# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百九条 (Article 909)

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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: 第九百九条 (Article 909)（変更の登記及び消滅の登記） — address `art-909`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-909
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-909
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### 第九百九条（変更の登記及び消滅の登記） — (Registration of Changes and Registration of Extinctions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-909 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-909 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-909</sup>

    **第一項**  この法律の規定により登記した事項に変更が生じ、又はその事項が消滅したときは、当事者は、遅滞なく、変更の登記又は消滅の登記をしなければならない。
    <sup>art-909/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-909/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-909/par-1</sup>
    When there is a change to the matters registered pursuant to the provisions of this Act or when the matters becomes extinct, the party must have the registration of the change or the registration of the extinction completed without delay.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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