# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百六条 (Article 706) - 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: 第七百六条 (Article 706) — address `art-706` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七百六条 art-706 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706 **第一項** 社債管理者は、社債権者集会の決議によらなければ、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。ただし、第二号に掲げる行為については、第六百七十六条第八号に掲げる事項についての定めがあるときは、この限りでない。 art-706/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1 A bond administrator may not carry out the following acts without a resolution at a bondholders meeting; provided, however, that this does not apply with respect to the act set forth in item (ii) if there are provisions with respect to the matters set forth in Article 676, item (viii): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該社債の全部についてするその支払の猶予、その債務若しくはその債務の不履行によって生じた責任の免除又は和解（次号に掲げる行為を除く。） art-706/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1/item-1 with respect to all of the bonds, granting extension for the payment of those bonds, or releasing, or settling those obligations or liability arising from the failure to perform the obligations of those bonds (excluding the acts set forth in the following item); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該社債の全部についてする訴訟行為又は破産手続、再生手続、更生手続若しくは特別清算に関する手続に属する行為（前条第一項の行為を除く。） art-706/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1/item-2 carrying out procedural actions with respect to the all of the bonds, or any action involved in bankruptcy proceedings, rehabilitation proceedings, reorganization proceedings or proceedings for special liquidation (excluding the act under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社債管理者は、前項ただし書の規定により社債権者集会の決議によらずに同項第二号に掲げる行為をしたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を公告し、かつ、知れている社債権者には、各別にこれを通知しなければならない。 art-706/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-2 If a bond administrator carries out the acts set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph without a resolution at a bondholders meeting under the provisions of the proviso to that paragraph, the bond administrator must, without delay, give public notice to that effect and separate notice thereof to each known bondholder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による公告は、社債発行会社における公告の方法によりしなければならない。ただし、その方法が電子公告であるときは、その公告は、官報に掲載する方法でしなければならない。 art-706/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-3 The public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made in accordance with the means of public notice used by the bond-issuing company; provided, however, that, if that method is electronic public notice, relevant public notice must be effected by publication in Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 社債管理者は、その管理の委託を受けた社債につき第一項各号に掲げる行為をするために必要があるときは、裁判所の許可を得て、社債発行会社の業務及び財産の状況を調査することができる。 art-706/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-4 If it is necessary for a bond administrator to carry out the acts set forth in each item of paragraph (1) with respect to bonds that the bond administrator has been entrusted to administer, the bond administrator may, with the permission of the court, investigate the status of the business and assets of the bond-issuing company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-706/par-1: 第二号 → 会社法 第七百六条第一項第二号 (Article 706, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-706/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1/item-2 - art-706/par-1: 第六百七十六条第八号 → 会社法 第六百七十六条第一項第八号 (Article 676, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-676/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-676/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-676/par-1/item-8 - art-706/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 会社法 第七百六条第一項第二号 (Article 706, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-706/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1/item-2 - art-706/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第七百五条第一項 (Article 705, paragraph (1)), art-705/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-705/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-705/par-1 - art-706/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百六条第一項 (Article 706, paragraph (1)), art-706/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1 - art-706/par-2: 同項第二号 → 会社法 第七百六条第一項第二号 (Article 706, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-706/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1/item-2 - art-706/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第七百六条第二項 (Article 706, paragraph (2)), art-706/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-2 - art-706/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第七百六条第一項 (Article 706, paragraph (1)), art-706/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百七十六条第一項第八号（募集社債に関する事項の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-676/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-676/par-1/item-8 - 会社法 第七百六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1 - 会社法 第七百六条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第七百六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-2 - 会社法 第七百六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-3 - 会社法 第七百六条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-706/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-4 - 会社法 第七百十四条の四第二項第三号（社債管理補助者の権限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-714-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-714-4/par-2/item-3 - 会社法 第七百二十四条第二項第一号（社債権者集会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-724/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-2/item-1 - 会社法 第七百二十四条第二項第二号（社債権者集会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-724/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-2/item-2 - 会社法 第八百六十八条第四項（非訟事件の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-868/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-868/par-4 - 医療法 第五十四条の三第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-3/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-3/par-1/item-9 - 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17