# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二十五条の二十三の二 (Article 25-23-2)

- Law: 社会保険労務士法 (Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance), 昭和四十三年法律第八十九号
- English title "Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第二十五条の二十三の二 (Article 25-23-2)（債権者の異議等） — address `art-25-23-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第二十五条の二十三の二（債権者の異議等） — Objections of Creditors, etc.
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<sup>art-25-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2</sup>

**第一項**  合併をする社会保険労務士法人の債権者は、当該社会保険労務士法人に対し、合併について異議を述べることができる。
<sup>art-25-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-1</sup>
A creditor of a labor and social security attorney corporation that is to merge may state an objection to the merger to that labor and social security attorney corporation.
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**第二項**  合併をする社会保険労務士法人は、次に掲げる事項を官報に公告し、かつ、知れている債権者には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。ただし、第三号の期間は、一月を下ることができない。
<sup>art-25-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2</sup>
A labor and social security attorney corporation that is to merge must give public notice of the following matters in the Official Gazette and must also give separate notice to each known creditor. However, the period referred to in item (iii) may not be shorter than one month:
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  **一**  合併をする旨
  <sup>art-25-23-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-1</sup>
  a statement to the effect that the merger is to take place;
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  **二**  合併により消滅する社会保険労務士法人及び合併後存続する社会保険労務士法人又は合併により設立する社会保険労務士法人の名称及び主たる事務所の所在地
  <sup>art-25-23-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-2</sup>
  the names and the locations of the principal offices of the labor and social security attorney corporation that ceases to exist due to the merger and of the labor and social security attorney corporation that survives the merger or the labor and social security attorney corporation established by the merger;
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  **三**  債権者が一定の期間内に異議を述べることができる旨
  <sup>art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3</sup>
  a statement to the effect that creditors may state their objections within a certain period of time.
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**第三項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、合併をする社会保険労務士法人が同項の規定による公告を、官報のほか、第六項において準用する会社法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方法によりするときは、前項の規定による各別の催告は、することを要しない。
<sup>art-25-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-3</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a labor and social security attorney corporation that is to merge gives the public notice under the provisions of that paragraph, in addition to doing so in the Official Gazette, by the method set forth in item (ii) or (iii) of that paragraph, in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation under Article 939, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (6), the separate notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is not required.
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**第四項**  債権者が第二項第三号の期間内に異議を述べなかつたときは、当該債権者は、当該合併について承認をしたものとみなす。
<sup>art-25-23-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-4</sup>
If a creditor has not stated an objection within the period referred to in paragraph (2), item (iii), that creditor is deemed to have approved the merger.
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**第五項**  債権者が第二項第三号の期間内に異議を述べたときは、合併をする社会保険労務士法人は、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（信託会社及び信託業務を営む金融機関（金融機関の信託業務の兼営等に関する法律（昭和十八年法律第四十三号）第一条第一項の認可を受けた金融機関をいう。）をいう。）に相当の財産を信託しなければならない。ただし、当該合併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。
<sup>art-25-23-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-5</sup>
If a creditor has stated an objection within the period referred to in paragraph (2), item (iii), the labor and social security attorney corporation that is to merge must make payment to that creditor, provide appropriate security, or entrust appropriate property to a trust company, etc. (meaning a trust company and a financial institution that engages in trust business (meaning a financial institution that has received the authorization under Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions (Act No. 43 of 1943))) for the purpose of having that creditor receive payment. However, this does not apply if there is no risk of harming that creditor by the merger.
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**第六項**  会社法第九百三十九条第一項（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項、第九百四十条第一項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項、第九百四十一条、第九百四十六条、第九百四十七条、第九百五十一条第二項、第九百五十三条並びに第九百五十五条の規定は、社会保険労務士法人が第二項の規定による公告をする場合について準用する。この場合において、同法第九百三十九条第一項及び第三項中「公告方法」とあるのは「合併の公告の方法」と、同法第九百四十六条第三項中「商号」とあるのは「名称」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-6</sup>
The provisions of Article 939, paragraph (1) (limited to the portions pertaining to items (ii) and (iii)) and paragraph (3), Article 940, paragraph (1) (limited to the portion pertaining to item (iii)) and paragraph (3), Article 941, Article 946, Article 947, Article 951, paragraph (2), Article 953 and Article 955 of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis where a labor and social security attorney corporation gives public notice under the provisions of paragraph (2). In this case, the phrase "method of public notice" in Article 939, paragraphs (1) and (3) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "method of public notice of merger", and the phrase "trade name" in Article 946, paragraph (3) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "name".
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## Cites
- art-25-23-2/par-2: 第三号 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第二項第三号 (Article 25-23-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3
- art-25-23-2/par-3: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第二項 (Article 25-23-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-23-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2
- art-25-23-2/par-3: 第六項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項 (Article 25-23-2, paragraph (6)), art-25-23-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-6
- art-25-23-2/par-3: 会社法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-25-23-2/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-25-23-2/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-25-23-2/par-4: 第二項第三号 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第二項第三号 (Article 25-23-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3
- art-25-23-2/par-5: 第二項第三号 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第二項第三号 (Article 25-23-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2/item-3
- art-25-23-2/par-5: 金融機関の信託業務の兼営等に関する法律（昭和十八年法律第四十三号）第一条第一項 → e-Gov law 318AC0000000043, 第一条第一項 (Article 1, paragraph (1)), art-1/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 会社法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-25-23-2/par-6: 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-25-23-2/par-6: 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-25-23-2/par-6: 第三項 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第三項 (Article 939, paragraph (3)), art-939/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-3
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第九百四十条第一項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項 (Article 940, paragraph (1)), art-940/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第三号 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第三号 (Article 940, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-940/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-3
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第三項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第三項 (Article 940, paragraph (3)), art-940/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第九百四十一条 → 会社法 第九百四十一条 (Article 941), art-941 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-941 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-941
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第九百四十六条 → 会社法 第九百四十六条 (Article 946), art-946 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-946 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第九百四十七条 → 会社法 第九百四十七条 (Article 947), art-947 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-947 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-947
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第九百五十一条第二項 → 会社法 第九百五十一条第二項 (Article 951, paragraph (2)), art-951/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-951/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-951/par-2
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第九百五十三条 → 会社法 第九百五十三条 (Article 953), art-953 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-953 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-953
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第九百五十五条 → 会社法 第九百五十五条 (Article 955), art-955 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 第二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第二項 (Article 25-23-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-23-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2
- art-25-23-2/par-6: 同法第九百四十六条第三項 → 会社法 第九百四十六条第三項 (Article 946, paragraph (3)), art-946/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-946/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第九百四十三条第一項第一号（欠格事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-943/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-943/par-1/item-1
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第二項（債権者の異議等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第三項（債権者の異議等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-3
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第四項（債権者の異議等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-4
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第五項（債権者の異議等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-5
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項（債権者の異議等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-6
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第二項（一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律及び会社法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十四条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-34/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-34/par-1/item-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十七条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-37/par-1/item-1
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十七条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-37/par-1/item-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十八条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-38/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-38/par-1/item-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十八条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-38/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-38/par-1/item-3

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 社会保険労務士法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 社会保険労務士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/903), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-009, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 社会保険労務士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
