# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百五十四条 (Article 554)

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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: 第五百五十四条 (Article 554)（債権者集会の決議） — address `art-554`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五百五十四条（債権者集会の決議） — (Resolutions at Creditors Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-554 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554</sup>

      **第一項**  債権者集会において決議をする事項を可決するには、次に掲げる同意のいずれもがなければならない。
      <sup>art-554/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-1</sup>
      In order to adopt a matter to be resolved at a creditors meeting, all of the following consents must be obtained:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  出席した議決権者（議決権を行使することができる協定債権者をいう。以下この款及び次款において同じ。）の過半数の同意
        <sup>art-554/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-1/item-1</sup>
        the consent of a majority of the voting rights holders present at the meeting (meaning the agreement claim creditors that can exercise voting rights; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection and following Subsection); and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  出席した議決権者の議決権の総額の二分の一を超える議決権を有する者の同意
        <sup>art-554/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-1/item-2</sup>
        the consent of persons who hold the voting rights in excess of half of the total voting rights of the voting rights holders present at the meeting.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  第五百五十八条第一項の規定によりその有する議決権の一部のみを前項の事項に同意するものとして行使した議決権者（その余の議決権を行使しなかったものを除く。）があるときの同項第一号の規定の適用については、当該議決権者一人につき、出席した議決権者の数に一を、同意をした議決権者の数に二分の一を、それぞれ加算するものとする。
      <sup>art-554/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-2</sup>
      For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 558, paragraph (1), if any voting rights holder exercised only some of the voting rights the voting right holder holds as a consent to the matters under the preceding paragraph under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article (excluding the cases where the voting right holder's remaining voting rights were not exercised), for each the voting rights holder, "one" is to be added to the number of the voting rights holders who attended the meeting, and "one" is to be added to the number of the voting rights holders who gave their consent, respectively.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  債権者集会は、第五百四十八条第一項第二号に掲げる事項以外の事項については、決議をすることができない。
      <sup>art-554/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-3</sup>
      At creditors meetings, matters other than the matters set forth in Article 548, paragraph (1), item (ii) may not be resolved.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-554/par-2: 第五百五十八条第一項 → 会社法 第五百五十八条第一項 (Article 558, paragraph (1)), art-558/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-558/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-558/par-1
- art-554/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百五十四条第一項 (Article 554, paragraph (1)), art-554/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-1
- art-554/par-2: 同項第一号 → 会社法 第五百五十四条第一項第一号 (Article 554, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-554/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-1/item-1
- art-554/par-3: 第五百四十八条第一項第二号 → 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

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第五百五十四条第二項（債権者集会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-554/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-554/par-2
- 会社法 第五百五十六条第三項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-556/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-556/par-3
- 会社法 第五百五十七条第三項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-557/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-557/par-3
- 会社法 第五百六十七条第一項（協定の可決の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-567/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567/par-1
- 会社法 第五百六十七条第二項（協定の可決の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-567/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-567/par-2

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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