# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百六十四条 (Article 664) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-664. 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: 第六百六十四条 (Article 664)（債務の弁済前における残余財産の分配の制限） — address `art-664` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-664 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-664 - 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. --- ### 第六百六十四条（債務の弁済前における残余財産の分配の制限） — (Restrictions on Distribution of Residual Assets before Performance of Obligations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-664 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-664 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-664 **第一項** 清算持分会社は、当該清算持分会社の債務を弁済した後でなければ、その財産を社員に分配することができない。ただし、その存否又は額について争いのある債権に係る債務についてその弁済をするために必要と認められる財産を留保した場合は、この限りでない。 art-664/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-664/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-664/par-1 A liquidating membership company cannot distribute its assets to its members until after performance of the obligations of relevant liquidating membership company; provided, however, that this does not apply if assets regarded as necessary for the performance of obligations relating to a claim that is the subject of dispute as to its existence or otherwise or as to its amount have been withheld. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第三十号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-30 - 医療法 第六十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-68/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 - 社会保険労務士法 第三十八条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-38/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-38/par-1/item-6 - 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 - 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第二十三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-23 --- ## 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