# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百二十七条 (Article 627) - 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: 第六百二十七条 (Article 627)（債権者の異議） — address `art-627` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627 - 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. --- ### 第六百二十七条（債権者の異議） — (Objection of Creditors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-627 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627 **第一項** 合同会社が資本金の額を減少する場合には、当該合同会社の債権者は、当該合同会社に対し、資本金の額の減少について異議を述べることができる。 art-627/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-1 If a limited liability company reduces the amount of stated capital, creditors of relevant limited liability company may state their objections to the reduction in the stated capital to relevant limited liability company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合には、合同会社は、次に掲げる事項を官報に公告し、かつ、知れている債権者には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。ただし、第二号の期間は、一箇月を下ることができない。 art-627/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2 In cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, the limited liability company must give public notice of the matters set forth below in Official Gazette and must give notice of the same separately to each known creditor; provided, however, that the period under item (ii) cannot be less than one month: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該資本金の額の減少の内容 art-627/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2/item-1 the details of relevant reduction in stated capital; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債権者が一定の期間内に異議を述べることができる旨 art-627/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2/item-2 a statement to the effect that creditors may state their objections within a certain period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、合同会社が同項の規定による公告を、官報のほか、第九百三十九条第一項の規定による定款の定めに従い、同項第二号又は第三号に掲げる公告方法によりするときは、前項の規定による各別の催告は、することを要しない。 art-627/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if, in addition to a notice in Official Gazette, a limited liability company effects the public notice under that paragraph in a manner set forth in Article 939, paragraph (1), item (ii) or item (iii) in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of that paragraph, the limited liability company is no longer required to give separate notices under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 債権者が第二項第二号の期間内に異議を述べなかったときは、当該債権者は、当該資本金の額の減少について承認をしたものとみなす。 art-627/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-4 If the creditors do not raise any objection within the period under paragraph (2), item (ii), relevant creditors are deemed to have approved relevant reduction of the stated capital. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 債権者が第二項第二号の期間内に異議を述べたときは、合同会社は、当該債権者に対し、弁済し、若しくは相当の担保を提供し、又は当該債権者に弁済を受けさせることを目的として信託会社等に相当の財産を信託しなければならない。ただし、当該資本金の額の減少をしても当該債権者を害するおそれがないときは、この限りでない。 art-627/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-5 If the creditors raise any objection within the period under paragraph (2), item (ii), the limited liability company must make the payment or provide appropriate security to relevant creditors, or entrust equivalent assets to a qualified trust company for the purpose of assuring the payment to relevant creditors; provided, however, that this does not apply if relevant reduction in the stated capital is unlikely to be detrimental to the relevant creditors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 資本金の額の減少は、前各項の手続が終了した日に、その効力を生ずる。 art-627/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-6 The reduction in stated capital takes effect on the day when the procedures in each of the preceding paragraphs has ended. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-627/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第一項 (Article 627, paragraph (1)), art-627/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-1 - art-627/par-2: 第二号 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第二項第二号 (Article 627, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-627/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2/item-2 - art-627/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第二項 (Article 627, paragraph (2)), art-627/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2 - art-627/par-3: 第九百三十九条第一項 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項 (Article 939, paragraph (1)), art-939/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-939/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1 - art-627/par-3: 同項第二号 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項第二号 (Article 939, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-939/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-939/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1/item-2 - art-627/par-3: 第三号 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項第三号 (Article 939, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-939/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-939/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1/item-3 - art-627/par-4: 第二項第二号 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第二項第二号 (Article 627, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-627/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2/item-2 - art-627/par-5: 第二項第二号 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第二項第二号 (Article 627, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-627/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2/item-2 - art-627/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第一項 (Article 627, paragraph (1)), art-627/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-1 - art-627/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第二項 (Article 627, paragraph (2)), art-627/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2 - art-627/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第三項 (Article 627, paragraph (3)), art-627/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-3 - art-627/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第四項 (Article 627, paragraph (4)), art-627/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-4 - art-627/par-6: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百二十七条第五項 (Article 627, paragraph (5)), art-627/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-5 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百二十七条第二項（債権者の異議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-2 - 会社法 第六百二十七条第三項（債権者の異議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-3 - 会社法 第六百二十七条第四項（債権者の異議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-4 - 会社法 第六百二十七条第五項（債権者の異議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-5 - 会社法 第六百二十七条第六項（債権者の異議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-627/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-627/par-6 - 会社法 第七百四十条第一項（債権者の異議手続の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-740/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-740/par-1 - 会社法 第七百四十条第三項（債権者の異議手続の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-740/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-740/par-3 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第二十六号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-26 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17