# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百二十七条 (Article 727) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727. 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: 第七百二十七条 (Article 727)（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — address `art-727` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727 - 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. --- ### 第七百二十七条（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — (Voting by Electronic or Magnetic Means) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-727 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727 **第一項** 電磁的方法による議決権の行使は、政令で定めるところにより、招集者の承諾を得て、法務省令で定める時までに議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項を、電磁的方法により当該招集者に提供して行う。 art-727/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727/par-1 The exercise of voting rights by electronic or magnetic means is effected by using electronic or magnetic means to provide the convener with the information that is required to be entered in the voting form no later than the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, with the approval of the convener and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社債権者が第七百二十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-727/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727/par-2 If the bondholders are persons who have given consent under Article 720, paragraph (2), the convener may not refuse to grant approval under the preceding paragraph without justifiable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により電磁的方法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-727/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727/par-3 The amount of the voting rights exercised by electronic or magnetic means under the provisions of paragraph (1) 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-727/par-2: 第七百二十条第二項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第二項 (Article 720, paragraph (2)), art-720/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-720/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-2 - art-727/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百二十七条第一項 (Article 727, paragraph (1)), art-727/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727/par-1 - art-727/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第七百二十七条第一項 (Article 727, paragraph (1)), art-727/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第七百二十七条第二項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727/par-2 - 会社法 第七百二十七条第三項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-727/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727/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