# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七十九条 (Article 79)

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- 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: 第七十九条 (Article 79)（議長の権限） — address `art-79`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-79
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-79
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### 第七十九条（議長の権限） — (Authority of Chairperson)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-79</sup>

      **第一項**  創立総会の議長は、当該創立総会の秩序を維持し、議事を整理する。
      <sup>art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-79/par-1</sup>
      The chairperson of an organizational meeting maintains the order of relevant organizational meeting and organize the business of the meeting.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  創立総会の議長は、その命令に従わない者その他当該創立総会の秩序を乱す者を退場させることができる。
      <sup>art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-79/par-2</sup>
      The chairperson of an organizational meeting may require anyone who does not comply with the orders of the chairperson or who otherwise disturbs the order of relevant organizational meeting to leave the room.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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- 会社法 第八十六条第一項（創立総会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-86/par-1

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## 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