If the total number of shares that may be issued by a stock company (hereinafter referred to as "total number of authorized shares") is not provided for in the articles of incorporation, the incorporators must, with the consent of all incorporators, amend the articles of incorporation and create a provision on the total number of authorized shares prior to the formation of the stock company.
発起人は、株式会社が発行することができる株式の総数（以下「発行可能株式総数」という。）を定款で定めていない場合には、株式会社の成立の時までに、その全員の同意によって、定款を変更して発行可能株式総数の定めを設けなければならない。
If the total number of authorized shares is provided for in the articles of incorporation, the incorporators may, with the consent of all incorporators, amend the articles of incorporation with respect to the total number of authorized shares at any time prior to the formation of the stock company.
発起人は、発行可能株式総数を定款で定めている場合には、株式会社の成立の時までに、その全員の同意によって、発行可能株式総数についての定款の変更をすることができる。
The total number of shares issued at incorporation may not be less than one quarter of the total number of authorized shares; provided, however, that this does not apply if the stock company to be incorporated is not a public company.
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public company
「公開会社」
A stock company whose articles of incorporation do not require the company's approval for transfers of at least some of its shares; it need not be listed on a stock exchange.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
shares issued at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時発行株式」
The shares a stock company issues when it is formed.
Defined inArticle 25, paragraph (1), item (i)
total number of authorized shares
「発行可能株式総数」
The total number of shares a stock company's articles of incorporation authorize it to issue.
Short name set inArticle 37, paragraph (1)
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.