# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六十七条 (Article 67) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67. 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: 第六十七条 (Article 67)（創立総会の招集の決定） — address `art-67` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67 - 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. --- ### 第六十七条（創立総会の招集の決定） — (Determinations to Call Organizational Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67 **第一項** 発起人は、創立総会を招集する場合には、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。 art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1 The incorporators must decide the following matters if the incorporators call an organizational meeting: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 創立総会の日時及び場所 art-67/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-1 the date, time and place of the organizational meeting; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 創立総会の目的である事項 art-67/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-2 the purpose of the organizational meeting; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 創立総会に出席しない設立時株主が書面によって議決権を行使することができることとするときは、その旨 art-67/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-3 that shareholders at incorporation who do not attend the organizational meeting may vote in writing, if so arranged; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 創立総会に出席しない設立時株主が電磁的方法によって議決権を行使することができることとするときは、その旨 art-67/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-4 that shareholders at incorporation who do not attend the organizational meeting may vote by electronic or magnetic means, if so arranged; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 前各号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項 art-67/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-5 beyond what is set forth in the preceding items, any matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 発起人は、設立時株主（創立総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない設立時株主を除く。次条から第七十一条までにおいて同じ。）の数が千人以上である場合には、前項第三号に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。 art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-2 If the number of the shareholders at incorporation (excluding shareholders at incorporation who may not exercise votes on all matters which may be resolved at organizational meetings; the same applies in the following Article through Article 71) is one thousand or more, the incorporators must decide the matters set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-67/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第一号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-67/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-1 - art-67/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第二号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-67/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-2 - art-67/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第三号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-67/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-3 - art-67/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第四号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-67/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-4 - art-67/par-2: 次条から第七十一条まで → 会社法 第六十八条 (Article 68), art-68 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68 - art-67/par-2: 次条から第七十一条まで → 会社法 第六十九条 (Article 69), art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-69 - art-67/par-2: 次条から第七十一条まで → 会社法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-70 - art-67/par-2: 次条から第七十一条まで → 会社法 第七十一条 (Article 71), art-71 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71 - art-67/par-2: 前項第三号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第三号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-67/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六十七条第一項第五号（創立総会の招集の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-5 - 会社法 第六十七条第二項（創立総会の招集の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-2 - 会社法 第六十八条第一項（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-1 - 会社法 第六十八条第二項第一号（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-2/item-1 - 会社法 第六十八条第四項（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-4 - 会社法 第六十九条第一項（招集手続の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-69/par-1 - 会社法 第七十条第一項（創立総会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-70/par-1 - 会社法 第七十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-1 - 会社法 第七十三条第四項（創立総会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73/par-4 - 会社法 第八十条第一項（延期又は続行の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-80/par-1 - 会社法 第八十六条第一項（創立総会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-86/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