# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四十一条 (Article 41) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41. 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: 第四十一条 (Article 41)（設立時役員等の選任の方法の特則） — address `art-41` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十一条（設立時役員等の選任の方法の特則） — (Special Provisions on the Method of Election of Officers at Incorporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41 **第一項** 前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、株式会社の設立に際して第百八条第一項第九号に掲げる事項（取締役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役）に関するものに限る。）についての定めがある種類の株式を発行する場合には、設立時取締役（設立しようとする株式会社が監査等委員会設置会社である場合にあっては、設立時監査等委員である設立時取締役又はそれ以外の設立時取締役）の選任は、同条第二項第九号に定める事項についての定款の定めの例に従い、当該種類の設立時発行株式を引き受けた発起人の議決権（当該種類の設立時発行株式についての議決権に限る。）の過半数をもって決定する。 art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if, at the incorporation of a stock company, it issues shares of a class for which the matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (1), item (ix) (limited to those relating to directors (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member or other director)) are provided, the election of the directors at incorporation (if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with audit and supervisory committee, a director at incorporation who is an audit and supervisory committee member at incorporation or other director at incorporation) is determined by a majority of the votes (limited to the votes with respect to relevant class of the shares issued at incorporation) of the incorporators who subscribed for relevant class of the shares issued at incorporation, consistently with the provisions of articles of incorporation with respect to the matters provided for in paragraph (2), item (ix) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、発起人は、出資の履行をした種類の設立時発行株式一株につき一個の議決権を有する。ただし、単元株式数を定款で定めている場合には、一単元の種類の設立時発行株式につき一個の議決権を有する。 art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-2 In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, an incorporator is entitled to one vote for each one share issued at incorporation of that class for which the performance of contributions is fulfilled; provided, however, that, if the share unit is provided for in the articles of incorporation, an incorporator is entitled to one vote for each one unit of the shares issued at incorporation of that class. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、株式会社の設立に際して第百八条第一項第九号に掲げる事項（監査役に関するものに限る。）についての定めがある種類の株式を発行する場合について準用する。 art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the cases where the shares of a class for which matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (1), item (ix) (limited to those relating to company auditors) are provided are issued at incorporation of the stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-41/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-40/par-1 - art-41/par-1: 第百八条第一項第九号 → 会社法 第百八条第一項第九号 (Article 108, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-108/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-108/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-1/item-9 - art-41/par-1: 同条第二項第九号 → 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-41/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-1 - art-41/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-1 - art-41/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-2 - art-41/par-3: 第百八条第一項第九号 → 会社法 第百八条第一項第九号 (Article 108, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-108/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-108/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-108/par-1/item-9 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四十一条第二項（設立時役員等の選任の方法の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-2 - 会社法 第四十一条第三項（設立時役員等の選任の方法の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-3 - 会社法 第四十四条第一項（設立時取締役等の解任の方法の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-44/par-1 - 会社法 第四十四条第二項（設立時取締役等の解任の方法の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-44/par-2 - 会社法 第四十四条第五項（設立時取締役等の解任の方法の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-44/par-5 - 会社法 第九十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-2 - 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 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/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 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-347/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17