# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百九十一条 (Article 691) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691. 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: 第六百九十一条 (Article 691)（社債権者の請求による社債原簿記載事項の記載又は記録） — address `art-691` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691 - 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. --- ### 第六百九十一条（社債権者の請求による社債原簿記載事項の記載又は記録） — (Entering or Recording Information Required to Be Entered in the Bond Register as Requested by Bondholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-691 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691 **第一項** 社債を社債発行会社以外の者から取得した者（当該社債発行会社を除く。）は、当該社債発行会社に対し、当該社債に係る社債原簿記載事項を社債原簿に記載し、又は記録することを請求することができる。 art-691/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691/par-1 A person (other than the bond-issuing company in question) that has acquired bonds from any person other than the bond-issuing company may request that relevant bond-issuing company enter or record in the bond register the information that is required to be entered in the bond register with respect to relevant bonds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による請求は、利害関係人の利益を害するおそれがないものとして法務省令で定める場合を除き、その取得した社債の社債権者として社債原簿に記載され、若しくは記録された者又はその相続人その他の一般承継人と共同してしなければならない。 art-691/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691/par-2 Except for the cases prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the case of no likelihood of harm to interested parties, requests under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made jointly with the person entered or recorded in the bond register as the holder of the bonds so acquired, or the person's general successor including the person's heir. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、無記名社債については、適用しない。 art-691/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to any bearer bond. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-691/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百九十一条第一項 (Article 691, paragraph (1)), art-691/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691/par-1 - art-691/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第六百九十一条第一項 (Article 691, paragraph (1)), art-691/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691/par-1 - art-691/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第六百九十一条第二項 (Article 691, paragraph (2)), art-691/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百九十一条第二項（社債権者の請求による社債原簿記載事項の記載又は記録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691/par-2 - 会社法 第六百九十一条第三項（社債権者の請求による社債原簿記載事項の記載又は記録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-691/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-691/par-3 - 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