# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六章 (Part 2, Chapter 6)

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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: 第六章 (Part 2, Chapter 6) — address `pt-2/ch-6`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-12-05 (On the day Act No. 56 of 2025 (譲渡担保契約及び所有権留保契約に関する法律) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.), standing until 2028-06-12 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20271205_507AC0000000057)
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## 第六章　定款の変更 — Chapter VI Changes in Articles of Incorporation
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-2/ch-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/pt-2/ch-6</sup>

### 第四百六十六条
<sup>art-466 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/pt-2/ch-6#art-466</sup>

  **第一項**  株式会社は、その成立後、株主総会の決議によって、定款を変更することができる。
  <sup>art-466/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/amendments/20271205_507AC0000000057/text/pt-2/ch-6#art-466/par-1</sup>
  A stock company may change the articles of incorporation by the resolution at a shareholders meeting after its incorporation.
  <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 as 令和七年法律第五十七号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20271205_507AC0000000057), 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