# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百八十五条 (Article 485)

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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: 第四百八十五条 (Article 485)（裁判所の選任する清算人の報酬） — address `art-485`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-485
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### 第四百八十五条（裁判所の選任する清算人の報酬） — (Remuneration for Liquidators Appointed by the Court)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-485 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-485 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-485</sup>

        **第一項**  裁判所は、第四百七十八条第二項から第四項までの規定により清算人を選任した場合には、清算株式会社が当該清算人に対して支払う報酬の額を定めることができる。
        <sup>art-485/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-485/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-485/par-1</sup>
        If the court has appointed the liquidator under the provisions of Article 478, paragraphs (2) through (4), the court may prescribe the amount of the remuneration that the liquidating stock companies pay to relevant liquidator.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-485/par-1: 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-485/par-1: 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-485/par-1: 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

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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
- This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17