liquidating stock companies must keep the balance sheet and administration report regarding each liquidating administrative year provided for in Article 494, paragraph (1), as well as annexed detailed statements accompanying them (including, if the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply, audit reports, hereinafter in this Article referred to as "balance sheet") at its head office from the day preceding the day of the annual shareholders meeting (or, in the cases provided for in Article 319, paragraph (1), from the day when the proposal under that paragraph is submitted) until the registration of the completion of the liquidation at the location of its head office.
清算株式会社は、第四百九十四条第一項に規定する各清算事務年度に係る貸借対照表及び事務報告並びにこれらの附属明細書（前条第一項の規定の適用がある場合にあっては、監査報告を含む。以下この条において「貸借対照表等」という。）を、定時株主総会の日の一週間前の日（第三百十九条第一項の場合にあっては、同項の提案があった日）からその本店の所在地における清算結了の登記の時までの間、その本店に備え置かなければならない。
Shareholders and creditors may make the following request at any time during the business hours of the liquidating stock company; provided, however, that the expense prescribed by relevant liquidating stock company must be paid in order to make the request set forth in item (ii) or item (iv):
if the balance sheet is prepared in writing, request to inspect relevant documents;
貸借対照表等が書面をもって作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧の請求
a request for the issuance of a transcript or extract of the documents referred to in the preceding item;
前号の書面の謄本又は抄本の交付の請求
if the balance sheet has been prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, a request to inspect anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in that electronic or magnetic record; or
a request to be provided with the information recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in the preceding item by an electronic or magnetic means that the liquidating stock company has designated, or a request to be issued a document showing that information.
If it is necessary for the purpose of exercising the rights of a member of the parent company of a liquidating stock company, the relevant member of the parent company may, with the permission of the court, make the requests relevant in each item of the preceding paragraph with respect to the balance sheet of relevant liquidating stock company; provided, however, that the expenses prescribed by relevant liquidating stock company must be paid in order to make the requests set forth in item (ii) or item (iv) of that paragraph.
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electronic or magnetic means
「電磁的方法」
A method that uses an electronic data processing system or other information and communications technology, of a kind set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiv)
electronic or magnetic record
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, of a kind that Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) specifies as used in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 26, paragraph (2)
member of the parent companymachine translation
「親会社社員」
A shareholder or other member of a company's parent company, who may, with the court's permission, inspect records of the subsidiary where needed to exercise their rights.
Defined inArticle 31, paragraph (3)
liquidating stock companies
「清算株式会社」
A stock company that is being wound up, which is treated as still existing for the purposes of the liquidation until the liquidation is completed.
Short name set inArticle 476, paragraph (1)
balance sheet
「貸借対照表等」
The balance sheet, administration report and supporting schedules for each year of a stock company's liquidation, with any audit report, which it must keep at its head office until the completion of its liquidation is registered.
Short name set inArticle 496, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
registration
登記
Entry in a public register kept by a registry office (登記所) — a Legal Affairs Bureau or one of its branch offices — so that the matter is made public (Real Property Registration Act, Articles 1 and 6, paragraph (1)). Rights in land and buildings, such as ownership, a superficies (地上権), a statutory lien (先取特権), a mortgage and a right of lease (賃借権), can be registered under that Act (Article 3), and matters the Commercial Code, the Companies Act and other Acts require to be registered are registered under the Commercial Registration Act (Article 1). Registration also lets a right be asserted against third parties: acquiring, losing or changing a right in rem (物権) in land or a building, such as ownership, cannot be asserted against third parties until it is registered (Civil Code, Article 177), and a matter the Companies Act requires to be registered cannot be asserted against a third party who does not know of it until it has been registered, nor, even after that, against one who had a justifiable reason for not knowing of the registration (Companies Act, Article 908, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Real Property Registration Act, Arts. 1, 3, 6, Commercial Registration Act, Art. 1, Civil Code, Art. 177 and Companies Act, Art. 908 as a reference.
shareholders meeting
株主総会
The meeting of a stock company's shareholders, and the body through which they decide the company's basic matters. It elects the directors and company auditors (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)) and changes the articles of incorporation (Article 466). In a company without a board of directors it may decide any matter about the company; in one with a board, only what the Act or the articles of incorporation leave to it (Article 295). An annual shareholders meeting must be called after the end of every business year, and another may be called whenever needed (Article 296). A resolution normally passes by a majority of the votes present, with holders of a majority of the votes entitled to vote attending (Article 309, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 295, 296, 309, 329, 466 as a reference.