# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百四十五条 (Article 745) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745. 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: 第七百四十五条 (Article 745)（株式会社の組織変更の効力の発生等） — address `art-745` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745 - 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. --- ### 第七百四十五条（株式会社の組織変更の効力の発生等） — (Effectuation of Entity Conversion of Stock Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-745 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745 **第一項** 組織変更をする株式会社は、効力発生日に、持分会社となる。 art-745/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-1 A stock company effecting entity conversion becomes a membership company on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 組織変更をする株式会社は、効力発生日に、前条第一項第二号から第四号までに掲げる事項についての定めに従い、当該事項に係る定款の変更をしたものとみなす。 art-745/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-2 A stock company effecting entity conversion is, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), items (ii) through (iv) of the preceding Article, deemed to have effected changes to the articles of incorporation related to relevant matters on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 組織変更をする株式会社の株主は、効力発生日に、前条第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、組織変更後持分会社の社員となる。 art-745/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-3 Shareholders of a stock company effecting entity conversion, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) of the preceding Article, become members of the membership company after entity conversion on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第一項第五号イに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、組織変更をする株式会社の株主は、効力発生日に、同項第六号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、同項第五号イの社債の社債権者となる。 art-745/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-4 If there are provisions on the matter referred to in paragraph (1), item (v), (a) of the preceding Article, shareholders of the stock company effecting entity conversion, in accordance with the provisions on the matter set forth in item (vi) of that paragraph, become holders of the bonds referred to in item (v), (a) of that paragraph on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 組織変更をする株式会社の新株予約権は、効力発生日に、消滅する。 art-745/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-5 The share options of a stock company effecting entity conversion are extinguished on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前各項の規定は、第七百七十九条の規定による手続が終了していない場合又は組織変更を中止した場合には、適用しない。 art-745/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-6 The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply if procedures under the provisions of Article 779 are not completed yet or where the entity conversion is cancelled. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-745/par-2: 前条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 会社法 第七百四十四条第一項第二号 (Article 744, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-744/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-744/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-744/par-1/item-2 - art-745/par-2: 前条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 会社法 第七百四十四条第一項第三号 (Article 744, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-744/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-744/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-744/par-1/item-3 - art-745/par-2: 前条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 会社法 第七百四十四条第一項第四号 (Article 744, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-744/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-744/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-744/par-1/item-4 - art-745/par-3: 前条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第七百四十四条第一項第三号 (Article 744, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-744/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-744/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-744/par-1/item-3 - art-745/par-4: 前条第一項第五号 → 会社法 第七百四十四条第一項第五号 (Article 744, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-744/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-744/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-744/par-1/item-5 - art-745/par-4: 同項第六号 → 会社法 第七百四十四条第一項第六号 (Article 744, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-744/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-744/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-744/par-1/item-6 - art-745/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十五条第一項 (Article 745, paragraph (1)), art-745/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-1 - art-745/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十五条第二項 (Article 745, paragraph (2)), art-745/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-2 - art-745/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十五条第三項 (Article 745, paragraph (3)), art-745/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-3 - art-745/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十五条第四項 (Article 745, paragraph (4)), art-745/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-4 - art-745/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十五条第五項 (Article 745, paragraph (5)), art-745/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-5 - art-745/par-6: 第七百七十九条 → 会社法 第七百七十九条 (Article 779), art-779 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-779 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-779 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百四十五条第六項（株式会社の組織変更の効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-745/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-745/par-6 - 会社法 第七百八十条第三項（組織変更の効力発生日の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-780/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-780/par-3 - 会社法 第七百八十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-781/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-781/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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/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