# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百四十九条 (Article 549) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549. 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: 第五百四十九条 (Article 549)（債権者集会の招集の通知） — address `art-549` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百四十九条（債権者集会の招集の通知） — (Notice of Convocation of Creditors Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-549 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549 **第一項** 債権者集会を招集するには、招集者は、債権者集会の日の二週間前までに、債権の申出をした協定債権者その他清算株式会社に知れている協定債権者及び清算株式会社に対して、書面をもってその通知を発しなければならない。 art-549/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-1 In order to convene a creditors meeting, the convener must give the written notice thereof to agreement claim creditors who stated their claims and other agreement claim creditors known to the liquidating stock company and the liquidating stock company, no later than two weeks prior to the day of the creditors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 招集者は、前項の書面による通知の発出に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、同項の通知を受けるべき者の承諾を得て、電磁的方法により通知を発することができる。この場合において、当該招集者は、同項の書面による通知を発したものとみなす。 art-549/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-2 In lieu of the sending of the written notice referred to in the preceding paragraph, the convener may send the notice by electronic or magnetic means with the approval of the agreement claim creditors in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, relevant convener is deemed to have sent the written notice under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の通知には、前条第一項各号に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-549/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-3 The notice under the preceding two paragraphs must state or record the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、債権の申出をした債権者その他清算株式会社に知れている債権者であって一般の先取特権その他一般の優先権がある債権、特別清算の手続のために清算株式会社に対して生じた債権又は特別清算の手続に関する清算株式会社に対する費用請求権を有するものについて準用する。 art-549/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to agreement claim creditors that stated their claims and other agreement claim creditors known to the liquidating stock company that hold general liens and other claims that have general priority, claims that have arisen in relation to the liquidating stock company for procedures for special liquidation or rights to seek reimbursement of expenses of procedures for special liquidation from the liquidating stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-549/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百四十九条第一項 (Article 549, paragraph (1)), art-549/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-1 - art-549/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第五百四十九条第一項 (Article 549, paragraph (1)), art-549/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-1 - art-549/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第五百四十九条第二項 (Article 549, paragraph (2)), art-549/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-2 - art-549/par-3: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第一項 (Article 548, paragraph (1)), art-548/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-1 - art-549/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第五百四十九条第一項 (Article 549, paragraph (1)), art-549/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-1 - art-549/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第五百四十九条第二項 (Article 549, paragraph (2)), art-549/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-2 - art-549/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第五百四十九条第三項 (Article 549, paragraph (3)), art-549/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-3 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百四十九条第二項（債権者集会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-2 - 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 第五百四十九条第四項（債権者集会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-549/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-549/par-4 - 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 第五百五十条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-550/par-2 - 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 第五百五十五条第四項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-4 - 会社法 第五百五十七条第二項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-557/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-557/par-2 - 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 --- ## 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