# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百十六条 (Article 916)

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- 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: 第九百十六条 (Article 916)（他の登記所の管轄区域内への本店の移転の登記） — address `art-916`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-916
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### 第九百十六条（他の登記所の管轄区域内への本店の移転の登記） — (Registration of Relocation of the Head Office to the Jurisdictional District of Another Registry Office)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-916 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-916 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-916</sup>

    **第一項**  会社がその本店を他の登記所の管轄区域内に移転したときは、二週間以内に、旧所在地においては移転の登記をし、新所在地においては次の各号に掲げる会社の区分に応じ当該各号に定める事項を登記しなければならない。
    <sup>art-916/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-916/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-916/par-1</sup>
    When a company relocates its head office to the jurisdictional district of another registry office, the registration of relocation must be completed at the old location and the matters specified in the following items for the categories of companies set forth respectively in those items must be registered at the new location within two weeks:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  株式会社　第九百十一条第三項各号に掲げる事項
      <sup>art-916/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-916/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-916/par-1/item-1</sup>
      stock company:the matters set forth in the items of Article 911, paragraph (3);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  合名会社　第九百十二条各号に掲げる事項
      <sup>art-916/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-916/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-916/par-1/item-2</sup>
      general partnership company:the matters set forth in the items of Article 912;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  合資会社　第九百十三条各号に掲げる事項
      <sup>art-916/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-916/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-916/par-1/item-3</sup>
      limited partnership company:the matters set forth in the items of Article 913; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  合同会社　第九百十四条各号に掲げる事項
      <sup>art-916/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-916/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-916/par-1/item-4</sup>
      limited liability company:the matters set forth in the items of Article 914.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-916/par-1/item-1: 第九百十一条第三項 → 会社法 第九百十一条第三項 (Article 911, paragraph (3)), art-911/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-911/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-911/par-3
- art-916/par-1/item-2: 第九百十二条 → 会社法 第九百十二条 (Article 912), art-912 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-912 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-912
- art-916/par-1/item-3: 第九百十三条 → 会社法 第九百十三条 (Article 913), art-913 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-913 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-913
- art-916/par-1/item-4: 第九百十四条 → 会社法 第九百十四条 (Article 914), art-914 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-914 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-914

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## 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