# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百八十二条 (Article 482) - 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: 第四百八十二条 (Article 482)（業務の執行） — address `art-482` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482 - 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. 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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算人が二人以上ある場合には、清算株式会社の業務は、定款に別段の定めがある場合を除き、清算人の過半数をもって決定する。 art-482/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-2 If there are two or more liquidators, the business of the liquidating stock company is determined by a majority of the liquidators, unless otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合には、清算人は、次に掲げる事項についての決定を各清算人に委任することができない。 art-482/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-3 In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, the liquidators cannot delegate the determination on the following matters to individual liquidators: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 支配人の選任及び解任 art-482/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-3/item-1 the appointment or dismissal of a manager; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 支店の設置、移転及び廃止 art-482/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-3/item-2 the establishment, relocation and abolition of branch offices; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二百九十八条第一項各号（第三百二十五条において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる事項 art-482/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-3/item-3 the matters set forth in each item of Article 298, paragraph (1) (including the case where that items are applied mutatis mutandis under Article 325); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 清算人の職務の執行が法令及び定款に適合することを確保するための体制その他清算株式会社の業務の適正を確保するために必要なものとして法務省令で定める体制の整備 art-482/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-3/item-4 the development of the system necessary to ensure that the execution of the duties by the liquidators comply with the laws and regulations and the articles of incorporation, and other systems prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the systems that are necessary to ensure the proper operations of a liquidating stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第三百五十三条から第三百五十七条（第三項を除く。）まで、第三百六十条並びに第三百六十一条第一項及び第四項の規定は、清算人（同条の規定については、第四百七十八条第二項から第四項までの規定により裁判所が選任したものを除く。）について準用する。この場合において、第三百五十三条中「第三百四十九条第四項」とあるのは「第四百八十三条第六項において準用する第三百四十九条第四項」と、第三百五十四条中「代表取締役」とあるのは「代表清算人（第四百八十三条第一項に規定する代表清算人をいう。）」と、第三百六十条第三項中「監査役設置会社、監査等委員会設置会社又は指名委員会等設置会社」とあるのは「監査役設置会社」と読み替えるものとする。 art-482/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-4 The provisions of Articles 353 through 357 (excluding paragraph (3)), Article 360 and Article 361, paragraphs (1) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to liquidators (as to the provisions of these Articles, excluding liquidators appointed by the court under the provisions of Article 478, paragraphs (2) through (4)). In these cases, the phrase "Article 349, paragraph (4)" in Article 353 is deemed to be replaced with "Article 349, paragraph (4)applied mutatis mutandis under Article 483, paragraph (6)", the term "representative director" in Article 354 is deemed to be replaced with "representative liquidator (referring to the representative liquidator provided for in Article 483, paragraph (1))", and the phrase "a company with company auditor or a company with audit and supervisory committee or a company with nominating committee, etc." in Article 360, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "a company with company auditor". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-482/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第四百八十二条 (Article 482), art-482 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482 - art-482/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第四百八十二条第二項 (Article 482, paragraph (2)), art-482/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-482/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/par-2 - art-482/par-3/item-3: 第二百九十八条第一項 → 会社法 第二百九十八条第一項 (Article 298, paragraph (1)), art-298/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-298/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-298/par-1 - art-482/par-3/item-3: 第三百二十五条 → 会社法 第三百二十五条 (Article 325), art-325 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-325 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-325 - art-482/par-4: 第三百五十三条から第三百五十七条 → 会社法 第三百五十三条 (Article 353), art-353 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-353 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-353 - art-482/par-4: 第三百五十三条から第三百五十七条 → 会社法 第三百五十四条 (Article 354), art-354 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-354 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-354 - art-482/par-4: 第三百五十三条から第三百五十七条 → 会社法 第三百五十五条 (Article 355), art-355 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-355 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-355 - art-482/par-4: 第三百五十三条から第三百五十七条 → 会社法 第三百五十六条 (Article 356), art-356 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-356 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356 - art-482/par-4: 第三百五十三条から第三百五十七条 → 会社法 第三百五十七条 (Article 357), art-357 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-357 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357 - art-482/par-4: 第三項 → 会社法 第三百五十七条第三項 (Article 357, paragraph (3)), art-357/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-357/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357/par-3 - art-482/par-4: 第三百六十条 → 会社法 第三百六十条 (Article 360), art-360 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-360 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-360 - art-482/par-4: 第三百六十一条第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十一条第一項 (Article 361, paragraph (1)), art-361/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-361/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-361/par-1 - art-482/par-4: 第四項 → 会社法 第三百六十一条第四項 (Article 361, paragraph (4)), art-361/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-361/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-361/par-4 - art-482/par-4: 同条 → 会社法 第三百六十一条 (Article 361), art-361 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-361 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-361 - art-482/par-4: 第四百七十八条第二項から第四項まで → 会社法 第四百七十八条第二項 (Article 478, paragraph (2)), art-478/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-478/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-478/par-2 - art-482/par-4: 第四百七十八条第二項から第四項まで → 会社法 第四百七十八条第三項 (Article 478, paragraph (3)), art-478/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-478/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-478/par-3 - art-482/par-4: 第四百七十八条第二項から第四項まで → 会社法 第四百七十八条第四項 (Article 478, paragraph (4)), art-478/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-478/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-478/par-4 - art-482/par-4: 第三百四十九条第四項 → 会社法 第三百四十九条第四項 (Article 349, paragraph (4)), art-349/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-349/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-349/par-4 - art-482/par-4: 第四百八十三条第六項 → 会社法 第四百八十三条第六項 (Article 483, paragraph (6)), art-483/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-483/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-483/par-6 - art-482/par-4: 第四百八十三条第一項 → 会社法 第四百八十三条第一項 (Article 483, paragraph (1)), art-483/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-483/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-483/par-1 - art-482/par-4: 第三百六十条第三項 → 会社法 第三百六十条第三項 (Article 360, paragraph (3)), art-360/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-360/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-360/par-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. 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