# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百二十一条 (Article 721) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721. 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: 第七百二十一条 (Article 721)（社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — address `art-721` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七百二十一条（社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — (Delivery of Reference Documents for Bondholders Meetings and Voting Forms) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-721 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721 **第一項** 招集者は、前条第一項の通知に際しては、法務省令で定めるところにより、知れている社債権者に対し、議決権の行使について参考となるべき事項を記載した書類（以下この条において「社債権者集会参考書類」という。）及び社債権者が議決権を行使するための書面（以下この章において「議決権行使書面」という。）を交付しなければならない。 art-721/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-1 When giving notice referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the convener must deliver documents containing reference materials for exercising voting rights (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "reference documents for bondholders meetings") and the documents to be used by bondholders to exercise voting rights (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "voting form") to known bondholders, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 招集者は、前条第二項の承諾をした社債権者に対し同項の電磁的方法による通知を発するときは、前項の規定による社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付に代えて、これらの書類に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供することができる。ただし、社債権者の請求があったときは、これらの書類を当該社債権者に交付しなければならない。 art-721/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-2 If the convener issues notice by electronic or magnetic means as referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article to bondholders who have given consent referred to in the same paragraph, in lieu of delivering the reference documents for bondholders meetings and voting forms under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the convener may use electronic or magnetic means to provide the information that is required to be detailed in those documents; provided, however, that if there is a request from a bondholder, the convener must deliver these documents to relevant bondholder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 招集者は、前条第四項の規定による公告をした場合において、社債権者集会の日の一週間前までに無記名社債の社債権者の請求があったときは、直ちに、社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面を当該社債権者に交付しなければならない。 art-721/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-3 If public notice is given pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, if there is a request by a holder of bearer bonds no later than one week prior to the day of the bondholders meeting, the convener must immediately deliver the reference documents for bondholders meetings and voting forms to relevant bondholder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 招集者は、前項の規定による社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、社債権者の承諾を得て、これらの書類に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供することができる。この場合において、当該招集者は、同項の規定によるこれらの書類の交付をしたものとみなす。 art-721/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-4 In lieu of delivering the reference documents for bondholders meetings and voting form under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a convener may use electronic or magnetic means to provide the information that is required to be detailed in these documents, with the consent of the bondholders and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, relevant convener is deemed to have delivered those documents under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-721/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第一項 (Article 720, paragraph (1)), art-720/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-1 - art-721/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第七百二十一条 (Article 721), art-721 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721 - art-721/par-2: 前条第二項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第二項 (Article 720, paragraph (2)), art-720/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-2 - art-721/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百二十一条第一項 (Article 721, paragraph (1)), art-721/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-1 - art-721/par-3: 前条第四項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第四項 (Article 720, paragraph (4)), art-720/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-4 - art-721/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第七百二十一条第三項 (Article 721, paragraph (3)), art-721/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百二十一条第一項（社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-1 - 会社法 第七百二十一条第二項（社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-2 - 会社法 第七百二十一条第四項（社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17