Chapter VII Dissolution
第七章 解散
Article 641Grounds for Dissolution
第六百四十一条（解散の事由）
A membership company dissolves on the grounds set forth below:
持分会社は、次に掲げる事由によって解散する。
the expiration of the duration provided for in the articles of incorporation;
定款で定めた存続期間の満了
the grounds for dissolution provided for in the articles of incorporation having arisen;
定款で定めた解散の事由の発生
the consent of all members;
総社員の同意
the absence of all members;
社員が欠けたこと。
merger (but only if the membership company disappears in the merger);
合併（合併により当該持分会社が消滅する場合に限る。）
a ruling for commencement of bankruptcy procedures; or
破産手続開始の決定
a judgment ordering the dissolution under the provisions of Article 824, paragraph (1) or Article 833, paragraph (2).
第八百二十四条第一項又は第八百三十三条第二項の規定による解散を命ずる裁判
Article 642Continuation of membership Companies
第六百四十二条（持分会社の継続）
If a membership company dissolves on the grounds set forth in items (i) through (iii) of the preceding Article, the membership company may continue in existence by the consent of some or all members until the completion of the liquidation under the provisions of the following Chapter.
持分会社は、前条第一号から第三号までに掲げる事由によって解散した場合には、次章の規定による清算が結了するまで、社員の全部又は一部の同意によって、持分会社を継続することができる。
In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, members who have not given consent to the continuation of the membership company withdraw on the day when it is determined that the membership company will continue in existence.
Article 643Restrictions on Mergers of Dissolved Membership Companies
第六百四十三条（解散した持分会社の合併等の制限）
If a membership company has dissolved, relevant membership company cannot engage in the following acts:
持分会社が解散した場合には、当該持分会社は、次に掲げる行為をすることができない。
merger (but only if the membership company survives the merger);
合併（合併により当該持分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 that 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
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)
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.