# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百十九条 (Article 719)

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- 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: 第七百十九条 (Article 719)（社債権者集会の招集の決定） — address `art-719`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第七百十九条（社債権者集会の招集の決定） — (Determination of Convocation of Bondholders Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-719 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719</sup>

  **第一項**  社債権者集会を招集する者（以下この章において「招集者」という。）は、社債権者集会を招集する場合には、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。
  <sup>art-719/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1</sup>
  A person who convenes a bondholders meeting (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "convener") must specify the following matters when convening a bondholders meeting:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  社債権者集会の日時及び場所
    <sup>art-719/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the date, time and place of the bondholders meeting;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  社債権者集会の目的である事項
    <sup>art-719/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the matters that form the purpose of the bondholders meeting;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  社債権者集会に出席しない社債権者が電磁的方法によって議決権を行使することができることとするときは、その旨
    <sup>art-719/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-3</sup>
    if it is to be arranged that bondholders who do not attend the bondholders meeting may exercise voting rights by electronic or magnetic means, a statement to that effect;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  前三号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
    <sup>art-719/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-4</sup>
    beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items, matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-719/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第七百十九条第一項第一号 (Article 719, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-719/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-1
- art-719/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第七百十九条第一項第二号 (Article 719, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-719/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-2
- art-719/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第七百十九条第一項第三号 (Article 719, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-719/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-3

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第七百十九条第一項第四号（社債権者集会の招集の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-4
- 会社法 第七百二十条第三項（社債権者集会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-3
- 会社法 第七百二十条第四項（社債権者集会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-4
- 会社法 第七百二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-722/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-722/par-1
- 会社法 第七百二十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-722/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-722/par-2
- 会社法 第七百二十四条第三項（社債権者集会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-724/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-3
- 会社法 第七百三十条第一項（延期又は続行の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-730/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-730/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17
