# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百五十二条 (Article 552)

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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: 第五百五十二条 (Article 552)（債権者集会の指揮等） — address `art-552`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五百五十二条（債権者集会の指揮等） — (Direction of Creditors Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-552 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-552 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-552</sup>

      **第一項**  債権者集会は、裁判所が指揮する。
      <sup>art-552/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-552/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-552/par-1</sup>
      Creditors meetings are directed by the court.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  債権者集会を招集しようとするときは、招集者は、あらかじめ、第五百四十八条第一項各号に掲げる事項及び同条第二項又は第三項の規定により定められた事項を裁判所に届け出なければならない。
      <sup>art-552/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-552/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-552/par-2</sup>
      If a convener intends to call a creditors meeting, the convener must notify the court in advance of the matters set forth in each item of Article 548, paragraph (1) and the matters provided for under the provisions of paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of that Article.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-552/par-2: 第五百四十八条第一項 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第一項 (Article 548, paragraph (1)), art-548/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-548/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1
- art-552/par-2: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第二項 (Article 548, paragraph (2)), art-548/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-548/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-2
- art-552/par-2: 第三項 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第三項 (Article 548, paragraph (3)), art-548/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-548/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-3

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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