# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百二十六条 (Article 726) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-726. 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: 第七百二十六条 (Article 726)（書面による議決権の行使） — address `art-726` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-726 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-726 - 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. --- ### 第七百二十六条（書面による議決権の行使） — (Voting in Writing) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-726 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-726 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-726 **第一項** 社債権者集会に出席しない社債権者は、書面によって議決権を行使することができる。 art-726/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-726/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-726/par-1 Bondholders who do not attend a bondholders meeting may exercise voting rights in writing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 書面による議決権の行使は、議決権行使書面に必要な事項を記載し、法務省令で定める時までに当該記載をした議決権行使書面を招集者に提出して行う。 art-726/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-726/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-726/par-2 The exercise of voting rights in writing is effected by entering the necessary matters on the voting form and submitting it to the convener by the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により書面によって行使した議決権の額は、出席した議決権者の議決権の額に算入する。 art-726/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-726/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-726/par-3 The amount of voting rights exercised in writing under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is included in the amount of the voting rights of the bondholders present at the meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-726/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第七百二十六条第二項 (Article 726, paragraph (2)), art-726/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-726/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-726/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百二十六条第三項（書面による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-726/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-726/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