# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百三十七条 (Article 737)

- 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: 第七百三十七条 (Article 737)（社債権者集会の決議の執行） — address `art-737`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737
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### 第七百三十七条（社債権者集会の決議の執行） — (Execution of Resolutions at Bondholders Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-737 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737</sup>

  **第一項**  社債権者集会の決議は、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める者が執行する。ただし、社債権者集会の決議によって別に社債権者集会の決議を執行する者を定めたときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-737/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-1</sup>
  Resolutions at bondholders meetings are executed in accordance with the categories of the cases set forth in the following items by the person specified in each of those items; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person who executes resolutions at bondholders meetings is separately prescribed by a resolution at a bondholders meeting.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  社債管理者がある場合　社債管理者
    <sup>art-737/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-1/item-1</sup>
    if there is a bond administrator: the bond administrator;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  社債管理補助者がある場合において、社債管理補助者の権限に属する行為に関する事項を可決する旨の社債権者集会の決議があったとき　社債管理補助者
    <sup>art-737/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-1/item-2</sup>
    if there is an assistant bond administrator, if there is a resolution of the bondholders meeting to the effect that matters relating to conduct within the assistant bond administrator's authority are to be resolved by the bondholders meeting: the assistant bond administrator;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げる場合以外の場合　代表社債権者
    <sup>art-737/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-1/item-3</sup>
    in cases other than the cases set forth in the preceding two items: the representative bondholders.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第七百五条第一項から第三項まで、第七百八条及び第七百九条の規定は、代表社債権者又は前項ただし書の規定により定められた社債権者集会の決議を執行する者（以下この章において「決議執行者」という。）が社債権者集会の決議を執行する場合について準用する。
  <sup>art-737/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-2</sup>
  The provisions under Article 705, paragraphs (1) through (3), and under Articles 708 and 709 apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a representative bondholder or person responsible for the execution of resolutions at bondholders meetings prescribed under the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "resolution administrator") executes the resolutions at bondholders meetings.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-737/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第七百三十七条第一項第一号 (Article 737, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-737/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-1/item-1
- art-737/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第七百三十七条第一項第二号 (Article 737, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-737/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-1/item-2
- art-737/par-2: 第七百五条第一項から第三項まで → 会社法 第七百五条第一項 (Article 705, paragraph (1)), art-705/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-705/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-705/par-1
- art-737/par-2: 第七百五条第一項から第三項まで → 会社法 第七百五条第二項 (Article 705, paragraph (2)), art-705/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-705/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-705/par-2
- art-737/par-2: 第七百五条第一項から第三項まで → 会社法 第七百五条第三項 (Article 705, paragraph (3)), art-705/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-705/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-705/par-3
- art-737/par-2: 第七百八条 → 会社法 第七百八条 (Article 708), art-708 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-708 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-708
- art-737/par-2: 第七百九条 → 会社法 第七百九条 (Article 709), art-709 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-709 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-709
- art-737/par-2: 前項 → 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

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第七百二十四条第二項第二号（社債権者集会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-724/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-724/par-2/item-2
- 会社法 第七百三十七条第一項第三号（社債権者集会の決議の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-1/item-3
- 会社法 第七百三十七条第二項（社債権者集会の決議の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-737/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-737/par-2
- 会社法 第七百四十一条第三項（社債管理者等の報酬等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-741/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-741/par-3
- 会社法 第八百六十五条第三項（社債発行会社の弁済等の取消しの訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-865/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-865/par-3
- 会社法 第九百六十一条第一項（代表社債権者等の特別背任罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-961/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-961/par-1
- 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
- 医療法 第七十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-78/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17
