# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百五十条 (Article 650) - 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: 第六百五十条 (Article 650)（業務の執行） — address `art-650` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-650 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-650 - 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. --- ### 第六百五十条（業務の執行） — (Execution of Business) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-650 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-650 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-650 **第一項** 清算人は、清算持分会社の業務を執行する。 art-650/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-650/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-650/par-1 A liquidator executes the operations of the liquidating membership company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算人が二人以上ある場合には、清算持分会社の業務は、定款に別段の定めがある場合を除き、清算人の過半数をもって決定する。 art-650/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-650/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-650/par-2 If there are two or more liquidators, the operations of the liquidating membership company are decided by a majority of the liquidators, unless otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、社員が二人以上ある場合には、清算持分会社の事業の全部又は一部の譲渡は、社員の過半数をもって決定する。 art-650/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-650/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-650/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if there are two or more members, transfer of some or all of the business of a liquidating membership company is decided by a majority of the members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-650/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第六百五十条第二項 (Article 650, paragraph (2)), art-650/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-650/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-650/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百五十条第三項（業務の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-650/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-650/par-3 - 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