# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百二十三条 (Article 323) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-323. 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: 第三百二十三条 (Article 323)（種類株主総会の決議を必要とする旨の定めがある場合） — address `art-323` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-323 - 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. --- ### 第三百二十三条（種類株主総会の決議を必要とする旨の定めがある場合） — (Cases of Provisions Requiring Resolution at General Meeting of Class Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-323 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-323 **第一項** 種類株式発行会社において、ある種類の株式の内容として、株主総会（取締役会設置会社にあっては株主総会又は取締役会、第四百七十八条第八項に規定する清算人会設置会社にあっては株主総会又は清算人会）において決議すべき事項について、当該決議のほか、当該種類の株式の種類株主を構成員とする種類株主総会の決議があることを必要とする旨の定めがあるときは、当該事項は、その定款の定めに従い、株主総会、取締役会又は清算人会の決議のほか、当該種類の株式の種類株主を構成員とする種類株主総会の決議がなければ、その効力を生じない。ただし、当該種類株主総会において議決権を行使することができる種類株主が存しない場合は、この限りでない。 art-323/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-323/par-1 If, at a company with class shares, there are provisions, as a feature of a certain class of shares, to the effect that, with respect to the matter that is subject to the resolution at the shareholders meeting (or at a shareholders meeting or board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors, or at a shareholders meeting or board of liquidators meeting for a company with board of liquidators), in addition to relevant resolution, the resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders of relevant class of shares is required, relevant matter does not become effective unless the resolution is passed at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders of the shares of relevant class in addition to the resolution at the shareholders meeting, board of directors or board of liquidators, consistently with the provisions of articles of incorporation; provided, however, that this does not apply to the case where there exists no class shareholder who may vote at relevant general meeting of class shareholders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-323/par-1: 第四百七十八条第八項 → 会社法 第四百七十八条第八項 (Article 478, paragraph (8)), art-478/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-478/par-8 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百五十四条第一項（株式会社の役員の解任の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-854/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 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17