# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百四十一条 (Article 341)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第三百四十一条 (Article 341)（役員の選任及び解任の株主総会の決議） — address `art-341`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三百四十一条（役員の選任及び解任の株主総会の決議） — (Resolution at Shareholders Meeting for Election and Dismissal of Officers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-341 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-341</sup>

      **第一項**  第三百九条第一項の規定にかかわらず、役員を選任し、又は解任する株主総会の決議は、議決権を行使することができる株主の議決権の過半数（三分の一以上の割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）を有する株主が出席し、出席した当該株主の議決権の過半数（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）をもって行わなければならない。
      <sup>art-341/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-341/par-1</sup>
      Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 309, paragraph (1), resolutions at shareholders meetings for the election or dismissal of officers must be passed by the majority (if a higher proportion is provided for in the articles of incorporation, the proportion or more) of the votes of the shareholders present at the meeting where the shareholders holding the majority of the votes (if a proportion of one third or more is provided for in the articles of incorporation, the proportion or more) of the shareholders entitled to vote are present.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-341/par-1: 第三百九条第一項 → 会社法 第三百九条第一項 (Article 309, paragraph (1)), art-309/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-309/par-1

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第三百四十二条第六項（累積投票による取締役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342/par-6
- 会社法 第三百四十三条第四項（監査役の選任に関する監査役の同意等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-343/par-4
- 会社法 第三百四十四条の二第三項（監査等委員である取締役の選任に関する監査等委員会の同意等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-344-2/par-3
- 会社法 第三百四十七条第一項（種類株主総会における取締役又は監査役の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-347/par-1
- 会社法 第三百四十七条第二項（種類株主総会における取締役又は監査役の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-347/par-2

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## 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
