# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百四十四条 (Article 544) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544. 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: 第五百四十四条 (Article 544)（役員等の責任の免除の取消し） — address `art-544` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544 - 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. --- ### 第五百四十四条（役員等の責任の免除の取消し） — (Rescission of Exemption from Liability of Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-544 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544 **第一項** 特別清算開始の命令があったときは、清算株式会社は、特別清算開始の申立てがあった後又はその前一年以内にした対象役員等の責任の免除を取り消すことができる。不正の目的によってした対象役員等の責任の免除についても、同様とする。 art-544/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544/par-1 If an order is issued for commencement of special liquidation, a liquidating stock company may rescind the exemption of liability of subject officers effected within one year prior to or after the time when the petition for commencement of special liquidation was filed. The same applies with respect to the exemption from the liability of subject officers that effected for improper purpose. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による取消権は、訴え又は抗弁によって、行使する。 art-544/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544/par-2 The rights of rescission under the provisions of the preceding paragraph are exercised by filing an action or defense. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による取消権は、特別清算開始の命令があった日から二年を経過したときは、行使することができない。当該対象役員等の責任の免除の日から二十年を経過したときも、同様とする。 art-544/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544/par-3 The rights of rescission under the provisions of paragraph (1) cannot be exercised when two years have lapsed from the day when the order was issued for the commencement of special liquidation. The same applies if twenty years have elapsed from the day when subject officers were exempted from liability. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-544/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百四十四条第一項 (Article 544, paragraph (1)), art-544/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544/par-1 - art-544/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第五百四十四条第一項 (Article 544, paragraph (1)), art-544/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百四十四条第二項（役員等の責任の免除の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544/par-2 - 会社法 第五百四十四条第三項（役員等の責任の免除の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-544/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-544/par-3 - 会社法 第八百五十七条第一項（役員等の責任の免除の取消しの訴えの管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-857/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-857/par-1 --- ## 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