Article 27Matters Required to Be Specified or Recorded in the Articles of Incorporation
第二十七条（定款の記載又は記録事項）
Articles of incorporation of a stock company must specify or record the following matters:
株式会社の定款には、次に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。
purpose;
目的
trade name;
商号
location of the head office;
本店の所在地
value of property to be contributed at the incorporation or the lower limit thereof;
設立に際して出資される財産の価額又はその最低額
name and address of the incorporator.
発起人の氏名又は名称及び住所
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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.