# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八十五条 (Article 85) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85. 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: 第八十五条 (Article 85)（種類創立総会の招集及び決議） — address `art-85` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85 - 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. --- ### 第八十五条（種類創立総会の招集及び決議） — (Calling of and Resolutions at Organizational Meetings of Class Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85 **第一項** 前条、第九十条第一項（同条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）、第九十二条第一項（同条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）、第百条第一項又は第百一条第一項の規定により種類創立総会の決議をする場合には、発起人は、種類創立総会を招集しなければならない。 art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85/par-1 If a resolution is to be passed at an organizational meeting of class shareholders pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, Article 90, paragraph (1) (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis under paragraph (2) of the same Article), Article 92, paragraph (1) (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis under paragraph (4) of the same Article), Article 100, paragraph (1) or Article 101, paragraph (1), the incorporators must call an organizational meeting of class shareholders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 種類創立総会の決議は、当該種類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種類株主の議決権の過半数であって、出席した当該設立時種類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-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85/par-2 Resolutions at an organizational meeting of class shareholders will be passed by a majority of the votes of the class shareholders at incorporation who are entitled to vote at relevant organizational meeting of class shareholders, being a majority of two thirds or more of the votes of relevant class shareholders at incorporation who are present at the meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、第百条第一項の決議は、同項に規定する種類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種類株主の半数以上であって、当該設立時種類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-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, resolutions under Article 100, paragraph (1) must be passed by a majority of the class shareholders at incorporation who are entitled to vote at relevant organizational meeting of class shareholders, being a majority of two thirds or more of the votes of relevant class shareholders at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-85/par-1: 前条 → 会社法 第八十四条 (Article 84), art-84 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-84 - art-85/par-1: 第九十条第一項 → 会社法 第九十条第一項 (Article 90, paragraph (1)), art-90/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-90/par-1 - art-85/par-1: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第九十条第二項 (Article 90, paragraph (2)), art-90/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-90/par-2 - art-85/par-1: 第九十二条第一項 → 会社法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-1 - art-85/par-1: 同条第四項 → 会社法 第九十二条第四項 (Article 92, paragraph (4)), art-92/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-4 - art-85/par-1: 第百条第一項 → 会社法 第百条第一項 (Article 100, paragraph (1)), art-100/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-100/par-1 - art-85/par-1: 第百一条第一項 → 会社法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-101/par-1 - art-85/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第八十五条第二項 (Article 85, paragraph (2)), art-85/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85/par-2 - art-85/par-3: 第百条第一項 → 会社法 第百条第一項 (Article 100, paragraph (1)), art-100/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-100/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八十五条第三項（種類創立総会の招集及び決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85/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