# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百八十九条 (Article 789) - 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: 第七百八十九条 (Article 789)（債権者の異議） — address `art-789` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789 - 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. 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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により消滅株式会社等の債権者の全部又は一部が異議を述べることができる場合には、消滅株式会社等は、次に掲げる事項を官報に公告し、かつ、知れている債権者（同項の規定により異議を述べることができるものに限る。）には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。ただし、第四号の期間は、一箇月を下ることができない。 art-789/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2 If all or part of the creditors of the disappearing stock company, etc. are able to state their objection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the disappearing stock company, etc. must give public notice of the matters set forth below in Official Gazette and must give notices separately to each known creditor (limited to one who is able to state an objection pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph), if any; provided, however, that the period stated in item (iv) may not be less than one month: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 吸収合併等をする旨 art-789/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2/item-1 a statement that an absorption-type merger, etc. will be effected; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 存続会社等の商号及び住所 art-789/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2/item-2 the trade name and address of the surviving company, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 消滅株式会社等及び存続会社等（株式会社に限る。）の計算書類に関する事項として法務省令で定めるもの art-789/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2/item-3 the matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the matters regarding the financial statements of the disappearing stock company, etc. and the surviving company, etc. (limited to a stock company); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 債権者が一定の期間内に異議を述べることができる旨 art-789/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2/item-4 a statement to the effect that creditors may state their objections within a certain period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、消滅株式会社等が同項の規定による公告を、官報のほか、第九百三十九条第一項の規定による定款の定めに従い、同項第二号又は第三号に掲げる公告方法によりするときは、前項の規定による各別の催告（吸収分割をする場合における不法行為によって生じた吸収分割株式会社の債務の債権者に対するものを除く。）は、することを要しない。 art-789/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the disappearing stock company, etc. gives public notice under that paragraph by the method of public notice set forth in Article 939, paragraph (1), item (ii) or item (iii) in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of that paragraph in addition to Official Gazette, the disappearing stock company, etc. is not required to give separate notices under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding the notices to creditors of the obligations of the stock company splitting in an absorption-type split that have arisen due to a tort in the case of effecting an absorption-type company split). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 債権者が第二項第四号の期間内に異議を述べなかったときは、当該債権者は、当該吸収合併等について承認をしたものとみなす。 art-789/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-4 If creditors do not raise any objections within the period under paragraph (2), item (iv), relevant creditors are deemed to have approved the absorption-type merger, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 債権者が第二項第四号の期間内に異議を述べたときは、消滅株式会社等は、当該債権者に対し、弁済し、若しくは相当の担保を提供し、又は当該債権者に弁済を受けさせることを目的として信託会社等に相当の財産を信託しなければならない。ただし、当該吸収合併等をしても当該債権者を害するおそれがないときは、この限りでない。 art-789/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-5 If creditors raise objections within the period under paragraph (2), item (iv), the disappearing stock company, etc. must make payment or provide reasonable security to relevant creditors, or entrust equivalent property to a trust company, etc. for the purpose of having relevant creditors receive the payment; provided, however, that this does not apply if there is no risk of harm to relevant creditors by relevant absorption-type merger, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-789/par-1/item-2: 第七百五十八条第八号 → 会社法 第七百五十八条第一項第八号 (Article 758, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-758/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-758/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-758/par-1/item-8 - art-789/par-1/item-2: 第七百六十条第七号 → 会社法 第七百六十条第一項第七号 (Article 760, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-760/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-760/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-760/par-1/item-7 - art-789/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百八十九条第一項 (Article 789, paragraph (1)), art-789/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-1 - art-789/par-2: 第四号 → 会社法 第七百八十九条第二項第四号 (Article 789, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-789/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2/item-4 - art-789/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第七百八十九条第二項 (Article 789, paragraph (2)), art-789/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2 - art-789/par-3: 第九百三十九条第一項 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項 (Article 939, paragraph (1)), art-939/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1 - art-789/par-3: 同項第二号 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項第二号 (Article 939, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-939/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1/item-2 - art-789/par-3: 第三号 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項第三号 (Article 939, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-939/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1/item-3 - art-789/par-4: 第二項第四号 → 会社法 第七百八十九条第二項第四号 (Article 789, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-789/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2/item-4 - art-789/par-5: 第二項第四号 → 会社法 第七百八十九条第二項第四号 (Article 789, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-789/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2/item-4 ## Cited by 20 provisions cite this one. 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