# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百四十条 (Article 540) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-540. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 商法 (Commercial Code), 明治三十二年法律第四十八号 - English title "Commercial 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: 第五百四十条 (Article 540)（匿名組合契約の解除） — address `art-540` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-540 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-540 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百四十条（匿名組合契約の解除） — (Cancellation of Silent Partnership Agreements) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Termination of Silent Partnership Agreements)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb art-540 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-540 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-540 **第一項** 匿名組合契約で匿名組合の存続期間を定めなかったとき、又はある当事者の終身の間匿名組合が存続すべきことを定めたときは、各当事者は、営業年度の終了時において、契約の解除をすることができる。ただし、六箇月前にその予告をしなければならない。 art-540/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-540/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-540/par-1 If a silent partnership agreement does not specify the duration of the silent partnership or if it provides that the silent partnership is to continue to exist for the life of either party, either party may cancel the agreement at the end of a business year; provided, however, that the party cancelling the agreement must give six months' advance notice. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a silent partnership agreement does not specify the duration of the silent partnership or if it provides that the silent partnership is to continue to exist for the life of either party, either party may terminate the agreement at the end of a business year; provided, however, that the party terminating the agreement must give six months' advance notice." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb **第二項** 匿名組合の存続期間を定めたか否かにかかわらず、やむを得ない事由があるときは、各当事者は、いつでも匿名組合契約の解除をすることができる。 art-540/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-540/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-540/par-2 Regardless of whether or not the duration of a silent partnership is specified, either party may cancel the silent partnership agreement at any time, if there is a compelling reason to do so. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Regardless of whether or not the duration of a silent partnership is specified, either party may terminate the silent partnership agreement at any time, if there is a compelling reason to do so." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百四十一条第一項（匿名組合契約の終了事由） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-541/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-541/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 商法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/132AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code (商法), Article 540 — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code (商法), Article 540, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code (商法), Article 540, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05