# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九十五条 (Article 95) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-95. 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: 第九十五条 (Article 95)（発起人による定款の変更の禁止） — address `art-95` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-95 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-95 - 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. --- ### 第九十五条（発起人による定款の変更の禁止） — (No Amendment in Articles of Incorporation by Incorporators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-95 **第一項** 第五十七条第一項の募集をする場合には、発起人は、第五十八条第一項第三号の期日又は同号の期間の初日のうち最も早い日以後は、第三十三条第九項並びに第三十七条第一項及び第二項の規定にかかわらず、定款の変更をすることができない。 art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-95/par-1 If the solicitation under Article 57, paragraph (1) is carried out, the incorporators may not effect any amendment in the articles of incorporation on and after either the date referred to in Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iii) or the first day of the period referred to in the same item, whichever comes earlier, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (9) and Article 37, paragraphs (1) and (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-95/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 会社法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-1 - art-95/par-1: 第五十八条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第五十八条第一項第三号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-58/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-58/par-1/item-3 - art-95/par-1: 第三十三条第九項 → 会社法 第三十三条第九項 (Article 33, paragraph (9)), art-33/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-9 - art-95/par-1: 第三十七条第一項 → 会社法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-37/par-1 - art-95/par-1: 第二項 → 会社法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-37/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 - This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17