# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百七十四条 (Article 774) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774. 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: 第七百七十四条 (Article 774)（株式移転の効力の発生等） — address `art-774` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774 - 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. --- ### 第七百七十四条（株式移転の効力の発生等） — (Effectuation of a Share Transfer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-774 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774 **第一項** 株式移転設立完全親会社は、その成立の日に、株式移転完全子会社の発行済株式の全部を取得する。 art-774/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774/par-1 The wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer acquires all of the issued shares of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer on the day of its formation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式移転完全子会社の株主は、株式移転設立完全親会社の成立の日に、前条第一項第六号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、同項第五号の株式の株主となる。 art-774/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774/par-2 The shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vi) of the preceding Article, become shareholders of the shares set forth in item (v) of that paragraph on the day of formation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次の各号に掲げる場合には、株式移転完全子会社の株主は、株式移転設立完全親会社の成立の日に、前条第一項第八号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、当該各号に定める者となる。 art-774/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774/par-3 In the cases set forth in the following items, the shareholders of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share transfer become the persons specified in each of those items, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (viii) of the preceding Article, on the day of formation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条第一項第七号イに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合　同号イの社債の社債権者 art-774/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774/par-3/item-1 if there are provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vii), (a) of the preceding Article:the holders of bonds referred to in (a) of that item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第一項第七号ロに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合　同号ロの新株予約権の新株予約権者 art-774/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774/par-3/item-2 if there are provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vii), (b) of the preceding Article:the holders of share options referred to in (b) of that item; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前条第一項第七号ハに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合　同号ハの新株予約権付社債についての社債の社債権者及び当該新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権の新株予約権者 art-774/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774/par-3/item-3 if there are provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vii), (c) of the preceding Article:the holders of bonds constituting bonds with share options referred to in (c) of that item, and holders of the share options attached to those bonds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第一項第九号に規定する場合には、株式移転設立完全親会社の成立の日に、株式移転計画新株予約権は、消滅し、当該株式移転計画新株予約権の新株予約権者は、同項第十号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、同項第九号ロの株式移転設立完全親会社の新株予約権の新株予約権者となる。 art-774/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774/par-4 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ix) of the preceding Article, the share options under share transfer plan are extinguished and the holders of the share options under share transfer plan become holders of the share options of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer referred to in item (ix), (b) of that paragraph, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in item (x) of that paragraph, on the day of formation of the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前条第一項第九号ハに規定する場合には、株式移転設立完全親会社は、その成立の日に、同号ハの新株予約権付社債についての社債に係る債務を承継する。 art-774/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-774/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-774/par-5 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ix), (c) of the preceding Article, the wholly owning parent company incorporated in a share transfer succeeds to the obligations relating to bonds regarding to the bonds with share options set forth in (c) of that item on the day of its formation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-774/par-2: 前条第一項第六号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第六号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-773/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-6 - art-774/par-2: 同項第五号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第五号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-773/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-5 - art-774/par-3: 前条第一項第八号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第八号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-773/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-8 - art-774/par-3/item-1: 前条第一項第七号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第七号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-773/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-7 - art-774/par-3/item-2: 前条第一項第七号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第七号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-773/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-7 - art-774/par-3/item-3: 前条第一項第七号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第七号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-773/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-7 - art-774/par-4: 前条第一項第九号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第九号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-773/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-9 - art-774/par-4: 同項第十号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第十号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (x)), art-773/par-1/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-10 - art-774/par-5: 前条第一項第九号 → 会社法 第七百七十三条第一項第九号 (Article 773, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-773/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-773/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-773/par-1/item-9 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 租税特別措置法 附則第九十三条第二項（株式交換又は株式移転に係る課税の特例に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4181-10/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4181-10/art-93/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