# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百二十九条 (Article 729) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-729. 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: 第七百二十九条 (Article 729)（社債発行会社の代表者の出席等） — address `art-729` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-729 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-729 - 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. --- ### 第七百二十九条（社債発行会社の代表者の出席等） — (Attendance of Representative of Bond-Issuing Company) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-729 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-729 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-729 **第一項** 社債発行会社、社債管理者又は社債管理補助者は、その代表者若しくは代理人を社債権者集会に出席させ、又は書面により意見を述べることができる。ただし、社債管理者又は社債管理補助者にあっては、その社債権者集会が第七百七条（第七百十四条の七において準用する場合を含む。）の特別代理人の選任について招集されたものであるときは、この限りでない。 art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-729/par-1 A bond-issuing company, bond administrator or assistant bond administrator may state an opinion by having a representative or agent attend the bondholders meeting, or in writing; provided, however, that for bond administrators or assistant bond administrators, this does not apply if that bondholders meeting is convened for the appointment of a special agent under Article 707 (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis under Article 714-7). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社債権者集会又は招集者は、必要があると認めるときは、社債発行会社に対し、その代表者又は代理人の出席を求めることができる。この場合において、社債権者集会にあっては、これをする旨の決議を経なければならない。 art-729/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-729/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-729/par-2 Bondholders or conveners may, when they regard it as necessary, demand that the bond-issuing company's representative or agent attend a meeting. For attendance at a bondholders meeting, if a resolution must be passed to the effect that the demand will be made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-729/par-1: 第七百七条 → 会社法 第七百七条 (Article 707), art-707 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-707 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-707 - art-729/par-1: 第七百十四条の七 → 会社法 第七百十四条の七 (Article 714-7), art-714-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-714-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-714-7 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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