# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百九十五条 (Article 695)

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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: 第六百九十五条 (Article 695)（質権に関する社債原簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — address `art-695`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第六百九十五条（質権に関する社債原簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — (Delivery of Documents Showing Information That Has Been Entered in the Bond Register Regarding Pledges)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-695 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-695 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-695</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項各号に掲げる事項が社債原簿に記載され、又は記録された質権者は、社債発行会社に対し、当該質権者についての社債原簿に記載され、若しくは記録された同項各号に掲げる事項を記載した書面の交付又は当該事項を記録した電磁的記録の提供を請求することができる。
  <sup>art-695/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-695/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-695/par-1</sup>
  A pledgee whose information as set forth in each of the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article has been entered or recorded in the bond register may file a request with the bond-issuing company to be issued a document showing the information set forth in each of the items of that paragraph which has been entered or recorded in the bond register with respect to that pledgee, or to be provided with the electronic or magnetic record in which that information has been recorded.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の書面には、社債発行会社の代表者が署名し、又は記名押印しなければならない。
  <sup>art-695/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-695/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-695/par-2</sup>
  The documents in the preceding paragraph must be affixed with the signature, or name and seal, of a representative of the bond-issuing company.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項の電磁的記録には、社債発行会社の代表者が法務省令で定める署名又は記名押印に代わる措置をとらなければならない。
  <sup>art-695/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-695/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-695/par-3</sup>
  With respect to the electronic or magnetic record in paragraph (1), the representative of the bond-issuing company must implement measures in lieu of the affixation of signature, or name and seal prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-695/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第六百九十四条第一項 (Article 694, paragraph (1)), art-694/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-694/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-694/par-1
- art-695/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百九十五条第一項 (Article 695, paragraph (1)), art-695/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-695/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-695/par-1
- art-695/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第六百九十五条第一項 (Article 695, paragraph (1)), art-695/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-695/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-695/par-1

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第六百九十五条第二項（質権に関する社債原簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-695/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-695/par-2
- 会社法 第六百九十五条第三項（質権に関する社債原簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-695/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-695/par-3
- 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第七号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-7
- 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
- 医療法 第九十一条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-91/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-91/par-1/item-5

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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
