# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百四十五条 (Article 545) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545. 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: 第五百四十五条 (Article 545)（役員等責任査定決定） — address `art-545` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百四十五条（役員等責任査定決定） — (Ruling Evaluating Subject Officers' Liability) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-545 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545 **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、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、対象役員等の責任に基づく損害賠償請求権の査定の裁判（以下この条において「役員等責任査定決定」という。）をすることができる。 art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545/par-1 If an order is issued for commencement of special liquidation, if the court finds it necessary, the court may, in response to the petition by the liquidating stock company or ex officio, pass judgment evaluating the rights to seek damages pursuant to the liability of the subject officers (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "ruling evaluating subject officers' liability") Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、職権で役員等責任査定決定の手続を開始する場合には、その旨の決定をしなければならない。 art-545/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545/par-2 If the court commences procedures of the ruling evaluating subject officers' liability ex officio, it must make the determination to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の申立て又は前項の決定があったときは、時効の完成猶予及び更新に関しては、裁判上の請求があったものとみなす。 art-545/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545/par-3 If the petition under paragraph (1) is filed or the ruling in the preceding paragraph is made, a judicial claim is deemed to have been made in connection with postponement of expiration of the prescription period and renewal of the prescription period, it is deemed that a judicial claim has been made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 役員等責任査定決定の手続（役員等責任査定決定があった後のものを除く。）は、特別清算が終了したときは、終了する。 art-545/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545/par-4 The procedures for the ruling evaluating subject officers' liability (excluding those after the ruling evaluating subject officers' liability) will end if the special liquidation is ended. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-545/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第五百四十五条 (Article 545), art-545 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545 - art-545/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第五百四十五条第一項 (Article 545, paragraph (1)), art-545/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545/par-1 - art-545/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第五百四十五条第二項 (Article 545, paragraph (2)), art-545/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百二十二条第一項第五号（調査命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-522/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-522/par-1/item-5 - 会社法 第五百四十五条第一項（役員等責任査定決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545/par-1 - 会社法 第五百四十五条第三項（役員等責任査定決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-545/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-545/par-3 - 会社法 第八百五十八条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-858/par-1 - 会社法 第八百九十九条第一項（役員等責任査定決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-899/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-899/par-1 - 会社法 第八百九十九条第二項（役員等責任査定決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-899/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-899/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