# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百六十五条 (Article 565)

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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: 第五百六十五条 (Article 565)（協定による権利の変更） — address `art-565`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-565
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### 第五百六十五条（協定による権利の変更） — (Change in Rights under Agreements)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-565 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-565 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-565</sup>

      **第一項**  協定による権利の変更の内容は、協定債権者の間では平等でなければならない。ただし、不利益を受ける協定債権者の同意がある場合又は少額の協定債権について別段の定めをしても衡平を害しない場合その他協定債権者の間に差を設けても衡平を害しない場合は、この限りでない。
      <sup>art-565/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-565/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-565/par-1</sup>
      Any changes of rights under an agreement must be equal as between Agreement claim creditors; provided, however, that this does not apply if agreement claim creditors that will suffer detriment have given consent, if the equality will not be compromised even if it is otherwise provided with respect to minor agreement claims, or in other cases where the equality will not be compromised even if there are differences as between agreement claim creditors.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第五百七十二条第一項（協定の内容の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-572/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-572/par-1

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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