Article 474Restrictions on Mergers and Other Transactions of Dissolved Stock Companies
第四百七十四条（解散した株式会社の合併等の制限）
If a stock company has dissolved, relevant stock company may not carry out the following acts:
株式会社が解散した場合には、当該株式会社は、次に掲げる行為をすることができない。
merger (but only if the stock company survives the merger);
合併（合併により当該株式会社が存続する場合に限る。）
succession by absorption-type company split to some or all of the rights and obligations held by another company with respect to relevant company's business.
company
「会社」
Any of the four kinds of company this Act governs: a stock company (株式会社), a general partnership company (合名会社), a limited partnership company (合資会社) or a limited liability company (合同会社).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
absorption-type company split
「吸収分割」
A stock company or limited liability company's handing over all or part of the rights and obligations of its business to another existing company, which takes them over.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxix)· applies throughout the law