# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百十一条 (Article 511) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-511. 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: 第五百十一条 (Article 511)（特別清算開始の申立て） — address `art-511` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-511 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-511 - 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. --- ### 第五百十一条（特別清算開始の申立て） — (Petition for Commencement of Special Liquidation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-511 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-511 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-511 **第一項** 債権者、清算人、監査役又は株主は、特別清算開始の申立てをすることができる。 art-511/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-511/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-511/par-1 Creditors, liquidators, company auditors or shareholders may file a petition for the commencement of special liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算株式会社に債務超過の疑いがあるときは、清算人は、特別清算開始の申立てをしなければならない。 art-511/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-511/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-511/par-2 If it is suspected that a liquidating stock company is insolvent, liquidators must file a petition for the commencement of the special liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百十条第一項第二号（特別清算開始の原因） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-510/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-510/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第八百二十二条第三項（日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-822/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-3 - 会社法 第九百六十八条第一項第二号（株主等の権利の行使に関する贈収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-968/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-968/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第二十七号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-27 - 銀行法 第五十一条第三項（外国銀行支店の清算） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-3 --- ## 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