# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百六十七条 (Article 767) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-767. 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: 第七百六十七条 (Article 767)（株式交換契約の締結） — address `art-767` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-767 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-767 - 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. --- ### 第七百六十七条（株式交換契約の締結） — (Conclusion of a Share Exchange Agreement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-767 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-767 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-767 **第一項** 株式会社は、株式交換をすることができる。この場合においては、当該株式会社の発行済株式の全部を取得する会社（株式会社又は合同会社に限る。以下この編において「株式交換完全親会社」という。）との間で、株式交換契約を締結しなければならない。 art-767/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-767/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-767/par-1 A stock company may effect a share exchange. In these cases, the stock company must conclude a stock exchange agreement with the company acquiring all of its issued shares (limited to a stock company or a limited liability company; hereinafter referred to as the "wholly owning parent company resulting from the share exchange" in this Part). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百五十四条第二項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-154/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-154/par-2/item-4 - 会社法 第二百十九条第二項第五号（株券の提出に関する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-219/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-219/par-2/item-5 - 法人税法 附則第三十条第二項（新株予約権を対価とする費用の帰属事業年度の特例等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4181-10/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4181-10/art-30/par-2 - 法人税法 附則第三十五条第五項（有価証券の譲渡益又は譲渡損の益金又は損金算入に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4181-10/art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4181-10/art-35/par-5 --- ## 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