# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百四十八条 (Article 548)

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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: 第五百四十八条 (Article 548)（債権者集会の招集等の決定） — address `art-548`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五百四十八条（債権者集会の招集等の決定） — (Determination to Call Creditors Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-548 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548</sup>

      **第一項**  債権者集会を招集する者（以下この款において「招集者」という。）は、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-548/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1</sup>
      A person calling a creditors meeting (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as "convener") must decide the following matters if the person calls a creditors meeting:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  債権者集会の日時及び場所
        <sup>art-548/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1/item-1</sup>
        the date, time and place of the creditors meeting;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  債権者集会の目的である事項
        <sup>art-548/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1/item-2</sup>
        the matters that are the purpose of the creditors meeting;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  債権者集会に出席しない協定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-548/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1/item-3</sup>
        if it is to be arranged that agreement claim creditors who do not attend the creditors meeting may exercise their voting rights by electronic or magnetic means, a statement to that effect;
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        **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-548/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1/item-4</sup>
        beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items, any matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  清算株式会社が債権者集会を招集する場合には、当該清算株式会社は、各協定債権について債権者集会における議決権の行使の許否及びその額を定めなければならない。
      <sup>art-548/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-2</sup>
      If a liquidating stock company calls a creditors meeting, relevant liquidating stock company must decide with respect to each agreement claim whether or not voting rights can be exercised at the creditors meeting and the amount of the same.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  清算株式会社以外の者が債権者集会を招集する場合には、その招集者は、清算株式会社に対し、前項に規定する事項を定めることを請求しなければならない。この場合において、その請求があったときは、清算株式会社は、同項に規定する事項を定めなければならない。
      <sup>art-548/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-3</sup>
      If a person other than a liquidating stock company calls a creditors meeting, relevant convener must demand that the liquidating stock company decide the matters provided for in the preceding paragraph. In such a case, if that demand is made, the liquidating stock company must decide the matters provided for in that paragraph.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  清算株式会社の財産につき第五百二十二条第二項に規定する担保権を有する協定債権者は、その担保権の行使によって弁済を受けることができる協定債権の額については、議決権を有しない。
      <sup>art-548/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-4</sup>
      An agreement claim creditor holding a security interest provided for in Article 522, paragraph (2) with respect to the property of a liquidating stock company has no voting rights as regards the amount of the agreement claim for which it is entitled to receive payment upon the exercise of its security interest.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第五項**  協定債権者は、共助対象外国租税の請求権については、議決権を有しない。
      <sup>art-548/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-5</sup>
      An agreement claim creditor has no voting rights as regards a claim in respect of foreign taxes subject to mutual assistance.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-548/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第一項第一号 (Article 548, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-548/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1/item-1
- art-548/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第一項第二号 (Article 548, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-548/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1/item-2
- art-548/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第一項第三号 (Article 548, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-548/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1/item-3
- art-548/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第二項 (Article 548, paragraph (2)), art-548/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-2
- art-548/par-4: 第五百二十二条第二項 → 会社法 第五百二十二条第二項 (Article 522, paragraph (2)), art-522/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-522/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-522/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第五百四十八条第一項第四号（債権者集会の招集等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1/item-4
- 会社法 第五百四十八条第三項（債権者集会の招集等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-3
- 会社法 第五百四十九条第三項（債権者集会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-3
- 会社法 第五百五十条第一項（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/ja/companies-act/art-550/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-550/par-1
- 会社法 第五百五十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-551/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-551/par-1
- 会社法 第五百五十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-551/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-551/par-2
- 会社法 第五百五十二条第二項（債権者集会の指揮等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-552/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-552/par-2
- 会社法 第五百五十三条第一項（異議を述べられた議決権の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-553/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-553/par-1
- 会社法 第五百五十四条第三項（債権者集会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-3
- 会社法 第五百六十条第一項（延期又は続行の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-560/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-560/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