# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百八十八条 (Article 688) - Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号 - English title "Civil Code": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第六百八十八条 (Article 688)（清算人の職務及び権限並びに残余財産の分割方法） — address `art-688` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六百八十八条（清算人の職務及び権限並びに残余財産の分割方法） — (Duties and Authority of Liquidators and Method of Division of Residual Assets) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-688 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688 **第一項** 清算人の職務は、次のとおりとする。 art-688/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688/par-1 The duties of a liquidator are to: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 現務の結了 art-688/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688/par-1/item-1 conclude current business; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債権の取立て及び債務の弁済 art-688/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688/par-1/item-2 collect debts and perform obligations; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 残余財産の引渡し art-688/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688/par-1/item-3 deliver residual assets. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算人は、前項各号に掲げる職務を行うために必要な一切の行為をすることができる。 art-688/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688/par-2 The liquidator may perform any and all acts in order to perform the duties stated in the items of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 残余財産は、各組合員の出資の価額に応じて分割する。 art-688/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688/par-3 Residual assets are distributed in proportion to the value of the contributions of each partner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-688/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百八十八条第一項 (Article 688, paragraph (1)), art-688/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百八十八条第二項（清算人の職務及び権限並びに残余財産の分割方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-688/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-688/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11