# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百五十一条 (Article 551) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-551. 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: 第五百五十一条 (Article 551) — address `art-551` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-551 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-551 - 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. --- ### 第五百五十一条 art-551 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-551 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-551 **第一項** 招集者は、第五百四十八条第一項第三号に掲げる事項を定めた場合には、第五百四十九条第二項の承諾をした協定債権者に対する電磁的方法による通知に際して、法務省令で定めるところにより、協定債権者に対し、議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項を当該電磁的方法により提供しなければならない。 art-551/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-551/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-551/par-1 If the matters set forth in Article 548, paragraph (1), item (iii) are prescribed, when using electronic or magnetic means to notify the agreement claim creditors that have given the consent referred to in Article 549, paragraph (2), the convener must use that electronic or magnetic means to provide the agreement claim creditors with the information that is required to be detailed in the voting form, 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、第五百四十八条第一項第三号に掲げる事項を定めた場合において、第五百四十九条第二項の承諾をしていない協定債権者から債権者集会の日の一週間前までに議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項の電磁的方法による提供の請求があったときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、直ちに、当該協定債権者に対し、当該事項を電磁的方法により提供しなければならない。 art-551/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-551/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-551/par-2 If the matters set forth in Article 548, paragraph (1), item (iii) are prescribed, if an agreement claim creditor who has not given the consent under Article 549, paragraph (2) makes a request, no later than one week prior to the day of the creditors meeting, to be provided with the information that is required to be detailed in the voting form by electronic or magnetic means, the convener must use electronic or magnetic means to immediately provide that agreement claim creditor with that information, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-551/par-1: 第五百四十八条第一項第三号 → 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-551/par-1: 第五百四十九条第二項 → 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-551/par-2: 第五百四十八条第一項第三号 → 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-551/par-2: 第五百四十九条第二項 → 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 --- ## 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