# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百八十五条 (Article 685) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685. 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: 第六百八十五条 (Article 685)（社債権者に対する通知等） — address `art-685` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685 - 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. --- ### 第六百八十五条（社債権者に対する通知等） — (Notices to Bondholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-685 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685 **第一項** 社債発行会社が社債権者に対してする通知又は催告は、社債原簿に記載し、又は記録した当該社債権者の住所（当該社債権者が別に通知又は催告を受ける場所又は連絡先を当該社債発行会社に通知した場合にあっては、その場所又は連絡先）にあてて発すれば足りる。 art-685/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-1 It is sufficient for a notice or demand letter to bondholders to be sent by a bond-issuing company to the address of relevant bondholders which has been entered or recorded in the bond register (or, if relevant bondholders notify the bond-issuing company of a different place or contact address for receipt of notices or demand letters, to the place or contact address). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の通知又は催告は、その通知又は催告が通常到達すべきであった時に、到達したものとみなす。 art-685/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-2 The notices or demand letters referred to in the preceding paragraph are deemed to have arrived at the time when the notice or demand letter should normally have arrived. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 社債が二以上の者の共有に属するときは、共有者は、社債発行会社が社債権者に対してする通知又は催告を受領する者一人を定め、当該社債発行会社に対し、その者の氏名又は名称を通知しなければならない。この場合においては、その者を社債権者とみなして、前二項の規定を適用する。 art-685/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-3 If a bond is co-owned by two or more persons, the co-owners must specify one person to receive the notices or demand letters sent by the bond-issuing company to bondholders and notify relevant bond-issuing company of the name of that person. In these cases, that person is deemed to be the bondholder and the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による共有者の通知がない場合には、社債発行会社が社債の共有者に対してする通知又は催告は、そのうちの一人に対してすれば足りる。 art-685/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-4 If there is no notice by co-owners under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it is sufficient for a notice or demand letter sent by a bond-issuing company to the co-owners of the bondholders if it is sent to one of them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各項の規定は、第七百二十条第一項の通知に際して社債権者に書面を交付し、又は当該書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供する場合について準用する。この場合において、第二項中「到達したもの」とあるのは、「当該書面の交付又は当該事項の電磁的方法による提供があったもの」と読み替えるものとする。 art-685/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-5 The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the cases where, when the notice in Article 720, paragraph (1) is given, a document is delivered or matters to be stated in relevant document are provided to the bondholders by an electronic or magnetic means. In these cases, the phrase "to have arrived" in paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "to have been effected by delivery of relevant documents or the provision of relevant matters by electronic or magnetic means". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-685/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百八十五条第一項 (Article 685, paragraph (1)), art-685/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-1 - art-685/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第六百八十五条第一項 (Article 685, paragraph (1)), art-685/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-1 - art-685/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第六百八十五条第二項 (Article 685, paragraph (2)), art-685/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-2 - art-685/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第六百八十五条第三項 (Article 685, paragraph (3)), art-685/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-3 - art-685/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百八十五条第一項 (Article 685, paragraph (1)), art-685/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-1 - art-685/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百八十五条第二項 (Article 685, paragraph (2)), art-685/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-2 - art-685/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百八十五条第三項 (Article 685, paragraph (3)), art-685/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-3 - art-685/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第六百八十五条第四項 (Article 685, paragraph (4)), art-685/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-4 - art-685/par-5: 第七百二十条第一項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第一項 (Article 720, paragraph (1)), art-720/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百八十五条第二項（社債権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-2 - 会社法 第六百八十五条第三項（社債権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-3 - 会社法 第六百八十五条第四項（社債権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-4 - 会社法 第六百八十五条第五項（社債権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-5 - 医療法 第五十四条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-7/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