# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百四十七条 (Article 547) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547. 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: 第五百四十七条 (Article 547)（債権者による招集の請求） — address `art-547` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547 - 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. --- ### 第五百四十七条（債権者による招集の請求） — (Demand for Convocation of Meeting by Creditors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-547 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547 **第一項** 債権の申出をした協定債権者その他清算株式会社に知れている協定債権者の協定債権の総額の十分の一以上に当たる協定債権を有する協定債権者は、清算株式会社に対し、債権者集会の目的である事項及び招集の理由を示して、債権者集会の招集を請求することができる。 art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-1 Agreement claim creditors who have agreement claims equivalent to one tenth or more of the total amount of the agreement claims of agreement claim creditors that have stated their claims and other agreement claim creditors known to the liquidating stock company may demand, by disclosing the matters that are the purpose of the creditors meeting and the reasons of the convocation, that the liquidating stock company convene a creditors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算株式会社の財産につき第五百二十二条第二項に規定する担保権を有する協定債権者がその担保権の行使によって弁済を受けることができる協定債権の額は、前項の協定債権の額に算入しない。 art-547/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-2 The amount of the agreement claims in relation to which agreement claim creditors who hold security interest provided for in Article 522, paragraph (2) with respect to the assets of a liquidating stock company are entitled by exercising their security interest is not included in the amount of the agreement claims under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次に掲げる場合には、第一項の規定による請求をした協定債権者は、裁判所の許可を得て、債権者集会を招集することができる。 art-547/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-3 In the following cases, agreement claim creditors who made the demand pursuant under the provisions of paragraph (1) may convene the creditors meeting with the permission of the court: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第一項の規定による請求の後遅滞なく招集の手続が行われない場合 art-547/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-3/item-1 if the convocation procedure is not effected without delay after the demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第一項の規定による請求があった日から六週間以内の日を債権者集会の日とする債権者集会の招集の通知が発せられない場合 art-547/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-3/item-2 if a notice for the convocation of the creditors meeting that specifies a day falling within six weeks from the day of the demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) as the day of the creditors meeting, is not sent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-547/par-2: 第五百二十二条第二項 → 会社法 第五百二十二条第二項 (Article 522, paragraph (2)), art-522/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-522/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-522/par-2 - art-547/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百四十七条第一項 (Article 547, paragraph (1)), art-547/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-1 - art-547/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第五百四十七条第一項 (Article 547, paragraph (1)), art-547/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-1 - art-547/par-3/item-1: 第一項 → 会社法 第五百四十七条第一項 (Article 547, paragraph (1)), art-547/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-1 - art-547/par-3/item-2: 第一項 → 会社法 第五百四十七条第一項 (Article 547, paragraph (1)), art-547/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百四十六条第二項（債権者集会の招集） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-546/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-546/par-2 - 会社法 第五百四十七条第二項（債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-2 - 会社法 第五百四十七条第三項（債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-3 - 会社法 第五百四十七条第三項第一号（債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-3/item-1 - 会社法 第五百四十七条第三項第二号（債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-547/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-547/par-3/item-2 - 会社法 第八百八十一条第一項（疎明） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-881/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-881/par-1 - 会社法 第九百条第一項（債権者集会の招集の許可の申立てについての裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-900/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-900/par-1 - 会社法 第九百六十八条第一項第二号（株主等の権利の行使に関する贈収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-968/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-968/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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