# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百五十一条 (Article 651) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-651. 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: 第六百五十一条 (Article 651)（清算人と清算持分会社との関係） — address `art-651` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-651 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-651 - 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. --- ### 第六百五十一条（清算人と清算持分会社との関係） — (Relationship between Liquidators and Liquidating Membership Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-651 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-651 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-651 **第一項** 清算持分会社と清算人との関係は、委任に関する規定に従う。 art-651/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-651/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-651/par-1 The relationship between a liquidating membership company and its liquidators is governed by the applicable provisions on mandate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第五百九十三条第二項、第五百九十四条及び第五百九十五条の規定は、清算人について準用する。この場合において、第五百九十四条第一項及び第五百九十五条第一項中「当該社員以外の社員」とあるのは、「社員（当該清算人が社員である場合にあっては、当該清算人以外の社員）」と読み替えるものとする。 art-651/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-651/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-651/par-2 The provisions of Article 593, paragraph (2), Article 594 and Article 595 apply mutatis mutandis to liquidators. In these cases, "members other than relevant members" in Article 594, paragraph (1) and Article 595, paragraph (1) is deemed to be read as "members (or, if relevant liquidators are members, members other than relevant liquidators)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-651/par-2: 第五百九十三条第二項 → 会社法 第五百九十三条第二項 (Article 593, paragraph (2)), art-593/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-2 - art-651/par-2: 第五百九十四条 → 会社法 第五百九十四条 (Article 594), art-594 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-594 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-594 - art-651/par-2: 第五百九十五条 → 会社法 第五百九十五条 (Article 595), art-595 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595 - art-651/par-2: 第五百九十四条第一項 → 会社法 第五百九十四条第一項 (Article 594, paragraph (1)), art-594/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-594/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-594/par-1 - art-651/par-2: 第五百九十五条第一項 → 会社法 第五百九十五条第一項 (Article 595, paragraph (1)), art-595/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百五十四条第二項（法人が清算人である場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-654/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-654/par-2 - 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17