# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百四十二条 (Article 542) - 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: 第五百四十二条 (Article 542)（役員等の財産に対する保全処分） — address `art-542` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-542 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-542 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百四十二条（役員等の財産に対する保全処分） — (Provisional Order on Property of Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-542 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-542 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-542 **第一項** 裁判所は、特別清算開始の命令があった場合において、清算の監督上必要があると認めるときは、清算株式会社の申立てにより又は職権で、発起人、設立時取締役、設立時監査役、第四百二十三条第一項に規定する役員等又は清算人（以下この款において「対象役員等」という。）の責任に基づく損害賠償請求権につき、当該対象役員等の財産に対する保全処分をすることができる。 art-542/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-542/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-542/par-1 If an order for commencement of special liquidation is issued, if the court finds it necessary to supervise the liquidation, the court may, with respect to rights to seek damages pursuant to the liability of the incorporators, directors at incorporation, company auditors at incorporation, officers, etc. provided for in Article 423, paragraph (1) or liquidators (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as "subject officers"), in response to the petition by the liquidating stock company or ex officio, effect provisional orders against the assets of relevant subject officers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、特別清算開始の申立てがあった時から当該申立てについての決定があるまでの間においても、緊急の必要があると認めるときは、清算株式会社の申立てにより又は職権で、前項の規定による保全処分をすることができる。特別清算開始の申立てを却下する決定に対して第八百九十条第五項の即時抗告がされたときも、同様とする。 art-542/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-542/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-542/par-2 Even during the period from the time when a petition for commencement of special liquidation is filed to the time when a ruling is made with respect to relevant petition, if the court finds it urgently necessary, the court may, at the petition of the liquidating stock company or ex officio, issue a provisional order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. The same applies if immediate appeal in Article 890, paragraph (5) is filed against the ruling to dismiss a petition for the commencement of special liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-542/par-1: 第四百二十三条第一項 → 会社法 第四百二十三条第一項 (Article 423, paragraph (1)), art-423/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-423/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-423/par-1 - art-542/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百四十二条第一項 (Article 542, paragraph (1)), art-542/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-542/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-542/par-1 - art-542/par-2: 第八百九十条第五項 → 会社法 第八百九十条第五項 (Article 890, paragraph (5)), art-890/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-890/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-5 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百二十二条第一項第四号（調査命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-522/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-522/par-1/item-4 - 会社法 第五百四十二条第二項（役員等の財産に対する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-542/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-542/par-2 - 会社法 第八百五十八条第二項（役員等責任査定決定に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-858/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-858/par-2 - 会社法 第八百九十八条第一項第三号（清算株式会社の財産に関する保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-898/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-898/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第八百九十九条第三項（役員等責任査定決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-899/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-899/par-3 - 会社法 第九百三十八条第三項第二号（特別清算に関する裁判による登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-938/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-3/item-2 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第三十二号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-32 --- ## 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