# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百十条 (Article 710) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710. 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: 第七百十条 (Article 710)（社債管理者の責任） — address `art-710` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-710 - 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. --- ### 第七百十条（社債管理者の責任） — (Liability of Bond Administrator) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-710 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-710 **第一項** 社債管理者は、この法律又は社債権者集会の決議に違反する行為をしたときは、社債権者に対し、連帯して、これによって生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う。 art-710/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-710/par-1 If bond administrators commit acts in violation of this Act or resolutions at the bondholders meeting, they are jointly and severally liable to compensate bondholders for losses arising as a result. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社債管理者は、社債発行会社が社債の償還若しくは利息の支払を怠り、若しくは社債発行会社について支払の停止があった後又はその前三箇月以内に、次に掲げる行為をしたときは、社債権者に対し、損害を賠償する責任を負う。ただし、当該社債管理者が誠実にすべき社債の管理を怠らなかったこと又は当該損害が当該行為によって生じたものでないことを証明したときは、この限りでない。 art-710/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-710/par-2 A bond administrator is liable to compensate bondholders for losses if the bond administrator commits any of the following acts after, or within three months prior to, the bond-issuing company's having failed to redeem bonds or pay interest on the same, or having suspended payments; provided, however, that this does not apply if relevant bond administrator has proven that the bond administrator did not fail to manage the bonds with due diligence, or that relevant losses were not caused by relevant acts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該社債管理者の債権に係る債務について社債発行会社から担保の供与又は債務の消滅に関する行為を受けること。 art-710/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-710/par-2/item-1 accepting, with respect to an obligation relating to a claim of relevant bond administrator, the tender of a security or an act regarding the extinguishment of the obligation from the bond-issuing company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該社債管理者と法務省令で定める特別の関係がある者に対して当該社債管理者の債権を譲り渡すこと（当該特別の関係がある者が当該債権に係る債務について社債発行会社から担保の供与又は債務の消滅に関する行為を受けた場合に限る。）。 art-710/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-710/par-2/item-2 transferring a claim of relevant bond administrator to a person who has a special relationship prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order with relevant bond administrator (limited to cases where the person who has relevant special relationship has accepted with respect to an obligation relating to relevant claim, the tender of a security or an act regarding the extinguishment of the obligation, from the bond-issuing company); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該社債管理者が社債発行会社に対する債権を有する場合において、契約によって負担する債務を専ら当該債権をもってする相殺に供する目的で社債発行会社の財産の処分を内容とする契約を社債発行会社との間で締結し、又は社債発行会社に対して債務を負担する者の債務を引き受けることを内容とする契約を締結し、かつ、これにより社債発行会社に対し負担した債務と当該債権とを相殺すること。 art-710/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-710/par-2/item-3 if relevant bond administrator has a claim against the bond-issuing company, entering into a contract with the bond-issuing company for disposal of assets of the bond-issuing company, or entering into a contract under which the bond administrator assumes the obligations that a person owes to the bond-issuing company, in each case for the sole purpose of setting off obligations to the bond-issuing company that the bond administrator assumes under the contract against the bond administrator's claim against the bond-issuing company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 当該社債管理者が社債発行会社に対して債務を負担する場合において、社債発行会社に対する債権を譲り受け、かつ、当該債務と当該債権とを相殺すること。 art-710/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-710/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-710/par-2/item-4 if relevant bond administrator has an obligation to the bond-issuing company, accepting the transfer of a claim against the bond-issuing company and setting off relevant obligation against relevant claim. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百十二条第一項（社債管理者が辞任した場合の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-712/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-712/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 --- ## 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