# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百十三条 (Article 813) - 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: 第八百十三条 (Article 813) — address `art-813` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-813 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-813 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百十三条 art-813 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-813 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-813 **第一項** 次に掲げる行為をする持分会社は、新設合併契約等について当該持分会社の総社員の同意を得なければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-813/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-813/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-813/par-1 A membership company conducting any one of the acts below must obtain the consent of all members of the membership company with regard to the consolidation-type merger agreement, etc.;provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 新設合併 art-813/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-813/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-813/par-1/item-1 consolidation-type merger; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 新設分割（当該持分会社（合同会社に限る。）がその事業に関して有する権利義務の全部を他の会社に承継させる場合に限る。） art-813/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-813/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-813/par-1/item-2 incorporation-type company split (limited to cases where another company succeeds to all of the rights and obligations held by relevant membership company (limited to a limited liability company) in connection with its business). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第八百十条（第一項第三号及び第二項第三号を除く。）の規定は、新設合併消滅持分会社又は合同会社である新設分割会社（以下この節において「新設分割合同会社」という。）について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項第二号中「債権者（第七百六十三条第一項第十二号又は第七百六十五条第一項第八号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合にあっては、新設分割株式会社の債権者）」とあるのは「債権者」と、同条第三項中「消滅株式会社等」とあるのは「新設合併消滅持分会社（新設合併設立会社が株式会社又は合同会社である場合にあっては、合同会社に限る。）又は新設分割合同会社」と読み替えるものとする。 art-813/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-813/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-813/par-2 The provisions of Article 810 (excluding paragraph (1), item (iii) and paragraph (2), item (iii)) apply mutatis mutandis to a membership company disappearing in a consolidation-type merger and to a company splitting in an incorporation-type split that is a limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as the "limited liability company splitting in the incorporation-type split" in this Section). In these cases, the phrase "creditors of the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split who are unable to request the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split jointly and severally assumes with the company incorporated in the incorporation-type split as a guarantor) (or, if there are provisions on the matter set forth in Article 763, paragraph (1), item (xii) or Article 765, paragraph (1), item (viii), creditors of the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split)" in Article 810, paragraph (1), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "creditors of the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split who are unable to request the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split to perform the obligations (including performance of the guarantee obligations that the stock company splitting in the incorporation-type split jointly and severally assumes with the company incorporated in the incorporation-type split as a guarantor)" and the term "disappearing stock company, etc." in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "membership company disappearing in the consolidation-type merger (limited to a limited liability company if the company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger is a stock company or a limited liability company) or the limited liability company splitting in the incorporation-type split". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-813/par-2: 第八百十条 → 会社法 第八百十条 (Article 810), art-810 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-810 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-810 - art-813/par-2: 第一項第三号 → 会社法 第八百十条第一項第三号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-810/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-810/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-810/par-1/item-3 - art-813/par-2: 第二項第三号 → 会社法 第八百十条第二項第三号 (Article 810, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-810/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-810/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-810/par-2/item-3 - art-813/par-2: 同条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第八百十条第一項第二号 (Article 810, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-810/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-810/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-810/par-1/item-2 - art-813/par-2: 第七百六十三条第一項第十二号 → 会社法 第七百六十三条第一項第十二号 (Article 763, paragraph (1), item (xii)), art-763/par-1/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-763/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-763/par-1/item-12 - art-813/par-2: 第七百六十五条第一項第八号 → 会社法 第七百六十五条第一項第八号 (Article 765, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-765/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-765/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-765/par-1/item-8 - art-813/par-2: 同条第三項 → 会社法 第八百十条第三項 (Article 810, paragraph (3)), art-810/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-810/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-810/par-3 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百四十条第一項（債権者の異議手続の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-740/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-740/par-1 - 会社法 第七百四十条第三項（債権者の異議手続の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-740/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-740/par-3 - 会社法 第七百六十四条第二項（株式会社を設立する新設分割の効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-764/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-764/par-2 - 会社法 第七百六十六条第二項（持分会社を設立する新設分割の効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-766/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-766/par-2 - 会社法 第九百二十二条第一項第二号イ（新設合併の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-922/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-922/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 会社法 第九百二十二条第一項第二号ロ（新設合併の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-922/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-922/par-1/item-2/sub-2 - 会社法 第九百二十二条第二項第二号イ（新設合併の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-922/par-2/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-922/par-2/item-2/sub-1 - 会社法 第九百二十二条第二項第二号ロ（新設合併の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-922/par-2/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-922/par-2/item-2/sub-2 - 会社法 第九百二十四条第一項第二号イ（新設分割の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-924/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-924/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 会社法 第九百二十四条第一項第二号ロ（新設分割の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-924/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-924/par-1/item-2/sub-2 - 会社法 第九百二十四条第二項第二号イ（新設分割の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-924/par-2/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-924/par-2/item-2/sub-1 - 会社法 第九百二十四条第二項第二号ロ（新設分割の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-924/par-2/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-924/par-2/item-2/sub-2 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第二十六号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-26 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17