# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百七十一条 (Article 771) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771. 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: 第七百七十一条 (Article 771)（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換の効力の発生等） — address `art-771` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771 - 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. --- ### 第七百七十一条（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換の効力の発生等） — (Effectuation of a Share Exchange Which Causes a Limited Liability Company to Acquire the Issued Shares) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-771 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771 **第一項** 株式交換完全親合同会社は、効力発生日に、株式交換完全子会社の発行済株式（株式交換完全親合同会社の有する株式交換完全子会社の株式を除く。）の全部を取得する。 art-771/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-1 The wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from a share exchange acquires all of the issued shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange (excluding shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange already held by the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange) on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、株式交換完全親合同会社が株式交換完全子会社の株式（譲渡制限株式に限り、当該株式交換完全親合同会社が効力発生日前から有するものを除く。）を取得したことについて、当該株式交換完全子会社が第百三十七条第一項の承認をしたものとみなす。 art-771/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-2 In the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange is deemed to have given the approval set forth in Article 137, paragraph (1) with regard to the acquisition of shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange (limited to shares with a restriction on transfer, and excluding those already held by the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange prior to the effective day) by the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第一項第二号に規定する場合には、株式交換完全子会社の株主は、効力発生日に、同号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、株式交換完全親合同会社の社員となる。この場合においては、株式交換完全親合同会社は、効力発生日に、同号の社員に係る定款の変更をしたものとみなす。 art-771/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-3 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article, the shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in that item, become members of the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange on the effective day. In these cases, the wholly owning parent limited liability company resulting from the share exchange is deemed to have effected changes to the articles of incorporation relating to the members set forth in that item on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第一項第三号イに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、株式交換完全子会社の株主は、効力発生日に、同項第四号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、同項第三号イの社債の社債権者となる。 art-771/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-4 If there are provisions on the matter set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii), (a) of the preceding Article, the shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from the share exchange, in accordance with the provisions on the matter set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph, become holders of bonds relevant in item (iii), (a) of that paragraph on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各項の規定は、第八百二条第二項において準用する第七百九十九条（第二項第三号を除く。）の規定による手続が終了していない場合又は株式交換を中止した場合には、適用しない。 art-771/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-5 The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply if procedures under the provisions of Article 799 (excluding paragraph (2), item (iii)) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 802, paragraph (2) are not completed yet or where the share exchange is cancelled. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-771/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百七十一条第一項 (Article 771, paragraph (1)), art-771/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-1 - art-771/par-2: 第百三十七条第一項 → 会社法 第百三十七条第一項 (Article 137, paragraph (1)), art-137/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-137/par-1 - art-771/par-3: 前条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第一項第二号 (Article 770, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-770/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-2 - art-771/par-4: 前条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第一項第三号 (Article 770, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-770/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-3 - art-771/par-4: 同項第四号 → 会社法 第七百七十条第一項第四号 (Article 770, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-770/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-770/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-770/par-1/item-4 - art-771/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百七十一条第一項 (Article 771, paragraph (1)), art-771/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-1 - art-771/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百七十一条第二項 (Article 771, paragraph (2)), art-771/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-2 - art-771/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百七十一条第三項 (Article 771, paragraph (3)), art-771/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-3 - art-771/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百七十一条第四項 (Article 771, paragraph (4)), art-771/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-4 - art-771/par-5: 第八百二条第二項 → 会社法 第八百二条第二項 (Article 802, paragraph (2)), art-802/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-802/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-802/par-2 - art-771/par-5: 第七百九十九条 → 会社法 第七百九十九条 (Article 799), art-799 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-799 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-799 - art-771/par-5: 第二項第三号 → 会社法 第七百九十九条第二項第三号 (Article 799, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-799/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-799/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-799/par-2/item-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百七十一条第二項（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換の効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-2 - 会社法 第七百七十一条第五項（合同会社に発行済株式を取得させる株式交換の効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-771/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-771/par-5 - 会社法 第七百九十条第三項（吸収合併等の効力発生日の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-790/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-790/par-3 --- ## 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