# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百五十六条 (Article 756) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-756. 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: 第七百五十六条 (Article 756)（持分会社を設立する新設合併の効力の発生等） — address `art-756` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-756 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-756 - 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. --- ### 第七百五十六条（持分会社を設立する新設合併の効力の発生等） — (Effectuation of Consolidation-Type Merger by Which a Membership Company Is Incorporated) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-756 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-756 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-756 **第一項** 新設合併設立持分会社は、その成立の日に、新設合併消滅会社の権利義務を承継する。 art-756/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-756/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-756/par-1 The membership company incorporated in a consolidation-type merger succeeds to the rights and obligations of the companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger on the day of its formation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第一項に規定する場合には、新設合併消滅株式会社の株主又は新設合併消滅持分会社の社員は、新設合併設立持分会社の成立の日に、同項第四号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、当該新設合併設立持分会社の社員となる。 art-756/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-756/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-756/par-2 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the shareholders of the stock companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger and the members of the membership companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger become members of the membership company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger, in accordance with the provisions on the matters set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph, on the day of formation of the membership company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第一項第六号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、新設合併消滅株式会社の株主又は新設合併消滅持分会社の社員は、新設合併設立持分会社の成立の日に、同項第七号に掲げる事項についての定めに従い、同項第六号の社債の社債権者となる。 art-756/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-756/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-756/par-3 If there are provisions on the matter set forth in paragraph (1), item (vi) of the preceding Article, the shareholders of the stock companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger and the members of the membership companies disappearing in the consolidation-type merger, in accordance with the provisions on the matter set forth in item (vii) of that paragraph, become holders of bonds set forth in item (vi) of that paragraph on the day of formation of the membership company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 新設合併消滅株式会社の新株予約権は、新設合併設立持分会社の成立の日に、消滅する。 art-756/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-756/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-756/par-4 Share options in a stock company disappearing in a consolidation-type merger are extinguished on the day of formation of the membership company incorporated in the consolidation-type merger. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-756/par-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第七百五十五条第一項 (Article 755, paragraph (1)), art-755/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-755/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-755/par-1 - art-756/par-2: 同項第四号 → 会社法 第七百五十五条第一項第四号 (Article 755, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-755/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-755/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-755/par-1/item-4 - art-756/par-3: 前条第一項第六号 → 会社法 第七百五十五条第一項第六号 (Article 755, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-755/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-755/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-755/par-1/item-6 - art-756/par-3: 同項第七号 → 会社法 第七百五十五条第一項第七号 (Article 755, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-755/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-755/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-755/par-1/item-7 --- ## 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