# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百八条 (Article 608) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608. 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: 第六百八条 (Article 608)（相続及び合併の場合の特則） — address `art-608` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608 - 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. --- ### 第六百八条（相続及び合併の場合の特則） — (Special Provisions in Case of Inheritances and Mergers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-608 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608 **第一項** 持分会社は、その社員が死亡した場合又は合併により消滅した場合における当該社員の相続人その他の一般承継人が当該社員の持分を承継する旨を定款で定めることができる。 art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-1 A membership company may provide in its articles of incorporation that if one of its members dies or disappears as a result of a merger, the heirs or other general successors of relevant member may succeed to the equity interest of relevant member. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第六百四条第二項の規定にかかわらず、前項の規定による定款の定めがある場合には、同項の一般承継人（社員以外のものに限る。）は、同項の持分を承継した時に、当該持分を有する社員となる。 art-608/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 604, paragraph (2), if the provisions in the preceding paragraph are prescribed in the articles of incorporation, a general successor in that paragraph (limited to general successors that are not a member) becomes a member holding equity interest in that paragraph at the time when the general successor succeeds to relevant equity interest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の定款の定めがある場合には、持分会社は、同項の一般承継人が持分を承継した時に、当該一般承継人に係る定款の変更をしたものとみなす。 art-608/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-3 If there are provisions in paragraph (1) referred to in the articles of incorporation, the membership company is deemed to have effected the change in the articles of incorporation relating to the general successor in that paragraph when relevant general successor has succeeded to the equity interest under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の一般承継人（相続により持分を承継したものであって、出資に係る払込み又は給付の全部又は一部を履行していないものに限る。）が二人以上ある場合には、各一般承継人は、連帯して当該出資に係る払込み又は給付の履行をする責任を負う。 art-608/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-4 If there are two or more general successors (limited to general successors that have succeeded to a partnership interest by inheritance and have not performed all or part of the payment in or delivery relating to the partnership contribution) in paragraph (1), each general successor is jointly and severally liable for the performance of relevant payment in or delivery relating to the contribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の一般承継人（相続により持分を承継したものに限る。）が二人以上ある場合には、各一般承継人は、承継した持分についての権利を行使する者一人を定めなければ、当該持分についての権利を行使することができない。ただし、持分会社が当該権利を行使することに同意した場合は、この限りでない。 art-608/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-5 If there are two or more general successors (limited to those who have succeeded to equity interest by inheritance) under paragraph (1), each general successor may not exercise the rights with respect to the interest which the general successor has succeeded to unless the general successor designates one person who exercises the rights with respect to relevant equity interest; provided, however, that this does not apply if the membership company gives its consent to the exercise of relevant rights. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-608/par-2: 第六百四条第二項 → 会社法 第六百四条第二項 (Article 604, paragraph (2)), art-604/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-604/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-604/par-2 - art-608/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百八条第一項 (Article 608, paragraph (1)), art-608/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-1 - art-608/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第六百八条第一項 (Article 608, paragraph (1)), art-608/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-1 - art-608/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第六百八条第一項 (Article 608, paragraph (1)), art-608/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-1 - art-608/par-5: 第一項 → 会社法 第六百八条第一項 (Article 608, paragraph (1)), art-608/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百八条第二項（相続及び合併の場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-2 - 会社法 第六百八条第三項（相続及び合併の場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-3 - 会社法 第六百八条第四項（相続及び合併の場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-4 - 会社法 第六百八条第五項（相続及び合併の場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-608/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-5 - 会社法 第六百十一条第一項（退社に伴う持分の払戻し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-611/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-1 - 会社法 第六百七十五条第一項（相続及び合併による退社の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-675/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-675/par-1 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十二の二第一項（社会保険労務士法人の継続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-22-2/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