# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百三十三条 (Article 733)

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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: 第七百三十三条 (Article 733)（社債権者集会の決議の不認可） — address `art-733`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第七百三十三条（社債権者集会の決議の不認可） — (Rejection of Resolutions at Bondholders Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-733 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-733 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-733</sup>

  **第一項**  裁判所は、次のいずれかに該当する場合には、社債権者集会の決議の認可をすることができない。
  <sup>art-733/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-733/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-733/par-1</sup>
  The court cannot approve a resolution at a bondholders meeting in cases falling under any of the following:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  社債権者集会の招集の手続又はその決議の方法が法令又は第六百七十六条の募集のための当該社債発行会社の事業その他の事項に関する説明に用いた資料に記載され、若しくは記録された事項に違反するとき。
    <sup>art-733/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-733/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-733/par-1/item-1</sup>
    if the procedures for the convocation of the bondholders meeting or the methods of the resolution at the bondholders meeting violates laws and regulations or the matters stated or recorded in materials used for explaining the business of the bond-issuing company or other matters regarding the solicitation in Article 676;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  決議が不正の方法によって成立するに至ったとき。
    <sup>art-733/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-733/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-733/par-1/item-2</sup>
    if the resolution was adopted by an unlawful method;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  決議が著しく不公正であるとき。
    <sup>art-733/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-733/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-733/par-1/item-3</sup>
    if the resolution is extremely unfair; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  決議が社債権者の一般の利益に反するとき。
    <sup>art-733/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-733/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-733/par-1/item-4</sup>
    if the resolution is contrary to the general interests of bondholders.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-733/par-1/item-1: 第六百七十六条 → 会社法 第六百七十六条 (Article 676), art-676 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-676 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-676

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第七百三十五条の二第四項（社債権者集会の決議の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-735-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-735-2/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

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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
