Supplementary Provisions, Article 13Transitional Measures on Shares Without Voting Rights
第十三条（議決権のない株式に関する経過措置）
With regard to shares that are made shares without voting rights by the articles of incorporation, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, the voting rights at an ordinary general meeting concerning an account closing day on or before the last account closing day that arrived before this Act comes into effect.
定款をもって議決権がないものとされる株式については、この法律の施行前に到来した最終の決算期以前の決算期に関する定時総会に係る議決権に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.