# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百十七条 (Article 717) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717. 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: 第七百十七条 (Article 717)（社債権者集会の招集） — address `art-717` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717 - 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. --- ### 第七百十七条（社債権者集会の招集） — (Convocation of Bondholders Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-717 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717 **第一項** 社債権者集会は、必要がある場合には、いつでも、招集することができる。 art-717/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717/par-1 Bondholders meetings may, where necessary, be convened at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社債権者集会は、次項又は次条第三項の規定により招集する場合を除き、社債発行会社又は社債管理者が招集する。 art-717/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717/par-2 Bondholders meetings are convened by the bond-issuing company or bond administrator, except if a bondholders meeting is convened pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph or paragraph (3) of the following Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次に掲げる場合には、社債管理補助者は、社債権者集会を招集することができる。 art-717/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717/par-3 In the cases set forth below, the assistant bond administrator may convene a bondholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 次条第一項の規定による請求があった場合 art-717/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717/par-3/item-1 if a request is made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第七百十四条の七において準用する第七百十一条第一項の社債権者集会の同意を得るため必要がある場合 art-717/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717/par-3/item-2 if it is necessary to obtain the consent of the bondholders meeting provided in Article 711, paragraph (1) applicable mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 714-7. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-717/par-2: 次項 → 会社法 第七百十七条第三項 (Article 717, paragraph (3)), art-717/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717/par-3 - art-717/par-2: 次条第三項 → 会社法 第七百十八条第三項 (Article 718, paragraph (3)), art-718/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-3 - art-717/par-3/item-1: 次条第一項 → 会社法 第七百十八条第一項 (Article 718, paragraph (1)), art-718/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-1 - art-717/par-3/item-2: 第七百十四条の七 → 会社法 第七百十四条の七 (Article 714-7), art-714-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-714-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-714-7 - art-717/par-3/item-2: 第七百十一条第一項 → 会社法 第七百十一条第一項 (Article 711, paragraph (1)), art-711/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-711/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-711/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百十七条第二項（社債権者集会の招集） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717/par-2 - 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