A liquidator (or, for a company with board of liquidators, the liquidators set forth in each item of Article 489, paragraph (7)) must retain the books of the liquidating stock company as well as any material data regarding the business and liquidation of the same (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "accounting materials") for a period of ten years from the time of the registration of the completion of the liquidation at the location of head office of the liquidating stock company.
清算人（清算人会設置会社にあっては、第四百八十九条第七項各号に掲げる清算人）は、清算株式会社の本店の所在地における清算結了の登記の時から十年間、清算株式会社の帳簿並びにその事業及び清算に関する重要な資料（以下この条において「帳簿資料」という。）を保存しなければならない。
The court may, in response to the petition by the interested parties, appoint a person to act on behalf of the liquidator in the preceding paragraph in retaining the accounting materials. In these cases, the provisions of that paragraph do not apply.
The person appointed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must retain the accounting materials for a period of ten years from the time of the registration of the completion of the liquidation at the location of head office of the liquidating stock company.
Expenses regarding the procedures for the appointment under the provisions of paragraph (2) are borne by the liquidating stock company.
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(Authority of Board of Liquidators)
The following liquidators execute the business of the company with board of liquidators:
次に掲げる清算人は、清算人会設置会社の業務を執行する。
Open this provisionA liquidator (or, for a company with board of liquidators, the liquidators set forth in each item of Article 489, paragraph (7)) must retain the books of the liquidating stock company as well as any…
清算人（清算人会設置会社にあっては、第四百八十九条第七項各号に掲げる清算人）は、清算株式会社の本店の所在地における清算結了の登記の時から十年間、清算株式会社の帳簿並びにその事業及び清算に関する重要な資料（以下この条において「帳簿資料」という。）を保存しなければならない。
Open this provisionA liquidator (or, for a company with board of liquidators, the liquidators set forth in each item of Article 489, paragraph (7)) must retain the books of the liquidating stock company as well as any…
清算人（清算人会設置会社にあっては、第四百八十九条第七項各号に掲げる清算人）は、清算株式会社の本店の所在地における清算結了の登記の時から十年間、清算株式会社の帳簿並びにその事業及び清算に関する重要な資料（以下この条において「帳簿資料」という。）を保存しなければならない。
Open this provisionThe court may, in response to the petition by the interested parties, appoint a person to act on behalf of the liquidator in the preceding paragraph in retaining the accounting materials.
裁判所は、利害関係人の申立てにより、前項の清算人に代わって帳簿資料を保存する者を選任することができる。この場合においては、同項の規定は、適用しない。
Open this provisionliquidating 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)
company with board of liquidatorsmachine translation
「清算人会設置会社」
A liquidating stock company that has a board of liquidators, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 478, paragraph (8)
accounting materials
「帳簿資料」
A liquidated company's books and important records about its business and liquidation, which must be kept for ten years after the completion of the liquidation is registered.
Short name set inArticle 508, 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.