# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百八十八条 (Article 688) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688. 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: 第六百八十八条 (Article 688)（社債の譲渡の対抗要件） — address `art-688` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688 - 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. --- ### 第六百八十八条（社債の譲渡の対抗要件） — (Perfection of the Transfer of bonds) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-688 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688 **第一項** 社債の譲渡は、その社債を取得した者の氏名又は名称及び住所を社債原簿に記載し、又は記録しなければ、社債発行会社その他の第三者に対抗することができない。 art-688/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688/par-1 The transfer of bonds cannot be asserted against the bond-issuing company and other third parties unless the name and addresses of the persons who acquire those bonds is stated or recorded in the bond register. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 当該社債について社債券を発行する旨の定めがある場合における前項の規定の適用については、同項中「社債発行会社その他の第三者」とあるのは、「社債発行会社」とする。 art-688/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688/par-2 For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph if there are provisions to the effect that bond certificates are issued with respect to relevant bonds, the term "the bond-issuing company and other third parties" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the bond-issuing company". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、無記名社債については、適用しない。 art-688/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to bearer bonds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-688/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百八十八条第一項 (Article 688, paragraph (1)), art-688/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688/par-1 - art-688/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第六百八十八条第一項 (Article 688, paragraph (1)), art-688/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688/par-1 - art-688/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第六百八十八条第二項 (Article 688, paragraph (2)), art-688/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百八十八条第二項（社債の譲渡の対抗要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688/par-2 - 会社法 第六百八十八条第三項（社債の譲渡の対抗要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-688/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-688/par-3 - 医療法 第五十四条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-54-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-7/par-1 --- ## 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