# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百十二条 (Article 112) - 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: 第百十二条 (Article 112)（取締役の選任等に関する種類株式の定款の定めの廃止の特則） — address `art-112` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-112 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-112 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十二条（取締役の選任等に関する種類株式の定款の定めの廃止の特則） — (Special Provisions on Abolition of Provisions in Articles of Incorporation on Class Shares in Relation to Election of Directors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-112 **第一項** 第百八条第二項第九号に掲げる事項（取締役に関するものに限る。）についての定款の定めは、この法律又は定款で定めた取締役の員数を欠いた場合において、そのために当該員数に足りる数の取締役を選任することができないときは、廃止されたものとみなす。 art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-112/par-1 The provisions in the articles of incorporation on the matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (2), item (ix) (limited to those on directors) are deemed to have been abolished, if the number of directors is less than the number prescribed in this Act or the articles of incorporation, and hence it is not possible to elect directors in a number sufficient to satisfy the requirement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、第百八条第二項第九号に掲げる事項（監査役に関するものに限る。）についての定款の定めについて準用する。 art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-112/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the provisions of the articles of incorporation on the matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (2), item (ix) (limited to those on company auditors). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-112/par-1: 第百八条第二項第九号 → 会社法 第百八条第二項第九号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (ix)), art-108/par-2/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-108/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-2/item-9 - art-112/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-112/par-1 - art-112/par-2: 第百八条第二項第九号 → 会社法 第百八条第二項第九号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (ix)), art-108/par-2/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-108/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-2/item-9 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百八条第一項第九号（異なる種類の株式） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-108/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-1/item-9 - 会社法 第百十二条第二項（取締役の選任等に関する種類株式の定款の定めの廃止の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-112/par-2 --- ## 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