# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七十三条 (Article 73) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73. 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: 第七十三条 (Article 73)（創立総会の決議） — address `art-73` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73 - 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. --- ### 第七十三条（創立総会の決議） — (Resolutions at Organizational Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73 **第一項** 創立総会の決議は、当該創立総会において議決権を行使することができる設立時株主の議決権の過半数であって、出席した当該設立時株主の議決権の三分の二以上に当たる多数をもって行う。 art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73/par-1 Resolutions at an organizational meeting will be passed by a majority of the votes of the shareholders at incorporation entitled to vote at relevant organizational meeting, being a majority of two thirds or more of the votes of relevant shareholders at incorporation who are present at the meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、その発行する全部の株式の内容として譲渡による当該株式の取得について当該株式会社の承認を要する旨の定款の定めを設ける定款の変更を行う場合（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を除く。）には、当該定款の変更についての創立総会の決議は、当該創立総会において議決権を行使することができる設立時株主の半数以上であって、当該設立時株主の議決権の三分の二以上に当たる多数をもって行わなければならない。 art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation are amended creating provisions to the effect that, as a feature of all shares issued by a stock company, the approval of relevant stock company is required for the acquisition of relevant shares by transfer (excluding cases where the stock company to be incorporated is a company with class shares), the resolution at the organizational meeting with respect to relevant amendment in the articles of incorporation must be passed by a majority of the shareholders at incorporation entitled to vote at relevant organizational meeting, being a majority of two thirds or more of the votes of relevant shareholders at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 定款を変更してその発行する全部の株式の内容として第百七条第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての定款の定めを設け、又は当該事項についての定款の変更（当該事項についての定款の定めを廃止するものを除く。）をしようとする場合（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を除く。）には、設立時株主全員の同意を得なければならない。 art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73/par-3 If it is intended to create, as a feature of all shares issued by a stock company, any provisions in articles of incorporation with respect to the matters set forth in Article 107, paragraph (1), item (iii) by amending the articles of incorporation, or to effect any amendment (excluding that which repeals provisions of the articles of incorporation with respect to relevant matters) in the articles of incorporation with respect to relevant matters (excluding cases where the stock company to be incorporated is a company with class shares), the consent of all shareholders at incorporation must be obtained. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 創立総会は、第六十七条第一項第二号に掲げる事項以外の事項については、決議をすることができない。ただし、定款の変更又は株式会社の設立の廃止については、この限りでない。 art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73/par-4 At an organizational meeting, matters other than the matters set forth in Article 67, paragraph (1), item (ii) may not be resolved; provided, however, that this does not apply to amendment in the articles of incorporation or discontinuation of the incorporation of a stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-73/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七十三条第一項 (Article 73, paragraph (1)), art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73/par-1 - art-73/par-3: 第百七条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第百七条第一項第三号 (Article 107, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-107/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-107/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-107/par-1/item-3 - art-73/par-4: 第六十七条第一項第二号 → 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 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七十三条第二項（創立総会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-73/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