# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百六十四条 (Article 164) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164. 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: 第百六十四条 (Article 164)（特定の株主からの取得に関する定款の定め） — address `art-164` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百六十四条（特定の株主からの取得に関する定款の定め） — (Provisions of Articles of Incorporation Regarding Acquisition from Specific Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164 **第一項** 株式会社は、株式（種類株式発行会社にあっては、ある種類の株式。次項において同じ。）の取得について第百六十条第一項の規定による決定をするときは同条第二項及び第三項の規定を適用しない旨を定款で定めることができる。 art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164/par-1 If a stock company intends to make a determination under the provisions of Article 160, paragraph (1) with respect to the acquisition of shares (or, for a company with class shares , shares of a certain class; the same applies in the following paragraph), it may provide in the articles of incorporation to the effect that the provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of that Article do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式の発行後に定款を変更して当該株式について前項の規定による定款の定めを設け、又は当該定めについての定款の変更（同項の定款の定めを廃止するものを除く。）をしようとするときは、当該株式を有する株主全員の同意を得なければならない。 art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164/par-2 If, after the shares are issued, it is intended to create provisions in the articles of incorporation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph with respect to relevant shares by amending the articles of incorporation, or to effect any amendment (excluding that which abolishes the provisions of the articles of incorporation under that paragraph) in the articles of incorporation with respect to relevant provisions, the consent of all shareholders who hold relevant shares must be obtained. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-164/par-1: 次項 → 会社法 第百六十四条第二項 (Article 164, paragraph (2)), art-164/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164/par-2 - art-164/par-1: 第百六十条第一項 → 会社法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-1 - art-164/par-1: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第百六十条第二項 (Article 160, paragraph (2)), art-160/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-2 - art-164/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第百六十条第三項 (Article 160, paragraph (3)), art-160/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-3 - art-164/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百六十四条第一項 (Article 164, paragraph (1)), art-164/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百六十四条第一項（特定の株主からの取得に関する定款の定め） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164/par-1 - 会社法 第百六十四条第二項（特定の株主からの取得に関する定款の定め） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164/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