# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百一条 (Article 101) - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百一条 (Article 101) — address `art-101` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百一条 art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101 **第一項** 設立しようとする株式会社が種類株式発行会社である場合において、次に掲げる事項についての定款の変更をすることにより、ある種類の設立時発行株式の設立時種類株主に損害を及ぼすおそれがあるときは、当該定款の変更は、当該種類の設立時発行株式の設立時種類株主を構成員とする種類創立総会（当該設立時種類株主に係る設立時発行株式の種類が二以上ある場合にあっては、当該二以上の設立時発行株式の種類別に区分された設立時種類株主を構成員とする各種類創立総会）の決議がなければ、その効力を生じない。ただし、当該種類創立総会において議決権を行使することができる設立時種類株主が存しない場合は、この限りでない。 art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101/par-1 If the stock company to be incorporated is a company with class shares, and effecting any amendment in articles of incorporation with respect to any of the following matters is likely to cause detriment to the class shareholders at incorporation of any class of shares issued at incorporation, relevant amendment in the articles of incorporation does not become effective unless a resolution is passed at an organizational meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders at incorporation of the shares issued at incorporation of relevant class (if there are two or more classes of shares issued at incorporation relating to relevant class shareholders at incorporation, referring to the respective class organizational meetings of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders at incorporation categorized by the class of relevant two or more classes of shares issued at incorporation); provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where there is no class shareholder at incorporation who may exercise votes at relevant organizational meeting of class shareholders: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 株式の種類の追加 art-101/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101/par-1/item-1 creation of a new class of shares; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株式の内容の変更 art-101/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101/par-1/item-2 changes in the features of shares; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 発行可能株式総数又は発行可能種類株式総数（株式会社が発行することができる一の種類の株式の総数をいう。以下同じ。）の増加 art-101/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101/par-1/item-3 increase of the total number of authorized shares, or the total number of authorized shares in a class (meaning the total number of shares in one class that the stock company is authorized to issue; the same applies hereinafter). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、単元株式数についての定款の変更であって、当該定款の変更について第三百二十二条第二項の規定による定款の定めがある場合における当該種類の設立時発行株式の設立時種類株主を構成員とする種類創立総会については、適用しない。 art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101/par-2 If any amendment in the articles of incorporation with respect to the share unit is to be effected and there are provisions in the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of Article 322, paragraph (2) with respect to relevant amendment in the articles of incorporation, the provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the organizational meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders at incorporation of relevant class of the shares issued at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-101/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101/par-1 - art-101/par-2: 第三百二十二条第二項 → 会社法 第三百二十二条第二項 (Article 322, paragraph (2)), art-322/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-322/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-322/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八十五条第一項（種類創立総会の招集及び決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85/par-1 - 会社法 第百一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101/par-2 - 会社法 第九百十一条第二項第五号（株式会社の設立の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-911/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-911/par-2/item-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17