# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百二十四条 (Article 724)

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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: 第七百二十四条 (Article 724)（社債権者集会の決議） — address `art-724`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第七百二十四条（社債権者集会の決議） — (Resolutions at Bondholders Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-724 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724</sup>

  **第一項**  社債権者集会において決議をする事項を可決するには、出席した議決権者（議決権を行使することができる社債権者をいう。以下この章において同じ。）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がなければならない。
  <sup>art-724/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-1</sup>
  In order to pass a matter to be resolved at a bondholders meeting, the consent of persons who hold more than half of the total amount of voting rights of voting rights holders (meaning the bondholders who can exercise voting rights; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) present at the meeting must be obtained.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、社債権者集会において次に掲げる事項を可決するには、議決権者の議決権の総額の五分の一以上で、かつ、出席した議決権者の議決権の総額の三分の二以上の議決権を有する者の同意がなければならない。
  <sup>art-724/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-2</sup>
  Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in order to pass the following matters at a bondholders meeting, the consent of persons who hold not less than one fifth of the total amount of voting rights of voting rights holders, being not less than two thirds of the total amount of voting rights of voting rights holders present at the meeting, must be obtained:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第七百六条第一項各号に掲げる行為に関する事項
    <sup>art-724/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-2/item-1</sup>
    matters regarding the acts set forth in each item of Article 706; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第七百六条第一項、第七百十四条の四第三項（同条第二項第三号に掲げる行為に係る部分に限る。）、第七百三十六条第一項、第七百三十七条第一項ただし書及び第七百三十八条の規定により社債権者集会の決議を必要とする事項
    <sup>art-724/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-2/item-2</sup>
    matters for which a resolution at a bondholders meeting is required under the provisions of Article 706, paragraph (1), Article 714-4, paragraph (3) (limited to the portion relating to the conduct set forth in paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Article), Article 736, paragraph (1), the proviso to Article 737, paragraph (1) and Article 738.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  社債権者集会は、第七百十九条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-724/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-3</sup>
  At bondholders meetings, matters other than those set forth in Article 719, item (ii) may not be resolved.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-724/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百二十四条第一項 (Article 724, paragraph (1)), art-724/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-1
- art-724/par-2/item-1: 第七百六条第一項 → 会社法 第七百六条第一項 (Article 706, paragraph (1)), art-706/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-706/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1
- art-724/par-2/item-2: 第七百六条第一項 → 会社法 第七百六条第一項 (Article 706, paragraph (1)), art-706/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-706/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-706/par-1
- art-724/par-2/item-2: 第七百十四条の四第三項 → 会社法 第七百十四条の四第三項 (Article 714-4, paragraph (3)), art-714-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-714-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-714-4/par-3
- art-724/par-2/item-2: 同条第二項第三号 → 会社法 第七百十四条の四第二項第三号 (Article 714-4, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-714-4/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-714-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-714-4/par-2/item-3
- art-724/par-2/item-2: 第七百三十六条第一項 → 会社法 第七百三十六条第一項 (Article 736, paragraph (1)), art-736/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-736/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-736/par-1
- art-724/par-2/item-2: 第七百三十七条第一項 → 会社法 第七百三十七条第一項 (Article 737, paragraph (1)), art-737/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-1
- art-724/par-2/item-2: 第七百三十八条 → 会社法 第七百三十八条 (Article 738), art-738 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-738 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-738
- art-724/par-3: 第七百十九条第二号 → 会社法 第七百十九条第一項第二号 (Article 719, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-719/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-719/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第七百二十四条第二項（社債権者集会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-2
- 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

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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