# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百九十五条 (Article 295) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-295. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第二百九十五条 (Article 295)（株主総会の権限） — address `art-295` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-295 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第二百九十五条（株主総会の権限） — (Authority of Shareholders Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-295 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-295 **第一項** 株主総会は、この法律に規定する事項及び株式会社の組織、運営、管理その他株式会社に関する一切の事項について決議をすることができる。 art-295/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-295/par-1 At shareholders meetings, the matters provided for in this Act and any and all other matters regarding a stock company, such as the organization, operations and administration of a stock company, may be resolved. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、取締役会設置会社においては、株主総会は、この法律に規定する事項及び定款で定めた事項に限り、決議をすることができる。 art-295/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-295/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, for a company with board of directors, only the matters provided for in this Act and the matters provided for in the articles of incorporation may be resolved at a shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の規定により株主総会の決議を必要とする事項について、取締役、執行役、取締役会その他の株主総会以外の機関が決定することができることを内容とする定款の定めは、その効力を有しない。 art-295/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-295/par-3 Provisions of the articles of incorporation which provide to the effect that any organization other than the shareholders meeting, such as a board of directors, board of executive officers and board of directors, may determine any matter which, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, requires the resolution at the shareholders meeting are not effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-295/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百九十五条第一項 (Article 295, paragraph (1)), art-295/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-295/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百九十五条第二項（株主総会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-295/par-2 - 会社法 第三百二十五条第一項（株主総会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325/par-1 --- ## 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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17