# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百七十七条 (Article 477) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477. 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: 第四百七十七条 (Article 477) — address `art-477` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477 - 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. --- ### 第四百七十七条 art-477 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477 **第一項** 清算株式会社には、一人又は二人以上の清算人を置かなければならない。 art-477/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-1 A liquidating stock company must have one or more liquidators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算株式会社は、定款の定めによって、清算人会、監査役又は監査役会を置くことができる。 art-477/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-2 A liquidating stock company may have a board of liquidators, a company auditor, a board of company auditors or a board of company auditors as prescribed by the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 監査役会を置く旨の定款の定めがある清算株式会社は、清算人会を置かなければならない。 art-477/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-3 A liquidating stock company the articles of incorporation of which provide that a board of company auditors must be established must establish a board of liquidators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第四百七十五条各号に掲げる場合に該当することとなった時において公開会社又は大会社であった清算株式会社は、監査役を置かなければならない。 art-477/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-4 A liquidating stock company that was a public company or a large company when it fell under a case set forth in each item of Article 475 must establish a company auditor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第四百七十五条各号に掲げる場合に該当することとなった時において監査等委員会設置会社であった清算株式会社であって、前項の規定の適用があるものにおいては、監査等委員である取締役が監査役となる。 art-477/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-5 A liquidating stock company that was a company with audit and supervisory committee when it fell under a case set forth in each item of Article 475 and to which the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply, a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member will be the company auditor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第四百七十五条各号に掲げる場合に該当することとなった時において指名委員会等設置会社であった清算株式会社であって、第四項の規定の適用があるものにおいては、監査委員が監査役となる。 art-477/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-6 A liquidating stock company that was a company with nominating committee, etc. when it fell under a case set forth in each item of Article 475 and to which the provisions of paragraph (4) apply, an audit committee member will be the company auditor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第四章第二節の規定は、清算株式会社については、適用しない。 art-477/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-7 The provisions of Chapter IV, Section 2 do not apply to liquidating stock companies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-477/par-4: 第四百七十五条 → 会社法 第四百七十五条 (Article 475), art-475 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-475 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-475 - art-477/par-5: 第四百七十五条 → 会社法 第四百七十五条 (Article 475), art-475 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-475 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-475 - art-477/par-5: 前項 → 会社法 第四百七十七条第四項 (Article 477, paragraph (4)), art-477/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-4 - art-477/par-6: 第四百七十五条 → 会社法 第四百七十五条 (Article 475), art-475 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-475 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-475 - art-477/par-6: 第四項 → 会社法 第四百七十七条第四項 (Article 477, paragraph (4)), art-477/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百七十七条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-5 - 会社法 第四百七十七条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-477/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-477/par-6 --- ## 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