# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百二十一条 (Article 921)

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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
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- Provision: 第九百二十一条 (Article 921)（吸収合併の登記） — address `art-921`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第九百二十一条（吸収合併の登記） — (Registration of Absorption-Type Mergers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-921 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-921 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-921</sup>

    **第一項**  会社が吸収合併をしたときは、その効力が生じた日から二週間以内に、その本店の所在地において、吸収合併により消滅する会社については解散の登記をし、吸収合併後存続する会社については変更の登記をしなければならない。
    <sup>art-921/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-921/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-921/par-1</sup>
    When a company effects an absorption-type merger, the registration of dissolution must be completed with regard to the company that disappears in the absorption-type merger and the registration of a change must be completed with regard to the company surviving the absorption-type merger, at the location of the head office, within two weeks from the day on which the absorption-type merger became effective.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第九百三十三条第四項（外国会社の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-933/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-933/par-4

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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