# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百十八条 (Article 718) - 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: 第七百十八条 (Article 718)（社債権者による招集の請求） — address `art-718` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718 - 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. --- ### 第七百十八条（社債権者による招集の請求） — (Demand for Convocation of Meeting by Bondholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-718 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718 **第一項** ある種類の社債の総額（償還済みの額を除く。）の十分の一以上に当たる社債を有する社債権者は、社債発行会社、社債管理者又は社債管理補助者に対し、社債権者集会の目的である事項及び招集の理由を示して、社債権者集会の招集を請求することができる。 art-718/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-1 Bondholders who hold not less than one tenth of the total amount of bonds of a certain Class (excluding bonds that have been redeemed) may demand that the bond-issuing company, bond administrator, or assistant bond administrator convene a bondholders meeting, by disclosing the matters that form the purpose of the bondholders meeting and the reasons for the convocation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社債発行会社が有する自己の当該種類の社債の金額の合計額は、前項に規定する社債の総額に算入しない。 art-718/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-2 The sum of the amount of bonds in the class in question which are held by the bond-issuing company itself is not included in the calculation of the total amount of the bonds prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次に掲げる場合には、第一項の規定による請求をした社債権者は、裁判所の許可を得て、社債権者集会を招集することができる。 art-718/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-3 In the following cases, the bondholders who made the demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) may convene a bondholders meeting with the permission of the court: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第一項の規定による請求の後遅滞なく招集の手続が行われない場合 art-718/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-3/item-1 if the convocation procedure is not effected without delay after the demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第一項の規定による請求があった日から八週間以内の日を社債権者集会の日とする社債権者集会の招集の通知が発せられない場合 art-718/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-3/item-2 if notice of the convocation of a bondholders meeting stating a day falling within an eight-week period after the day of the demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) as the day of the bondholders meeting, is not sent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による請求又は前項の規定による招集をしようとする無記名社債の社債権者は、その社債券を社債発行会社、社債管理者又は社債管理補助者に提示しなければならない。 art-718/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-4 Bondholders of bearer bonds who intend to make a demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or to effect the convocation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must present their bond certificates to the bond-issuing company, bond administrator or assistant bond administrator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-718/par-2: 前項 → 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-718/par-3: 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-718/par-3/item-1: 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-718/par-3/item-2: 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-718/par-4: 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-718/par-4: 前項 → 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 ## Cited by 10 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 - 会社法 第七百十七条第三項第一号（社債権者集会の招集） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-717/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-717/par-3/item-1 - 会社法 第七百十八条第二項（社債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-2 - 会社法 第七百十八条第三項（社債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-3 - 会社法 第七百十八条第三項第一号（社債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-3/item-1 - 会社法 第七百十八条第三項第二号（社債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-3/item-2 - 会社法 第七百十八条第四項（社債権者による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-718/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-718/par-4 - 会社法 第七百三十六条第二項（代表社債権者の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-736/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-736/par-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