A membership company may reduce the amount of its stated capital to compensate for losses.
持分会社は、損失のてん補のために、その資本金の額を減少することができる。
The amount by which the stated capital will be reduced under the provisions of the preceding paragraph cannot exceed the amount calculated in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the amount of the losses.
前項の規定により減少する資本金の額は、損失の額として法務省令で定める方法により算定される額を超えることができない。
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membership company
「持分会社」
General partnership companies, limited partnership companies and limited liability companies taken together: the three kinds of company under this Act that are owned by members rather than by shareholders.
Short name set inArticle 575, paragraph (1)