# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百六十条 (Article 460) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-460. 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: 第四百六十条 (Article 460)（株主の権利の制限） — address `art-460` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-460 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-460 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十条（株主の権利の制限） — (Restriction on Rights of Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-460 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-460 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-460 **第一項** 前条第一項の規定による定款の定めがある場合には、株式会社は、同項各号に掲げる事項を株主総会の決議によっては定めない旨を定款で定めることができる。 art-460/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-460/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-460/par-1 If there are provisions in the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a stock company may provide in the articles of incorporation that the matters set forth in each item of that paragraph are not decided by a resolution at a shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による定款の定めは、最終事業年度に係る計算書類が法令及び定款に従い株式会社の財産及び損益の状況を正しく表示しているものとして法務省令で定める要件に該当する場合に限り、その効力を有する。 art-460/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-460/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-460/par-2 The provisions of the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are effective only if the financial statements for the most recent business year satisfy the requirements prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as accurately indicating the status of the assets and profits and losses of a stock company in compliance with laws and regulations and the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-460/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第四百五十九条第一項 (Article 459, paragraph (1)), art-459/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-459/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-459/par-1 - art-460/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百六十条第一項 (Article 460, paragraph (1)), art-460/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-460/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-460/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百六十条第二項（株主の権利の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-460/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-460/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