# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百七条 (Article 607) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607. 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: 第六百七条 (Article 607)（法定退社） — address `art-607` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607 - 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. --- ### 第六百七条（法定退社） — (Statutory Withdrawal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-607 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607 **第一項** 社員は、前条、第六百九条第一項、第六百四十二条第二項及び第八百四十五条の場合のほか、次に掲げる事由によって退社する。 art-607/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1 Beyond the cases provided for in the preceding Article, Article 609, paragraph (1), Article 642, paragraph (2) and Article 845, members withdraw on the grounds set forth below: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 定款で定めた事由の発生 art-607/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-1 grounds provided for in the articles of incorporation having arisen; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 総社員の同意 art-607/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-2 the consent of all members; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 死亡 art-607/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-3 death; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 合併（合併により当該法人である社員が消滅する場合に限る。） art-607/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-4 merger (but only if the member that is a corporation disappears in the merger); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 破産手続開始の決定 art-607/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-5 a ruling to commence bankruptcy procedures; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 解散（前二号に掲げる事由によるものを除く。） art-607/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-6 dissolution (excluding that resulting from the grounds set forth in the preceding two items); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 後見開始の審判を受けたこと。 art-607/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-7 being subject to a decision for commencement of guardianship; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 除名 art-607/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-8 removal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 持分会社は、その社員が前項第五号から第七号までに掲げる事由の全部又は一部によっては退社しない旨を定めることができる。 art-607/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-2 A membership company can provide to the effect that no member withdraws due to some or all of the grounds set forth in items (v) through (vii) of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-607/par-1: 前条 → 会社法 第六百六条 (Article 606), art-606 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-606 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-606 - art-607/par-1: 第六百九条第一項 → 会社法 第六百九条第一項 (Article 609, paragraph (1)), art-609/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-609/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609/par-1 - art-607/par-1: 第六百四十二条第二項 → 会社法 第六百四十二条第二項 (Article 642, paragraph (2)), art-642/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-642/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-642/par-2 - art-607/par-1: 第八百四十五条 → 会社法 第八百四十五条 (Article 845), art-845 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-845 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-845 - art-607/par-1/item-6: 前二号 → 会社法 第六百七条第一項第四号 (Article 607, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-607/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-4 - art-607/par-1/item-6: 前二号 → 会社法 第六百七条第一項第五号 (Article 607, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-607/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-5 - art-607/par-2: 前項第五号から第七号まで → 会社法 第六百七条第一項第五号 (Article 607, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-607/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-5 - art-607/par-2: 前項第五号から第七号まで → 会社法 第六百七条第一項第六号 (Article 607, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-607/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-6 - art-607/par-2: 前項第五号から第七号まで → 会社法 第六百七条第一項第七号 (Article 607, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-607/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-7 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百七条第一項第六号（法定退社） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1/item-6 - 会社法 第六百七条第二項（法定退社） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-2 - 会社法 第六百十条第一項（退社に伴う定款のみなし変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-610/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-610/par-1 - 会社法 第六百七十四条第一項第二号（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-674/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-674/par-1/item-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