# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百三十一条 (Article 731) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731. 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: 第七百三十一条 (Article 731)（議事録） — address `art-731` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731 - 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. --- ### 第七百三十一条（議事録） — (Minutes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-731 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731 **第一項** 社債権者集会の議事については、招集者は、法務省令で定めるところにより、議事録を作成しなければならない。 art-731/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-1 Minutes must be prepared with respect to the business of the bondholders meeting, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社債発行会社は、社債権者集会の日から十年間、前項の議事録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。 art-731/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-2 A bond-issuing company must keep the minutes referred to in the preceding paragraph at its head office for a period of ten years from the day of a bondholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 社債管理者、社債管理補助者及び社債権者は、社債発行会社の営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。 art-731/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-3 The bond administrator, assistant bond administrator and bondholders may make the following requests at any time during the business hours of the bond-issuing company: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第一項の議事録が書面をもって作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求 art-731/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-3/item-1 if the minutes in paragraph (1) are prepared in writing, requests for the inspection or copying of relevant documents; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第一項の議事録が電磁的記録をもって作成されているときは、当該電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧又は謄写の請求 art-731/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-3/item-2 if the minutes in paragraph (1) have been prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, request to inspect or copy anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in that electronic or magnetic record. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-731/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百三十一条第一項 (Article 731, paragraph (1)), art-731/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-1 - art-731/par-3/item-1: 第一項 → 会社法 第七百三十一条第一項 (Article 731, paragraph (1)), art-731/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-1 - art-731/par-3/item-2: 第一項 → 会社法 第七百三十一条第一項 (Article 731, paragraph (1)), art-731/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百三十一条第二項（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-2 - 会社法 第七百三十一条第三項第一号（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-3/item-1 - 会社法 第七百三十一条第三項第二号（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-731/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-731/par-3/item-2 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-8 - 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 - 医療法 第九十一条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-91/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-91/par-1/item-5 - 医療法 第九十一条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-91/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-91/par-1/item-6 --- ## 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