# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百八十八条 (Article 488) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-488. 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: 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: 第四百八十八条 (Article 488)（清算人及び監査役の連帯責任） — address `art-488` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-488 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-488 - 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. --- ### 第四百八十八条（清算人及び監査役の連帯責任） — (Joint and Several Liabilities of and Company Auditors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-488 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-488 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-488 **第一項** 清算人又は監査役が清算株式会社又は第三者に生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う場合において、他の清算人又は監査役も当該損害を賠償する責任を負うときは、これらの者は、連帯債務者とする。 art-488/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-488/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-488/par-1 If liquidators or company auditors are liable to compensate losses arising in the liquidating stock companies or a third party, if other liquidators or company auditors are also liable, these persons will be joint and several obligors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、第四百三十条の規定は、適用しない。 art-488/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-488/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-488/par-2 In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 430 do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-488/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百八十八条第一項 (Article 488, paragraph (1)), art-488/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-488/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-488/par-1 - art-488/par-2: 第四百三十条 → 会社法 第四百三十条 (Article 430), art-430 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-430 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-430 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百八十八条第二項（清算人及び監査役の連帯責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-488/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-488/par-2 --- ## 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17