If the court finds it necessary after the commencement of special liquidation considering the status of the assets of a liquidating stock company, it may effect the disposition ordering that the matters set forth below be investigated by investigators (hereinafter in Article 533 referred to as "investigation order") in response to a petition by liquidators, company auditors, creditors who have claims equivalent to one tenth or more of the total amount of the claims of creditors that have stated their claims and other creditors known to the liquidating stock company, or shareholders who have held, for the consecutive period of past six months or more (or, if a shorter period is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that period), not less than three hundredths of the voting rights of all shareholders (excluding the shareholders that cannot exercise voting rights on all matters on which resolutions can be passed at the shareholders meeting; or, if any proportion less than that is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that proportion) or shareholders who have held, for the consecutive period of past six months or more (or, if a shorter period is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that period), not less than three hundredths of the issued shares (excluding treasury shares; or, if a lower proportion is provided for in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) or ex officio:
裁判所は、特別清算開始後において、清算株式会社の財産の状況を考慮して必要があると認めるときは、清算人、監査役、債権の申出をした債権者その他清算株式会社に知れている債権者の債権の総額の十分の一以上に当たる債権を有する債権者若しくは総株主（株主総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない株主を除く。）の議決権の百分の三（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の議決権を六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から引き続き有する株主若しくは発行済株式（自己株式を除く。）の百分の三（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の数の株式を六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から引き続き有する株主の申立てにより又は職権で、次に掲げる事項について、調査委員による調査を命ずる処分（第五百三十三条において「調査命令」という。）をすることができる。
circumstances that resulted in the commencement of special liquidation;
特別清算開始に至った事情
status of the business and assets of the liquidating stock company;
清算株式会社の業務及び財産の状況
whether or not it is necessary to issue the provisional order pursuant to the provisions of Article 540, paragraph (1); or
第五百四十条第一項の規定による保全処分をする必要があるかどうか。
whether or not it is necessary to issue the provisional order pursuant to the provisions of Article 542, paragraph (1);
第五百四十二条第一項の規定による保全処分をする必要があるかどうか。
whether or not it is necessary to make the ruling evaluating subject officers' liability provided for in Article 545, paragraph (1); or
第五百四十五条第一項に規定する役員等責任査定決定をする必要があるかどうか。
other matters necessary for special liquidation specified by the court.
その他特別清算に必要な事項で裁判所の指定するもの
The amounts of the claims in relation to which creditors who hold security interest (limited to special liens, pledges, mortgages or rights of retention provided for in the provisions of this Act or Commercial Code) with respect to the assets of a liquidating stock company are entitled to payment by exercising those security interests are not included in the amount of the claims under the preceding paragraph.
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to liquidating stock companies that are not public companies, the phrase "have held, for the consecutive period of six months or more (or, if a shorter period is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that period)", in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "hold".
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public company
「公開会社」
A stock company whose articles of incorporation do not require the company's approval for transfers of at least some of its shares; it need not be listed on a stock exchange.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
issued shares
「発行済株式」
The shares a stock company has issued.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxi)
treasury sharesmachine translation
「自己株式」
Shares of a stock company that the company itself holds.
Defined inArticle 113, paragraph (4)
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)
investigation order
「調査命令」
A court order, made after special liquidation (特別清算) has begun, that investigators (調査委員) look into matters Article 522, paragraph (1) lists: how the special liquidation came about, the state of the liquidating stock company's business and property, whether certain temporary restraining orders (保全処分) or a ruling evaluating officers' liability (役員等責任査定決定) are needed, and anything else the court specifies.
Short name set inArticle 522, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 533
ruling evaluating subject officers' liability
「役員等責任査定決定」
A court ruling in special liquidation that assesses the damages a stock company in liquidation may claim from its incorporators, officers or liquidators for their liability.
Short name set inArticle 545, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 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.
statutory lien
先取特権
A right the law itself gives certain creditors to be paid out of the debtor's property ahead of other creditors (Civil Code, Article 303). Some reach all of the debtor's property, such as a claim arising from employment (Article 306, item (ii)); others reach particular property only, such as a landlord's claim for rent and other debts under a lease of land or a building, which reaches, for land, the movables furnished to it or to a building used with it, the movables used on it and the crops or other fruits of it the tenant holds, and for a building, the movables the tenant has furnished it with (Articles 311 to 313). The Act on Land and Building Leases gives a landowner one over the tenant's building on the land for the last two years' rent that has fallen due (Article 12, paragraph (1)), which keeps its effect by the registration of the superficies or the land lease (Article 12, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 303, 306, 311, 312, 313 and Act on Land and Building Leases, Art. 12 as a reference.