In the case of the proviso of Article 702, a company may specify a bond administration assistant and entrust that bond administration assistant to assist bond administration for the benefit of the bondholders; provided, however, that this does not apply if the relevant bonds are secured bonds.
第七百十四条の三
(社債管理補助者の資格)Qualifications of Bond Administration Assistant
第一項
社債管理補助者は、第七百三条各号に掲げる者その他法務省令で定める者でなければならない。
A bond administration assistant must be a person set forth in each item of Article 703 or specified in a Ministry of Justice Order.
第七百十四条の四
(社債管理補助者の権限等)Bond Administration Assistant's Power of Representation
第一項
社債管理補助者は、社債権者のために次に掲げる行為をする権限を有する。
Bond administration assistants have the authority to engage in the acts set forth below on behalf of bondholders.
一
破産手続参加、再生手続参加又は更生手続参加
participate in bankruptcy proceedings, participate in rehabilitation proceedings, or participate in reorganization proceedings;
二
強制執行又は担保権の実行の手続における配当要求
request distributions in procedures for judicial enforcement or in procedures for enforcement procedures of a security right; and
三
第四百九十九条第一項の期間内に債権の申出をすること。
state claims during the period provided in Article 499, paragraph (1).
Bond administration assistants have the authority to engage in the acts set forth below on behalf of bondholders within the scope provided in an agreement relating to entrustment pursuant to Article 714-2:
一
社債に係る債権の弁済を受けること。
receive payment of claims relating to bonds;
二
第七百五条第一項の行為(前項各号及び前号に掲げる行為を除く。)
the acts provided in Article 705, paragraph (1) (excluding the conduct set forth in each of the items of the preceding paragraph and the preceding item);
三
第七百六条第一項各号に掲げる行為
the acts set forth in each item of Article 706, paragraph (1); and
四
社債発行会社が社債の総額について期限の利益を喪失することとなる行為
conduct that will forfeit the benefit of time in relation to the total amount of the bonds by the bond-issuing company.
In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, bond administrators assistant may not carry out the acts set forth below unless pursuant to a resolution at the bondholders meeting:
一
前項第二号に掲げる行為であって、次に掲げるもの
the acts set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph that are set forth below:
イ
当該社債の全部についてするその支払の請求
requesting payment of all of the bonds;
ロ
当該社債の全部に係る債権に基づく強制執行、仮差押え又は仮処分
judicial enforcement, provisional attachment or provisional disposition based on claims relating to all of the bonds; and
carrying out procedural actions with respect to the entirety of the bonds, or any action involved in bankruptcy proceedings, rehabilitation proceedings, reorganization proceedings or proceedings for special liquidation(excluding the acts set forth in (a) and (b)).
二
前項第三号及び第四号に掲げる行為
the acts set forth in items (iii) and (iv) of the preceding paragraph.
Bond administration assistants will report on matters relating to the administration of bonds to the bondholders or take measures to enable the bondholders to learn these matters in accordance with an agreement on entrustment pursuant to the provisions of Article 714-2.
The provisions Article 705, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to bond administration assistants who have the authority to perform the acts set forth in paragraph (2), item (1).
第七百十四条の五
(二以上の社債管理補助者がある場合の特則)Special Provisions for Multiple Assistant Bond Administrators
If an assistant bond administrator is liable to the bondholders for damages arising if other assistant bond administrators are also liable, these persons will be joint and several obligors.
If an agreement relating to entrustment pursuant to the provisions of Article 702 or a trust agreement provided in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Secured Bonds Trust Act (Act No. 52 of 1905) becomes effective, an agreement relating to entrustment pursuant to the provisions of Article 714-2 will terminate.
第七百十四条の七
(社債管理者に関する規定の準用)Application Mutatis Mutandis of Provisions on Bond Administrators
The provisions of Article 704, Article 707, Article 708, Article 710, paragraph (1), Article 711, Article 713, and Article 714 apply mutatis mutandis to assistant bond administrators. In these case, "the administration of "bonds" in Article 704 is deemed to be replaced with "assistance with the administration of "bonds," "jointly and severally liable to compensate bondholders" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "liable to compensate bondholders," "if there is no other bond administrator," in Article 711, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with, "Article 702" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 714-2," "if there is no other bond administrator," in Article 714, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with if deleted, "the administration of the bonds" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "assistance with the administration of the bonds," "set forth in any item of Article 703" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "provided in Article 714-3, and "has been dissolved" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "died or has been dissolved."