裁判所は、特別清算開始の命令があった場合において、債権者の一般の利益に適合し、かつ、担保権の実行の手続等（清算株式会社の財産につき存する担保権の実行の手続担保権を有する者（次項及び第八百九十一条において「担保権者」という。）、企業担保権の実行の手続の申立人又は清算株式会社の財産に対して既にされている一般の先取特権その他一般の優先権がある債権に基づく強制執行の手続をいう。以下この条において同じ。）の申立人の申立人（同条において「一般先取特権者等」という。）に不当な損害を及ぼすおそれがないものと認めるときは、清算人、監査役、債権者若しくは株主の申立てにより又は職権で、相当の期間を定めて、当該担保権の実行の手続等の中止（債権を目的とする質権の実行の禁止を含む。次項において同じ。）、当該企業担保権の実行の手続の中止又は当該強制執行の手続の中止を命ずることができる。
If the court issues an order to commence special liquidation, the court may, in response to a petition by the liquidators, company auditors, creditors or shareholders or ex officio, prescribing a reasonable period of time, order the suspension of the procedures to enforce athe security interest (including the prohibition of the enforcement of a pledge over a claim; the same applies in the following paragraph), the suspension of the procedures to enforce the charge on whole company assets or the suspension of the judicial enforcement procedures if the court finds that it suits the general interests of the creditors and that those who petitioned for the procedures to enforce the security interest (meaning procedures to enforce the security interest the assets of the liquidating stock company, have a security interest in the assets of the liquidating stock company (referred to as "security interest holders" in the following paragraph and Article 891), those who petitioned for procedures to enforce charge on whole company assets or those who petitioned for judicial enforcement procedures based on the general liens and other claims that have general priority that have already been enforced against the assets of the liquidating stock company; hereinafter the same applies in this (referred to as "general lien holders, etc." in that Article) are not likely to suffer undue loss.