# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九十六条 (Article 96)

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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: 第九十六条 (Article 96)（創立総会における定款の変更） — address `art-96`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-96
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### 第九十六条（創立総会における定款の変更） — (Amendment in Articles of Incorporation at Organizational Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-96</sup>

      **第一項**  第三十条第二項の規定にかかわらず、創立総会においては、その決議によって、定款の変更をすることができる。
      <sup>art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-96/par-1</sup>
      Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2), articles of incorporation may be amended by a resolution at an organizational meeting.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-96/par-1: 第三十条第二項 → 会社法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-30/par-2

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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