# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27)

- 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（定款の記載又は記録事項） — address `art-27`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27
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### 第二十七条（定款の記載又は記録事項） — (Matters Required to Be Specified or Recorded in the Articles of Incorporation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27</sup>

    **第一項**  株式会社の定款には、次に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。
    <sup>art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27/par-1</sup>
    Articles of incorporation of a stock company must specify or record the following matters:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  目的
      <sup>art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27/par-1/item-1</sup>
      purpose;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  商号
      <sup>art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27/par-1/item-2</sup>
      trade name;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  本店の所在地
      <sup>art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27/par-1/item-3</sup>
      location of the head office;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  設立に際して出資される財産の価額又はその最低額
      <sup>art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27/par-1/item-4</sup>
      value of property to be contributed at the incorporation or the lower limit thereof;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **五**  発起人の氏名又は名称及び住所
      <sup>art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27/par-1/item-5</sup>
      name and address of the incorporator.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第二十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-29/par-1
- 会社法 第五十九条第一項第二号（設立時募集株式の申込み） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-59/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-59/par-1/item-2
- 会社法 第六十八条第五項（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-5
- 会社法 第八百十四条第一項（株式会社の設立の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-814/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-814/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百三条第一項（定款） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-103/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の二十第一項（株式会社金融商品取引所の設立の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-20/par-1

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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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17