# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百六十六条 (Article 666)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第六百六十六条 (Article 666)（残余財産の分配の割合） — address `art-666`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第六百六十六条（残余財産の分配の割合） — (Proportion of Distribution of Residual Assets)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-666 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-666 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-666</sup>

    **第一項**  残余財産の分配の割合について定款の定めがないときは、その割合は、各社員の出資の価額に応じて定める。
    <sup>art-666/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-666/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-666/par-1</sup>
    If there are no provisions in the articles of incorporation with respect to the proportions of the distribution of residual assets, the proportions are prescribed in accordance with the value of each member's contribution.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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- 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

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## 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