# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百四十四条 (Article 644) - 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: 第六百四十四条 (Article 644)（清算の開始原因） — address `art-644` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-644 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-644 - 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. --- ### 第六百四十四条（清算の開始原因） — (Causes of Commencement of Liquidation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-644 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-644 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-644 **第一項** 持分会社は、次に掲げる場合には、この章の定めるところにより、清算をしなければならない。 art-644/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-644/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-644/par-1 A membership company must go into liquidation in the cases set forth below subject to the provisions of this Chapter: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 解散した場合（第六百四十一条第五号に掲げる事由によって解散した場合及び破産手続開始の決定により解散した場合であって当該破産手続が終了していない場合を除く。） art-644/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-644/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-644/par-1/item-1 if the membership company has dissolved (excluding the cases where membership companies have dissolved on the grounds set forth in Article 641, item (v) and cases where membership companies have dissolved as a result of a ruling for commencement of bankruptcy procedures and relevant bankruptcy procedures have not ended); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 設立の無効の訴えに係る請求を認容する判決が確定した場合 art-644/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-644/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-644/par-1/item-2 if a judgment allowing a claim seeking invalidation of the incorporation has become final and binding; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 設立の取消しの訴えに係る請求を認容する判決が確定した場合 art-644/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-644/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-644/par-1/item-3 if a judgment which permits a claim seeking rescission of the incorporation has become final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-644/par-1/item-1: 第六百四十一条第五号 → 会社法 第六百四十一条第一項第五号 (Article 641, paragraph (1), item (v)), 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 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百四十五条第一項（清算持分会社の能力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-645/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-645/par-1 - 会社法 第六百四十七条第四項（清算人の就任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-647/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-647/par-4 - 会社法 第六百五十八条第一項（財産目録等の作成等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-658/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-658/par-1 - 会社法 第六百六十条第一項（債権者に対する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660/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 - 金融商品取引法 第百条の十七第一項（会社法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-100-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-100-17/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百二条の三十七第一項（会社法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-37/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17