# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百七十一条 (Article 571) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571. 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: 第五百七十一条 (Article 571)（協定の効力範囲） — address `art-571` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571 - 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. --- ### 第五百七十一条（協定の効力範囲） — (Scope of Effectiveness of Agreements) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-571 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571 **第一項** 協定は、清算株式会社及びすべての協定債権者のために、かつ、それらの者に対して効力を有する。 art-571/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571/par-1 An agreement is effective on behalf of the liquidating stock company and all agreement claim creditors, and binds them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 協定は、第五百二十二条第二項に規定する債権者が有する同項に規定する担保権、協定債権者が清算株式会社の保証人その他清算株式会社と共に債務を負担する者に対して有する権利及び清算株式会社以外の者が協定債権者のために提供した担保に影響を及ぼさない。 art-571/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571/par-2 An agreement does not affect security interests provided for in Article 522, paragraph (2) held by creditors provided for in that paragraph, rights that agreement claim creditors hold jointly with guarantors of the liquidating stock company or otherwise with the liquidating stock company, against persons owing obligations, or collateral provided by persons other than the liquidating stock company for the benefit of the agreement claim creditors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 協定の認可の決定が確定したときは、協定債権者の権利は、協定の定めに従い、変更される。 art-571/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571/par-3 When a ruling approving an agreement becomes final and binding, rights of agreement claim creditors are changed pursuant to the provisions of the agreement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、共助対象外国租税の請求権についての協定による権利の変更の効力は、租税条約等実施特例法第十一条第一項の規定による共助との関係においてのみ主張することができる。 art-571/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the effect of a change of rights under the provisions of the agreement as regards a claim in respect of foreign taxes subject to mutual assistance may be asserted only in relation to the mutual assistance under the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Provisions for Enforcement of Tax Treaties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-571/par-2: 第五百二十二条第二項 → 会社法 第五百二十二条第二項 (Article 522, paragraph (2)), art-522/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-522/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-522/par-2 - art-571/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第五百七十一条第三項 (Article 571, paragraph (3)), art-571/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571/par-3 - art-571/par-4: 租税条約等実施特例法第十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 344AC0000000046, 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百十二条第一項第三号（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-512/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第五百七十一条第四項（協定の効力範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-571/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571/par-4 - 会社法 第五百七十二条第一項（協定の内容の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-572/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-572/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