# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百八十八条 (Article 888) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888. 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: 第八百八十八条 (Article 888)（特別清算開始の申立て） — address `art-888` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888 - 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. --- ### 第八百八十八条（特別清算開始の申立て） — (Petition for Commencement of Special Liquidation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-888 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888 **第一項** 債権者又は株主が特別清算開始の申立てをするときは、特別清算開始の原因となる事由を疎明しなければならない。 art-888/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888/par-1 When a creditor or shareholder files a petition for commencement of special liquidation, the creditor or shareholder must make a prima facie showing of the grounds that serve as the cause for commencement of special liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債権者が特別清算開始の申立てをするときは、その有する債権の存在をも疎明しなければならない。 art-888/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888/par-2 When a creditor files a petition for commencement of special liquidation, the creditor must also make a prima facie showing of the presence of the claims the creditor holds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特別清算開始の申立てをするときは、申立人は、第五百十四条第一号に規定する特別清算の手続の費用として裁判所の定める金額を予納しなければならない。 art-888/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888/par-3 When filing a petition for commencement of special liquidation, the petitioner must prepay the amount specified by the court as expenses for the proceedings of special liquidation prescribed in Article 514, item (i). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の費用の予納に関する決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-888/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888/par-4 An immediate appeal may be entered against a ruling concerning the prepayment of expenses referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-888/par-3: 第五百十四条第一号 → 会社法 第五百十四条第一項第一号 (Article 514, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-514/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-514/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514/par-1/item-1 - art-888/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第八百八十八条第三項 (Article 888, paragraph (3)), art-888/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百八十八条第四項（特別清算開始の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-888/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888/par-4 --- ## 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/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