# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百九十六条の二 (Article 796-2)

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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: 第七百九十六条の二 (Article 796-2)（吸収合併等をやめることの請求） — address `art-796-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第七百九十六条の二（吸収合併等をやめることの請求） — (Demanding Cessation of Absorption-Type Merger)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-796-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-796-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-796-2</sup>

        **第一項**  次に掲げる場合において、存続株式会社等の株主が不利益を受けるおそれがあるときは、存続株式会社等の株主は、存続株式会社等に対し、吸収合併等をやめることを請求することができる。ただし、前条第二項本文に規定する場合（第七百九十五条第二項各号に掲げる場合及び前条第一項ただし書又は第三項に規定する場合を除く。）は、この限りでない。
        <sup>art-796-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-796-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-796-2/par-1</sup>
        In the following cases, if shareholders of the surviving stock company, etc. are likely to suffer disadvantages, shareholders of the surviving stock company, etc. may demand the surviving stock company, etc. to cease an absorption-type merger, etc.;provided, however, that this does not apply to cases prescribed in the main clause of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article (excluding the cases set forth in the items of Article 795, paragraph (2) and the cases prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article):
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **一**  当該吸収合併等が法令又は定款に違反する場合
          <sup>art-796-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-796-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-796-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
          if the absorption-type merger, etc. violates laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation; or
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **二**  前条第一項本文に規定する場合において、第七百四十九条第一項第二号若しくは第三号、第七百五十八条第四号又は第七百六十八条第一項第二号若しくは第三号に掲げる事項が存続株式会社等又は消滅会社等の財産の状況その他の事情に照らして著しく不当であるとき。
          <sup>art-796-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-796-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-796-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
          if prescribed in the main clause of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, when the matters set forth in Article 749, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii), Article 758, item (iv), or Article 768, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) are extremely improper in light of the financial status of the surviving stock company, etc. or disappearing company, etc.
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-796-2/par-1: 前条第二項 → 会社法 第七百九十六条第二項 (Article 796, paragraph (2)), art-796/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-796/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-796/par-2
- art-796-2/par-1: 第七百九十五条第二項 → 会社法 第七百九十五条第二項 (Article 795, paragraph (2)), art-795/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-795/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-795/par-2
- art-796-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第七百九十六条第一項 (Article 796, paragraph (1)), art-796/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-796/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-796/par-1
- art-796-2/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第七百九十六条第三項 (Article 796, paragraph (3)), art-796/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-796/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-796/par-3
- art-796-2/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第七百九十六条第一項 (Article 796, paragraph (1)), art-796/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-796/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-796/par-1
- art-796-2/par-1/item-2: 第七百四十九条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第七百四十九条第一項第二号 (Article 749, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-749/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-749/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-749/par-1/item-2
- art-796-2/par-1/item-2: 第三号 → 会社法 第七百四十九条第一項第三号 (Article 749, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-749/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-749/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-749/par-1/item-3
- art-796-2/par-1/item-2: 第七百五十八条第四号 → 会社法 第七百五十八条第一項第四号 (Article 758, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-758/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-758/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-758/par-1/item-4
- art-796-2/par-1/item-2: 第七百六十八条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第七百六十八条第一項第二号 (Article 768, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-768/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-768/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-768/par-1/item-2
- art-796-2/par-1/item-2: 第三号 → 会社法 第七百六十八条第一項第三号 (Article 768, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-768/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-768/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-768/par-1/item-3

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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
- 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