeting;
創立総会の目的である事項
the purpose of the organizational meeting;
that shareholders at incorporation who do not attend the organizational meeting may vote in writing, if so arranged;
that shareholders at incorporation who do not attend the organizational meeting may vote by electronic or magnetic means, if so arranged;
前各号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
beyond what is set forth in the preceding items, any matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
発起人は、設立時株主（創立総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない設立時株主を除く。次条から第七十一条までにおいて同じ。）の数が千人以上である場合には、前項第三号に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。
If the number of the shareholders at incorporation (excluding shareholders at incorporation who may not exercise votes on all matters which may be resolved at organizational meetings; the same applies in the following Article through Article 71) is one thousand or more, the incorporators must decide the matters set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph.