# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-72. 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72)（議決権の数） — address `art-72` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-72 - 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. --- ### 第七十二条（議決権の数） — (Number of Votes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-72 **第一項** 設立時株主（成立後の株式会社がその総株主の議決権の四分の一以上を有することその他の事由を通じて成立後の株式会社がその経営を実質的に支配することが可能となる関係にあるものとして法務省令で定める設立時株主を除く。）は、創立総会において、その引き受けた設立時発行株式一株につき一個の議決権を有する。ただし、単元株式数を定款で定めている場合には、一単元の設立時発行株式につき一個の議決権を有する。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-72/par-1 Shareholders at incorporation (excluding shareholders at incorporation prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as entities in a relationship that may allow the stock company after the formation to have substantial control of the entity through the holding of one quarter or more of the votes of all shareholders of the entity or other reasons) are entitled to one vote for each one share issued at incorporation for which they subscribed at organizational meetings; provided, however, that, if a share unit is provided for in the articles of incorporation, they are entitled to one vote for each one unit of the shares issued at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 設立しようとする株式会社が種類株式発行会社である場合において、株主総会において議決権を行使することができる事項について制限がある種類の設立時発行株式を発行するときは、創立総会において、設立時株主は、株主総会において議決権を行使することができる事項に相当する事項に限り、当該設立時発行株式について議決権を行使することができる。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-72/par-2 If the stock company to be incorporated is a company with class shares, if it issues shares issued at incorporation of a class that has restrictions on matters for which votes may be exercised at the shareholders meeting, the shareholders at incorporation may exercise, at the organizational meeting, votes with respect to relevant shares issued at incorporation only in relation to matters that are equivalent to the matters for which they may vote at the shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、株式会社の設立の廃止については、設立時株主は、その引き受けた設立時発行株式について議決権を行使することができる。 art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-72/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, shareholders at incorporation may exercise votes with respect to the shares issued at incorporation for which they subscribed in relation to the discontinuation of the incorporation of the stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-72/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-72/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七十二条第三項（議決権の数） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-72/par-3 - 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 - 会社法 第八十九条第三項（累積投票による設立時取締役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-89/par-3 --- ## 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