Article 638Change in Kind of Membership Companies by Change in Articles of Incorporation
第六百三十八条（定款の変更による持分会社の種類の変更）
A general partnership company, by effecting the change in the articles of incorporation set forth in each of the following items, becomes a membership company of the kind specified in each item:
合名会社は、次の各号に掲げる定款の変更をすることにより、当該各号に定める種類の持分会社となる。
changes in the articles of incorporation that admits members with limited liability:limited partnership company;
有限責任社員を加入させる定款の変更 合資会社
changes of the articles of incorporation to convert some of its members into members with limited liability:limited partnership company;
その社員の一部を有限責任社員とする定款の変更 合資会社
changes of the articles of incorporation to convert all of its members into members with limited liability:limited liability company.
その社員の全部を有限責任社員とする定款の変更 合同会社
A limited partnership company, by effecting the change in the articles of incorporation set forth in each of the following items, becomes a membership company of the kind specified in each of relevant items:
合資会社は、次の各号に掲げる定款の変更をすることにより、当該各号に定める種類の持分会社となる。
changes in the articles of incorporation to convert all of its members into members with unlimited liability:general partnership company; and
その社員の全部を無限責任社員とする定款の変更 合名会社
changes in the articles of incorporation to convert all of its members into members with limited liability:limited liability company.
その社員の全部を有限責任社員とする定款の変更 合同会社
A limited liability company, by effecting the change in the articles of incorporation set forth in each of the following items, becomes a membership company of the kind specified in each of relevant items:
合同会社は、次の各号に掲げる定款の変更をすることにより、当該各号に定める種類の持分会社となる。
changes in the articles of incorporation to convert all of its members into members with unlimited liability:general partnership company;
その社員の全部を無限責任社員とする定款の変更 合名会社
changes in the articles of incorporation to admit members with unlimited liability:limited partnership company; and
無限責任社員を加入させる定款の変更 合資会社
changes in the articles of incorporation to convert some of its members into members with unlimited liability:limited partnership company.
その社員の一部を無限責任社員とする定款の変更 合資会社
membership company
「持分会社」
General partnership companies, limited partnership companies and limited liability companies taken together: the three kinds of company under this Act that are owned by members rather than by shareholders.
Short name set inArticle 575, 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.