# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百三条 (Article 903)

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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
- 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: 第九百三条 (Article 903)（特別清算の手続に関する規定の準用） — address `art-903`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-903
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-903
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### 第九百三条（特別清算の手続に関する規定の準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Provisions on Proceeding of Special Liquidation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-903 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-903 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-903</sup>

    **第一項**  前節の規定は、その性質上許されないものを除き、第八百二十二条第一項の規定による日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算について準用する。
    <sup>art-903/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-903/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-903/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of the preceding Section apply mutatis mutandis to liquidation of a foreign company's property in Japan under the provisions of Article 822, paragraph (1), excluding those that are not applicable by their nature.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-903/par-1: 第八百二十二条第一項 → 会社法 第八百二十二条第一項 (Article 822, paragraph (1)), art-822/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-822/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-1

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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
- 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