# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百八十六条 (Article 486) - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": 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: 第四百八十六条 (Article 486)（清算人の清算株式会社に対する損害賠償責任） — address `art-486` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486 - 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. --- ### 第四百八十六条（清算人の清算株式会社に対する損害賠償責任） — (Liquidators' Liability to Liquidating Stock Companies for Damages) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-486 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486 **第一項** 清算人は、その任務を怠ったときは、清算株式会社に対し、これによって生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う。 art-486/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-1 If a liquidator fails to discharge the liquidator's duties, the liquidator is liable to compensate these liquidating stock companies for any losses arising as a result. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算人が第四百八十二条第四項において準用する第三百五十六条第一項の規定に違反して同項第一号の取引をしたときは、当該取引により清算人又は第三者が得た利益の額は、前項の損害の額と推定する。 art-486/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-2 If a liquidator engages in any transaction set forth in Article 356, paragraph (1), item (i) in violation of the provisions of Article 356, paragraph (1) applied mutatis mutandis under Article 482, paragraph (4), the amount of the profit obtained by the liquidator or a third party as a result of relevant transaction is presumed to be amount of the losses under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四百八十二条第四項において準用する第三百五十六条第一項第二号又は第三号の取引によって清算株式会社に損害が生じたときは、次に掲げる清算人は、その任務を怠ったものと推定する。 art-486/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-3 If a liquidating stock company suffers loss as a result of the transaction provided for in Article 356, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) applied mutatis mutandis under Article 482, paragraph (4), the following liquidators are presumed to have failed to discharge their duties: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第四百八十二条第四項において準用する第三百五十六条第一項の清算人 art-486/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-3/item-1 liquidators provided for in Article 356, paragraph (1) applied mutatis mutandis under Article 482, paragraph (4); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 清算株式会社が当該取引をすることを決定した清算人 art-486/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-3/item-2 liquidators who decided that the liquidating stock companies would undertake relevant transaction; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該取引に関する清算人会の承認の決議に賛成した清算人 art-486/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-3/item-3 liquidators who agreed to the board of liquidators' resolution to approve relevant transaction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第四百二十四条及び第四百二十八条第一項の規定は、清算人の第一項の責任について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「第三百五十六条第一項第二号（第四百十九条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）」とあるのは、「第四百八十二条第四項において準用する第三百五十六条第一項第二号」と読み替えるものとする。 art-486/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-4 The provisions of Article 424 and Article 428, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to liquidators' liability under paragraph (1). In these cases, the phrase "Article 356, paragraph (1), item (ii) (including the cases where that item is applied mutatis mutandis under Article 419, paragraph (2))" in Article 428, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replace with "Article 356, paragraph (1), item (ii) applied mutatis mutandis under Article 482, paragraph (4)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-486/par-2: 第四百八十二条第四項 → 会社法 第四百八十二条第四項 (Article 482, paragraph (4)), art-482/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-482/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-4 - art-486/par-2: 第三百五十六条第一項 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項 (Article 356, paragraph (1)), art-356/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1 - art-486/par-2: 同項第一号 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項第一号 (Article 356, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-356/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1/item-1 - art-486/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百八十六条第一項 (Article 486, paragraph (1)), art-486/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-1 - art-486/par-3: 第四百八十二条第四項 → 会社法 第四百八十二条第四項 (Article 482, paragraph (4)), art-482/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-482/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-4 - art-486/par-3: 第三百五十六条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項第二号 (Article 356, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-356/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1/item-2 - art-486/par-3: 第三号 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項第三号 (Article 356, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-356/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1/item-3 - art-486/par-3/item-1: 第四百八十二条第四項 → 会社法 第四百八十二条第四項 (Article 482, paragraph (4)), art-482/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-482/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-4 - art-486/par-3/item-1: 第三百五十六条第一項 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項 (Article 356, paragraph (1)), art-356/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1 - art-486/par-4: 第四百二十四条 → 会社法 第四百二十四条 (Article 424), art-424 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-424 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-424 - art-486/par-4: 第四百二十八条第一項 → 会社法 第四百二十八条第一項 (Article 428, paragraph (1)), art-428/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-428/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-428/par-1 - art-486/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第四百八十六条第一項 (Article 486, paragraph (1)), art-486/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-1 - art-486/par-4: 第三百五十六条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項第二号 (Article 356, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-356/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1/item-2 - art-486/par-4: 第四百十九条第二項 → 会社法 第四百十九条第二項 (Article 419, paragraph (2)), art-419/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-419/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-419/par-2 - art-486/par-4: 第四百八十二条第四項 → 会社法 第四百八十二条第四項 (Article 482, paragraph (4)), art-482/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-482/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百八十六条第二項（清算人の清算株式会社に対する損害賠償責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-2 - 会社法 第四百八十六条第四項（清算人の清算株式会社に対する損害賠償責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/par-4 - 会社法 第八百四十七条の二第九項（旧株主による責任追及等の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-847-2/par-9 - 会社法 第八百四十七条の三第十項（最終完全親会社等の株主による特定責任追及の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-3/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-847-3/par-10 - 会社法 第八百五十条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-850/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-850/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17