# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百六十七条 (Article 567) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567. 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: 第五百六十七条 (Article 567)（協定の可決の要件） — address `art-567` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百六十七条（協定の可決の要件） — (Requirements for Adoption of Agreements) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-567 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567 **第一項** 第五百五十四条第一項の規定にかかわらず、債権者集会において協定を可決するには、次に掲げる同意のいずれもがなければならない。 art-567/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 554, paragraph (1), in order to adopt an agreement at a creditors meeting, all of the following consents must be obtained: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 出席した議決権者の過半数の同意 art-567/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567/par-1/item-1 the consent of a majority of the voting rights holders present at the meeting; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 議決権者の議決権の総額の三分の二以上の議決権を有する者の同意 art-567/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567/par-1/item-2 the consent of persons who hold the voting rights in excess of two thirds of the total voting rights of the voting rights holders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第五百五十四条第二項の規定は、前項第一号の規定の適用について準用する。 art-567/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567/par-2 The provisions of Article 554, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the application of the provisions of item (i) of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-567/par-1: 第五百五十四条第一項 → 会社法 第五百五十四条第一項 (Article 554, paragraph (1)), art-554/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-554/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-1 - art-567/par-2: 第五百五十四条第二項 → 会社法 第五百五十四条第二項 (Article 554, paragraph (2)), art-554/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-554/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-2 - art-567/par-2: 前項第一号 → 会社法 第五百六十七条第一項第一号 (Article 567, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-567/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百五十六条第三項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-556/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-556/par-3 - 会社法 第五百五十七条第三項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-557/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-557/par-3 - 会社法 第五百六十七条第二項（協定の可決の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-567/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567/par-2 - 会社法 第五百七十二条第一項（協定の内容の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-572/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-572/par-1 --- ## 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