# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百十条 (Article 610) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-610. 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: 第六百十条 (Article 610)（退社に伴う定款のみなし変更） — address `art-610` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-610 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-610 - 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. 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. --- ### 第六百十条（退社に伴う定款のみなし変更） — (Deemed Changes of Articles of Incorporation upon Withdrawal of Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-610 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-610 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-610 **第一項** 第六百六条、第六百七条第一項、前条第一項又は第六百四十二条第二項の規定により社員が退社した場合（第八百四十五条の規定により社員が退社したものとみなされる場合を含む。）には、持分会社は、当該社員が退社した時に、当該社員に係る定款の定めを廃止する定款の変更をしたものとみなす。 art-610/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-610/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-610/par-1 If a member withdraws pursuant to the provisions of Article 606, Article 607, paragraph (1), paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or Article 642, paragraph (2) (including the cases where a member is deemed to have withdrawn under the provisions of Article 845), a membership company is deemed to have effected a change in the articles of incorporation to abolish the provisions of the articles of incorporation relating to relevant member. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-610/par-1: 第六百六条 → 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-610/par-1: 第六百七条第一項 → 会社法 第六百七条第一項 (Article 607, paragraph (1)), art-607/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-607/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1 - art-610/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-610/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-610/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 --- ## 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