# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九十八条 (Article 98)

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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: 第九十八条 (Article 98)（創立総会の決議による発行可能株式総数の定め） — address `art-98`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-98
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### 第九十八条（創立総会の決議による発行可能株式総数の定め） — (Provisions for the Total Number of Authorized Shares by Resolutions at Organizational Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-98</sup>

      **第一項**  第五十七条第一項の募集をする場合において、発行可能株式総数を定款で定めていないときは、株式会社の成立の時までに、創立総会の決議によって、定款を変更して発行可能株式総数の定めを設けなければならない。
      <sup>art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-98/par-1</sup>
      If, if the solicitation under Article 57, paragraph (1) is carried out, the total number of authorized shares is not provided for in the articles of incorporation, the provisions on the total number of authorized shares must be created by amending the articles of incorporation prior to the formation of the stock company by a resolution at an organizational meeting.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-98/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 会社法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-1

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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
- This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17