# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百九条 (Article 109) - 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: 第百九条 (Article 109)（株主の平等） — address `art-109` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109 - 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. --- ### 第百九条（株主の平等） — (Equality of Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-109 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109 **第一項** 株式会社は、株主を、その有する株式の内容及び数に応じて、平等に取り扱わなければならない。 art-109/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109/par-1 A stock company must treat its shareholders equally in accordance with the features and number of the shares they hold. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、公開会社でない株式会社は、第百五条第一項各号に掲げる権利に関する事項について、株主ごとに異なる取扱いを行う旨を定款で定めることができる。 art-109/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a stock company that is not a public company may provide in its articles of incorporation to the effect that each shareholder is treated differently with respect to the matters regarding the rights set forth in each item of Article 105, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による定款の定めがある場合には、同項の株主が有する株式を同項の権利に関する事項について内容の異なる種類の株式とみなして、この編及び第五編の規定を適用する。 art-109/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109/par-3 If there are provisions in the articles of incorporation that is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the shares held by the shareholders under that paragraph are deemed to be class shares with different features with respect to the matters regarding the rights under that paragraph, and the provisions of this Part and Part V apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-109/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百九条第一項 (Article 109, paragraph (1)), art-109/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109/par-1 - art-109/par-2: 第百五条第一項 → 会社法 第百五条第一項 (Article 105, paragraph (1)), art-105/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-105/par-1 - art-109/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百九条第二項 (Article 109, paragraph (2)), art-109/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百九条第二項（株主の平等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109/par-2 - 会社法 第百九条第三項（株主の平等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-109/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-109/par-3 - 会社法 第三百九条第四項（株主総会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-309/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-309/par-4 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17