# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百二十八条 (Article 928) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928. 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: 第九百二十八条 (Article 928)（清算人の登記） — address `art-928` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九百二十八条（清算人の登記） — (Registration of a Liquidator) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-928 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928 **第一項** 第四百七十八条第一項第一号に掲げる者が清算株式会社の清算人となったときは、解散の日から二週間以内に、その本店の所在地において、次に掲げる事項を登記しなければならない。 art-928/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-1 When the person set forth in Article 478, paragraph (1), item (i) becomes a liquidator of a liquidating stock company, the following matters must be registered at the location of the head office within two weeks from the day of dissolution: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 清算人の氏名 art-928/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-1/item-1 the name of the liquidator; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 代表清算人の氏名及び住所 art-928/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-1/item-2 the name and address of the representative liquidator; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 清算株式会社が清算人会設置会社であるときは、その旨 art-928/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-1/item-3 if the liquidating stock company is a company with board of liquidators, a statement to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第六百四十七条第一項第一号に掲げる者が清算持分会社の清算人となったときは、解散の日から二週間以内に、その本店の所在地において、次に掲げる事項を登記しなければならない。 art-928/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-2 When the person set forth in Article 647, paragraph (1), item (i) becomes a liquidator of a liquidating membership company, the following matters must be registered at the location of the head office within two weeks from the day of dissolution: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 清算人の氏名又は名称及び住所 art-928/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-2/item-1 the name and address of the liquidator; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 清算持分会社を代表する清算人の氏名又は名称（清算持分会社を代表しない清算人がある場合に限る。） art-928/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-2/item-2 the name of the liquidator representing the liquidating membership company (limited to cases where there is a liquidator not representing the liquidating membership company); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 清算持分会社を代表する清算人が法人であるときは、清算人の職務を行うべき者の氏名及び住所 art-928/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-2/item-3 if the liquidator representing the liquidating membership company is a corporation, the name and address of the person who is to perform the duties of the liquidator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 清算人が選任されたときは、二週間以内に、その本店の所在地において、清算株式会社にあっては第一項各号に掲げる事項を、清算持分会社にあっては前項各号に掲げる事項を登記しなければならない。 art-928/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-3 When a liquidator is appointed, the matters set forth in the items of paragraph (1) must be registered in the case of a liquidating stock company and the matters set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph must be registered in the case of a liquidating membership company, at the location of the head office, within two weeks. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第九百十五条第一項の規定は前三項の規定による登記について、第九百十七条の規定は清算人、代表清算人又は清算持分会社を代表する清算人について、それぞれ準用する。 art-928/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-4 The provisions of Article 915, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the registration under the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, and the provisions of Article 917 apply mutatis mutandis to a liquidator, representative liquidator or liquidator representing a liquidating membership company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-928/par-1: 第四百七十八条第一項第一号 → 会社法 第四百七十八条第一項第一号 (Article 478, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-478/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-478/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-478/par-1/item-1 - art-928/par-2: 第六百四十七条第一項第一号 → 会社法 第六百四十七条第一項第一号 (Article 647, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-647/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-647/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-647/par-1/item-1 - art-928/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第九百二十八条第一項 (Article 928, paragraph (1)), art-928/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-1 - art-928/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第九百二十八条第二項 (Article 928, paragraph (2)), art-928/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-2 - art-928/par-4: 第九百十五条第一項 → 会社法 第九百十五条第一項 (Article 915, paragraph (1)), art-915/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-915/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-915/par-1 - art-928/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第九百二十八条第一項 (Article 928, paragraph (1)), art-928/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-1 - art-928/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第九百二十八条第二項 (Article 928, paragraph (2)), art-928/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-2 - art-928/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第九百二十八条第三項 (Article 928, paragraph (3)), art-928/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-3 - art-928/par-4: 第九百十七条 → 会社法 第九百十七条 (Article 917), art-917 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-917 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-917 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百二十八条第三項（清算人の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-3 - 会社法 第九百二十八条第四項（清算人の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-928/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-928/par-4 - 会社法 第九百三十三条第四項（外国会社の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-933/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-933/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