# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百五十五条 (Article 555) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555. 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: 第五百五十五条 (Article 555)（議決権の代理行使） — address `art-555` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555 - 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. --- ### 第五百五十五条（議決権の代理行使） — (Proxy Voting) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-555 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555 **第一項** 協定債権者は、代理人によってその議決権を行使することができる。この場合においては、当該協定債権者又は代理人は、代理権を証明する書面を招集者に提出しなければならない。 art-555/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-1 Agreement claim creditors may exercise voting rights by proxy. In these cases, relevant agreement claim creditors or proxy must submit to the convener a document which certifies the power of representation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の代理権の授与は、債権者集会ごとにしなければならない。 art-555/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-2 The grant of the power of representation under the preceding paragraph must be made for each creditors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の協定債権者又は代理人は、代理権を証明する書面の提出に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、招集者の承諾を得て、当該書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供することができる。この場合において、当該協定債権者又は代理人は、当該書面を提出したものとみなす。 art-555/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-3 Agreement claim creditors or proxy referred to in paragraph (1) may, in lieu of submitting a document which certifies the power of representation, use electronic or magnetic means to provide the information that is required to be detailed in that document, with the approval of the convener and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, relevant agreement claim creditors or proxies are deemed to have submitted relevant document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 協定債権者が第五百四十九条第二項の承諾をした者である場合には、招集者は、正当な理由がなければ、前項の承諾をすることを拒んではならない。 art-555/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-4 If the agreement claim creditors are the persons who gave consent under Article 549, paragraph (2), the convener may not refuse providing the approval under the preceding paragraph without a justifiable ground. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-555/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百五十五条第一項 (Article 555, paragraph (1)), art-555/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-1 - art-555/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第五百五十五条第一項 (Article 555, paragraph (1)), art-555/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-1 - art-555/par-4: 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-555/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第五百五十五条第三項 (Article 555, paragraph (3)), art-555/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百五十五条第二項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-2 - 会社法 第五百五十五条第三項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-555/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-555/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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