# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六十五条 (Article 65) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-65. 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: 第六十五条 (Article 65)（創立総会の招集） — address `art-65` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-65 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-65 - 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. --- ### 第六十五条（創立総会の招集） — (Calling of Organizational Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-65 **第一項** 第五十七条第一項の募集をする場合には、発起人は、第五十八条第一項第三号の期日又は同号の期間の末日のうち最も遅い日以後、遅滞なく、設立時株主（第五十条第一項又は第百二条第二項の規定により株式会社の株主となる者をいう。以下同じ。）の総会（以下「創立総会」という。）を招集しなければならない。 art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-65/par-1 If solicitation under Article 57, paragraph (1) is to be carried out, the incorporator must call a meeting of the shareholders at incorporation (meaning shareholders who are to be the shareholders of the stock company pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) or Article 102, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter) without delay on and after either the date under Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iii) or the last day of the period under that item, whichever comes later (relevant meeting is referred to as an "organizational meeting" hereinafter). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 発起人は、前項に規定する場合において、必要があると認めるときは、いつでも、創立総会を招集することができる。 art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-65/par-2 In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, the incorporators may call an organizational meeting at any time when the incorporators find it necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-65/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 会社法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-1 - art-65/par-1: 第五十八条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第五十八条第一項第三号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-58/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1/item-3 - art-65/par-1: 第五十条第一項 → 会社法 第五十条第一項 (Article 50, paragraph (1)), art-50/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-50/par-1 - art-65/par-1: 第百二条第二項 → 会社法 第百二条第二項 (Article 102, paragraph (2)), art-102/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-102/par-2 - art-65/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六十五条第一項 (Article 65, paragraph (1)), art-65/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-65/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五十二条の二第四項（出資の履行を仮装した場合の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-52-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-52-2/par-4 - 会社法 第六十五条第二項（創立総会の招集） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-65/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