# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百七十六条 (Article 576) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576. 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: 第五百七十六条 (Article 576)（定款の記載又は記録事項） — address `art-576` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576 - 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. --- ### 第五百七十六条（定款の記載又は記録事項） — (Matters Required to Be Specified or Recorded in the Articles of Incorporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-576 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576 **第一項** 持分会社の定款には、次に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-576/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1 Articles of incorporation of membership companies must specify or record the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 目的 art-576/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-1 purposes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 商号 art-576/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-2 trade name; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 本店の所在地 art-576/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-3 location of the head office; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 社員の氏名又は名称及び住所 art-576/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-4 names and addresses of the members; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 社員が無限責任社員又は有限責任社員のいずれであるかの別 art-576/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-5 whether the members are members with unlimited liability or members with limited liability; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 社員の出資の目的（有限責任社員にあっては、金銭等に限る。）及びその価額又は評価の標準 art-576/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-6 subject matter invested by the members (limited to the monies, etc. if they are members with limited liability) and the value and standard of evaluation of the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 設立しようとする持分会社が合名会社である場合には、前項第五号に掲げる事項として、その社員の全部を無限責任社員とする旨を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-576/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-2 If the membership company to be incorporated is a general partnership company, a statement that all of the members are members with unlimited liability must be specified or recorded as the matter set forth in item (v) of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 設立しようとする持分会社が合資会社である場合には、第一項第五号に掲げる事項として、その社員の一部を無限責任社員とし、その他の社員を有限責任社員とする旨を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-576/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-3 If the membership company to be incorporated is a limited partnership company, a statement that some of the members are members with unlimited liability and other members are members with limited liability must be stated or recorded as the matter set forth in paragraph (1), item (v). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 設立しようとする持分会社が合同会社である場合には、第一項第五号に掲げる事項として、その社員の全部を有限責任社員とする旨を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-576/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-4 If the membership company to be incorporated is a limited liability company, a statement that all of the members are members with limited liability must be stated or recorded as the matter set forth in paragraph (1), item (v). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-576/par-2: 前項第五号 → 会社法 第五百七十六条第一項第五号 (Article 576, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-576/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-5 - art-576/par-3: 第一項第五号 → 会社法 第五百七十六条第一項第五号 (Article 576, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-576/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-5 - art-576/par-4: 第一項第五号 → 会社法 第五百七十六条第一項第五号 (Article 576, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-576/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-1/item-5 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百七十六条第二項（定款の記載又は記録事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-2 - 会社法 第五百七十六条第三項（定款の記載又は記録事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-3 - 会社法 第五百七十六条第四項（定款の記載又は記録事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-576/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-576/par-4 - 会社法 第五百七十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-577/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-577/par-1 --- ## 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