# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百四十一条 (Article 641) - 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: 第六百四十一条 (Article 641)（解散の事由） — address `art-641` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641 - 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. --- ### 第六百四十一条（解散の事由） — (Grounds for Dissolution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-641 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641 **第一項** 持分会社は、次に掲げる事由によって解散する。 art-641/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1 A membership company dissolves on the grounds set forth below: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 定款で定めた存続期間の満了 art-641/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-1 the expiration of the duration provided for in the articles of incorporation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 定款で定めた解散の事由の発生 art-641/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-2 the grounds for dissolution provided for in the articles of incorporation having arisen; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 総社員の同意 art-641/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-3 the consent of all members; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 社員が欠けたこと。 art-641/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-4 the absence of all members; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 合併（合併により当該持分会社が消滅する場合に限る。） art-641/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-5 merger (but only if the membership company disappears in the merger); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 破産手続開始の決定 art-641/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-6 a ruling for commencement of bankruptcy procedures; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 第八百二十四条第一項又は第八百三十三条第二項の規定による解散を命ずる裁判 art-641/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-7 a judgment ordering the dissolution under the provisions of Article 824, paragraph (1) or Article 833, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-641/par-1/item-7: 第八百二十四条第一項 → 会社法 第八百二十四条第一項 (Article 824, paragraph (1)), art-824/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-824/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-824/par-1 - art-641/par-1/item-7: 第八百三十三条第二項 → 会社法 第八百三十三条第二項 (Article 833, paragraph (2)), art-833/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-833/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-833/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百四十二条第一項（持分会社の継続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-642/par-1 - 会社法 第六百四十四条第一項第一号（清算の開始原因） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-644/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-644/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第六百四十七条第三項（清算人の就任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-647/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-647/par-3 - 会社法 第六百六十八条第一項（財産の処分の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-668/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-668/par-1 - 会社法 第六百六十九条第一項（財産目録等の作成） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-669/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-669/par-1 - 会社法 第六百六十九条第二項（財産目録等の作成） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-669/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-669/par-2 - 会社法 第九百二十六条第一項（解散の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-926/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-926/par-1 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17