# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百五十三条 (Article 553)

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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: 第五百五十三条 (Article 553)（異議を述べられた議決権の取扱い） — address `art-553`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-553
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-553
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### 第五百五十三条（異議を述べられた議決権の取扱い） — (Treatment of Voting Rights under Objections)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-553 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-553 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-553</sup>

      **第一項**  債権者集会において、第五百四十八条第二項又は第三項の規定により各協定債権について定められた事項について、当該協定債権を有する者又は他の協定債権者が異議を述べたときは、裁判所がこれを定める。
      <sup>art-553/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-553/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-553/par-1</sup>
      If, with respect to matters prescribed for each agreement claim pursuant to the provisions of Article 548, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3), persons who hold relevant agreement claims or other agreement claim creditors state their objections at a creditors meeting, the court prescribes the same.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-553/par-1: 第五百四十八条第二項 → 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-553/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第五百四十八条第三項 (Article 548, paragraph (3)), art-548/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-548/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-548/par-3

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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