# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九十二条 (Article 92) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92. 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: 第九十二条 (Article 92) — address `art-92` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92 - 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. --- ### 第九十二条 art-92 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92 **第一項** 第九十条第一項の規定により選任された設立時取締役は、株式会社の成立の時までの間、その選任に係る種類の設立時発行株式の設立時種類株主を構成員とする種類創立総会の決議によって解任することができる。 art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-1 Directors at incorporation who are elected pursuant to the provisions of Article 90, paragraph (1) may be dismissed by a resolution at a general meeting of class shareholders constituted by the class shareholders at incorporation of relevant class of shares issued at incorporation relating to relevant election at any time prior to the formation of the stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、第四十一条第一項の規定により又は種類創立総会若しくは種類株主総会において選任された取締役を株主総会の決議によって解任することができる旨の定款の定めがある場合には、第九十条第一項の規定により選任された設立時取締役は、株式会社の成立の時までの間、創立総会の決議によって解任することができる。 art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if there are provisions in articles of incorporation to the effect that a director who is elected pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1), or at an organizational meeting of class shareholders or at a general meeting of class shareholders may be dismissed by a resolution at the shareholders meeting, a director at incorporation who is elected pursuant to the provisions of Article 90, paragraph (1) may be dismissed by a resolution at an organizational meeting at any time prior to the formation of the stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 設立しようとする株式会社が監査等委員会設置会社である場合における前項の規定の適用については、同項中「取締役を」とあるのは「監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役を」と、「設立時取締役」とあるのは「設立時監査等委員である設立時取締役又はそれ以外の設立時取締役」とする。 art-92/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-3 When applying provisions of the preceding paragraph if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with audit and supervisory committee, the term "a director" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member or other directors", and the term "a director at incorporation" is deemed to be replaced with "a director at incorporation who is an audit and supervisory committee member at incorporation or other directors at incorporation" respectively. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の規定は、第九十条第二項において準用する同条第一項の規定により選任された設立時監査役について準用する。 art-92/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-4 The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a company auditor at incorporation who is elected pursuant to the provisions of Article 90, paragraph (1) applied mutatis mutandis under paragraph (2) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-92/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-92/par-2: 前項 → 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-92/par-2: 第四十一条第一項 → 会社法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-41/par-1 - art-92/par-2: 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-92/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第九十二条第二項 (Article 92, paragraph (2)), art-92/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-2 - art-92/par-4: 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-92/par-4: 第二項 → 会社法 第九十二条第二項 (Article 92, paragraph (2)), art-92/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-2 - art-92/par-4: 第九十条第二項 → 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-92/par-4: 同条第一項 → 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 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八十五条第一項（種類創立総会の招集及び決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-85/par-1 - 会社法 第九十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-2 - 会社法 第九十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-3 - 会社法 第九十二条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-92/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-92/par-4 --- ## 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