# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百三条 (Article 703)

- 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: 第七百三条 (Article 703)（社債管理者の資格） — address `art-703`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703
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### 第七百三条（社債管理者の資格） — (Qualifications of Bond Administrators)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-703 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703</sup>

  **第一項**  社債管理者は、次に掲げる者でなければならない。
  <sup>art-703/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703/par-1</sup>
  A bond administrator must be a person set forth as follows:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  銀行
    <sup>art-703/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703/par-1/item-1</sup>
    a bank;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  信託会社
    <sup>art-703/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703/par-1/item-2</sup>
    a trust company; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、これらに準ずるものとして法務省令で定める者
    <sup>art-703/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703/par-1/item-3</sup>
    beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items, a person prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as a person equivalent to the above.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-703/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第七百三条第一項第一号 (Article 703, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-703/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703/par-1/item-1
- art-703/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第七百三条第一項第二号 (Article 703, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-703/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第三十四条第二項（出資の履行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-34/par-2
- 会社法 第七百三条第一項第三号（社債管理者の資格） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-703/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-703/par-1/item-3
- 会社法 第七百十四条第一項第一号（社債管理者の事務の承継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-714/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-714/par-1/item-1
- 会社法 第七百十四条の三第一項（社債管理補助者の資格） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-714-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-714-3/par-1
- 会社法 第七百十四条の七第一項（社債管理者に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-714-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-714-7/par-1
- 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

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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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17