# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百四十七条 (Article 747) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747. 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: 第七百四十七条 (Article 747)（持分会社の組織変更の効力の発生等） — address `art-747` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七百四十七条（持分会社の組織変更の効力の発生等） — (Effectuation of Entity Conversion of a Membership Company) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-747 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747 **第一項** 組織変更をする持分会社は、効力発生日に、株式会社となる。 art-747/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-1 A membership company effecting entity conversion becomes a stock company on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 組織変更をする持分会社は、効力発生日に、前条第一項第一号及び第二号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、当該事項に係る定款の変更をしたものとみなす。 art-747/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-2 A membership company effecting entity conversion is, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) of the preceding Article, deemed to have effected changes to the articles of incorporation related to the matters on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 組織変更をする持分会社の社員は、効力発生日に、前条第一項第六号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、同項第五号の株式の株主となる。 art-747/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-3 Members of a membership company effecting entity conversion, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vi) of the preceding Article, become shareholders of the shares set forth in item (v) of the same paragraph on the effective day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 次の各号に掲げる場合には、組織変更をする持分会社の社員は、効力発生日に、前条第一項第八号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、当該各号に定める者となる。 art-747/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-4 In the cases set forth in the following items, members of a membership company effecting entity conversion become the persons specified in each of those items, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (viii) of the preceding Article, on the effective day: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条第一項第七号イに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合　同号イの社債の社債権者 art-747/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-4/item-1 if there are provisions on the matters set forth paragraph (1), item (vii), (a) of the preceding Article:the holders of the bonds referred to in (a) of that item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第一項第七号ロに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合　同号ロの新株予約権の新株予約権者 art-747/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-4/item-2 if there are provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vii), (b) of the preceding Article:holders of the share options referred to in (b) of that item; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前条第一項第七号ハに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合　同号ハの新株予約権付社債についての社債の社債権者及び当該新株予約権付社債に付された新株予約権の新株予約権者 art-747/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-4/item-3 if there are provisions on the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (vii), (c) of the preceding Article:the holders of the bonds constituting bonds with share options referred to in (c) of that item, and holders of the share options attached to those bonds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各項の規定は、第七百八十一条第二項において準用する第七百七十九条（第二項第二号を除く。）の規定による手続が終了していない場合又は組織変更を中止した場合には、適用しない。 art-747/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-5 The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply if procedures under the provisions of Article 779 (excluding paragraph (2), item (ii)) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 781, paragraph (2) are not completed yet or if the entity conversion is cancelled. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-747/par-2: 前条第一項第一号 → 会社法 第七百四十六条第一項第一号 (Article 746, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-746/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-746/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-746/par-1/item-1 - art-747/par-2: 第二号 → 会社法 第七百四十六条第一項第二号 (Article 746, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-746/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-746/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-746/par-1/item-2 - art-747/par-3: 前条第一項第六号 → 会社法 第七百四十六条第一項第六号 (Article 746, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-746/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-746/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-746/par-1/item-6 - art-747/par-3: 同項第五号 → 会社法 第七百四十六条第一項第五号 (Article 746, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-746/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-746/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-746/par-1/item-5 - art-747/par-4: 前条第一項第八号 → 会社法 第七百四十六条第一項第八号 (Article 746, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-746/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-746/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-746/par-1/item-8 - art-747/par-4/item-1: 前条第一項第七号 → 会社法 第七百四十六条第一項第七号 (Article 746, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-746/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-746/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-746/par-1/item-7 - art-747/par-4/item-2: 前条第一項第七号 → 会社法 第七百四十六条第一項第七号 (Article 746, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-746/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-746/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-746/par-1/item-7 - art-747/par-4/item-3: 前条第一項第七号 → 会社法 第七百四十六条第一項第七号 (Article 746, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-746/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-746/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-746/par-1/item-7 - art-747/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十七条第一項 (Article 747, paragraph (1)), art-747/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-1 - art-747/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十七条第二項 (Article 747, paragraph (2)), art-747/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-2 - art-747/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十七条第三項 (Article 747, paragraph (3)), art-747/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-3 - art-747/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第七百四十七条第四項 (Article 747, paragraph (4)), art-747/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-4 - art-747/par-5: 第七百八十一条第二項 → 会社法 第七百八十一条第二項 (Article 781, paragraph (2)), art-781/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-781/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-781/par-2 - art-747/par-5: 第七百七十九条 → 会社法 第七百七十九条 (Article 779), art-779 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-779 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-779 - art-747/par-5: 第二項第二号 → 会社法 第七百七十九条第二項第二号 (Article 779, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-779/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-779/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-779/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百四十七条第五項（持分会社の組織変更の効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-747/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-747/par-5 - 会社法 第七百八十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-781/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-781/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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/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