# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百十一条 (Article 611) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611. 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: 第六百十一条 (Article 611)（退社に伴う持分の払戻し） — address `art-611` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611 - 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. --- ### 第六百十一条（退社に伴う持分の払戻し） — (Refund of Equity Interest in Conjunction with Withdrawal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-611 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611 **第一項** 退社した社員は、その出資の種類を問わず、その持分の払戻しを受けることができる。ただし、第六百八条第一項及び第二項の規定により当該社員の一般承継人が社員となった場合は、この限りでない。 art-611/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-1 A member that has withdrawn may receive the refund of the member's equity interest; provided, however, that this does not apply if a general successor of relevant member becomes a member under the provisions of Article 608, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 退社した社員と持分会社との間の計算は、退社の時における持分会社の財産の状況に従ってしなければならない。 art-611/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-2 Accounting as between a member that has withdrawn and the membership company must be effected in accordance with the status of the assets of the membership company as at the time of the withdrawal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 退社した社員の持分は、その出資の種類を問わず、金銭で払い戻すことができる。 art-611/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-3 The equity interest of a withdrawn member may be refunded in monies regardless of the kind of the withdrawn 'ember's contribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 退社の時にまだ完了していない事項については、その完了後に計算をすることができる。 art-611/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-4 With respect to matters not completed yet as at the time of the withdrawal, accounting may be effected after the completion of the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 社員が除名により退社した場合における第二項及び前項の規定の適用については、これらの規定中「退社の時」とあるのは、「除名の訴えを提起した時」とする。 art-611/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-5 For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (2) and the preceding paragraph if a member withdraws due to removal, the phrase "the time of the withdrawal" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "the time of the filing of an action seeking removal". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項に規定する場合には、持分会社は、除名の訴えを提起した日後の法定利率による利息をも支払わなければならない。 art-611/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-6 In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, the membership company must also pay interest at the statutory interest rate from and including the day of the time of the filing of an action seeking removal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 社員の持分の差押えは、持分の払戻しを請求する権利に対しても、その効力を有する。 art-611/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-7 Attachment on the equity interest of a member is also effective to the rights seeking the refund of the equity interest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-611/par-1: 第六百八条第一項 → 会社法 第六百八条第一項 (Article 608, paragraph (1)), art-608/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-1 - art-611/par-1: 第二項 → 会社法 第六百八条第二項 (Article 608, paragraph (2)), art-608/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-608/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-608/par-2 - art-611/par-5: 第二項 → 会社法 第六百十一条第二項 (Article 611, paragraph (2)), art-611/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-2 - art-611/par-5: 前項 → 会社法 第六百十一条第四項 (Article 611, paragraph (4)), art-611/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-4 - art-611/par-6: 前項 → 会社法 第六百十一条第五項 (Article 611, paragraph (5)), art-611/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-5 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百十一条第五項（退社に伴う持分の払戻し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-5 - 会社法 第六百十一条第六項（退社に伴う持分の払戻し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-611/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-611/par-6 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第一項（一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律及び会社法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/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