# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百九十条 (Article 490) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490. 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: 第四百九十条 (Article 490)（清算人会の運営） — address `art-490` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490 - 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. --- ### 第四百九十条（清算人会の運営） — (Operations of Boards of Liquidators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-490 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490 **第一項** 清算人会は、各清算人が招集する。ただし、清算人会を招集する清算人を定款又は清算人会で定めたときは、その清算人が招集する。 art-490/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-1 A board of liquidators meeting is convened by each liquidator; provided, however, that, if the liquidator who convenes the board of liquidators meeting is prescribed by the articles of incorporation or the board of liquidators, relevant liquidator convenes the meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項ただし書に規定する場合には、同項ただし書の規定により定められた清算人（以下この項において「招集権者」という。）以外の清算人は、招集権者に対し、清算人会の目的である事項を示して、清算人会の招集を請求することができる。 art-490/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-2 In the case provided for in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, liquidators other than the liquidator prescribed under the provisions of the proviso to that paragraph (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "convener") may request the convener that the convener convene the board of liquidators meeting by indicating to the convener the matters that are the purpose of the board of liquidators meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による請求があった日から五日以内に、その請求があった日から二週間以内の日を清算人会の日とする清算人会の招集の通知が発せられない場合には、その請求をした清算人は、清算人会を招集することができる。 art-490/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-3 If the convener fails to send, within five days from the day of the request under the provisions of preceding paragraph, any notice of convocation of a board of liquidators meeting that specifies a day falling within two weeks from the day of that request as the day of the board of liquidators meeting, the liquidators who made that request may convene the board of liquidators meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第三百六十七条及び第三百六十八条の規定は、清算人会設置会社における清算人会の招集について準用する。この場合において、第三百六十七条第一項中「監査役設置会社、監査等委員会設置会社及び指名委員会等設置会社」とあるのは「監査役設置会社」と、「取締役が」とあるのは「清算人が」と、同条第二項中「取締役（前条第一項ただし書に規定する場合にあっては、招集権者）」とあるのは「清算人（第四百九十条第一項ただし書に規定する場合にあっては、同条第二項に規定する招集権者）」と、同条第三項及び第四項中「前条第三項」とあるのは「第四百九十条第三項」と、第三百六十八条第一項中「各取締役」とあるのは「各清算人」と、同条第二項中「取締役（」とあるのは「清算人（」と、「取締役及び」とあるのは「清算人及び」と読み替えるものとする。 art-490/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-4 The provisions of Article 367 and Article 368 apply mutatis mutandis to the convocation of the board of liquidators meeting at a company with board of liquidators. In these cases, in Article 367, paragraph (1), the phrase "a company with company auditor, company with audit and supervisory committee and company with nominating committee, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "a company with company auditor", the phrase "any director" is deemed to be replaced with "any liquidator"; in paragraph (2) of the same Article, the phrase "to the directors (or to the convener in the case provided for in the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "to the liquidators (or to the convener provided for in Article 490, paragraph (2) in the case provided for in the proviso to paragraph (1) of that Article)"; in paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of the same Article, the phrase "paragraph (3) of the preceding Article" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 490, paragraph (3)"; in Article 368, paragraph (1),the term "each director" is deemed to be replaced with "each liquidator"; and in paragraph (2) of the same Article, the phrase "directors (or" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators (or", and "directors and" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators and". Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 367 and Article 368 apply mutatis mutandis to the convocation of the board of liquidators meeting at a company with board of liquidators. In these cases, in Article 367, paragraph (1), the phrase "a company with company auditor, company with audit and supervisory committee and company with nominating committee, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "a company with company auditor, the phrase "any director" is deemed to be replaced with "any liquidator"; in paragraph (2) of the same Article, the phrase "to the directors (or to the convener in the case provided for in the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "to the liquidators (or to the convener provided for in Article 490, paragraph (2) in the case provided for in the proviso to paragraph (1) of that Article)"; in paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of the same Article, the phrase "paragraph (3) of the preceding Article" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 490, paragraph (3)"; in Article 368, paragraph (1),the term "each director" is deemed to be replaced with "each liquidator"; and in paragraph (2) of the same Article, the phrase "directors (or" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators (or", and "directors and" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators and"." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb **第五項** 第三百六十九条から第三百七十一条までの規定は、清算人会設置会社における清算人会の決議について準用する。この場合において、第三百六十九条第一項中「取締役の」とあるのは「清算人の」と、同条第二項中「取締役」とあるのは「清算人」と、同条第三項中「取締役及び」とあるのは「清算人及び」と、同条第五項中「取締役であって」とあるのは「清算人であって」と、第三百七十条中「取締役が」とあるのは「清算人が」と、「取締役（」とあるのは「清算人（」と、第三百七十一条第三項中「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、同条第四項中「役員又は執行役」とあるのは「清算人又は監査役」と読み替えるものとする。 art-490/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-5 The provisions of Article 369 through Article 371 apply mutatis mutandis to the resolution of board of liquidators in companies with board of liquidators. In these cases, in Article 369, paragraph (1), the term "of the directors" is deemed to be replaced with "of the liquidators"; in paragraph (2) of the same Article, the term "directors" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators"; in paragraph (3) of the same Article, the phrase "directors and" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators and"; in paragraph (5) of the same Article, the phrase "directors who" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators who"; in Article 370, the phrase "directors submit" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators submit", and the phrase "directors (" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators ("; in Article 371, paragraph (3), the phrase "a company with company auditor, company with audit and supervisory committee, and company with nominating committee etc." is deemed to be replaced with "a company with company auditor"; and in paragraph (4) of the same Article, the phrase "officers or executive officers" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators or company auditors". machine translation, not official **第六項** 第三百七十二条第一項及び第二項の規定は、清算人会設置会社における清算人会への報告について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「取締役、会計参与、監査役又は会計監査人」とあるのは「清算人又は監査役」と、「取締役（」とあるのは「清算人（」と、「取締役及び」とあるのは「清算人及び」と、同条第二項中「第三百六十三条第二項」とあるのは「第四百八十九条第八項において準用する第三百六十三条第二項」と読み替えるものとする。 art-490/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-6 The provisions of Article 372, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the report to board of liquidators at a company with board of liquidators. In these cases, in Article 372, paragraph (1), the phrase "the directors, accounting advisors, company auditors or financial auditors" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators or company auditors", the phrase "directors (" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators (", and "directors and" is deemed to be replaced with "liquidators and"; and in Article 372, paragraph (2), and the term "Article 363, paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 363, paragraph (2)applied mutatis mutandis under Article 489, paragraph (8)"; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-490/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百九十条第一項 (Article 490, paragraph (1)), art-490/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-1 - art-490/par-2: この項 → 会社法 第四百九十条第二項 (Article 490, paragraph (2)), art-490/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-2 - art-490/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第四百九十条第二項 (Article 490, paragraph (2)), art-490/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-2 - art-490/par-4: 第三百六十七条 → 会社法 第三百六十七条 (Article 367), art-367 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-367 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-367 - art-490/par-4: 第三百六十八条 → 会社法 第三百六十八条 (Article 368), art-368 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-368 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-368 - art-490/par-4: 第三百六十七条第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十七条第一項 (Article 367, paragraph (1)), art-367/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-367/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-367/par-1 - art-490/par-4: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第三百六十七条第二項 (Article 367, paragraph (2)), art-367/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-367/par-2 - art-490/par-4: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十六条第一項 (Article 366, paragraph (1)), art-366/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-1 - art-490/par-4: 第四百九十条第一項 → 会社法 第四百九十条第一項 (Article 490, paragraph (1)), art-490/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-1 - art-490/par-4: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第四百九十条第二項 (Article 490, paragraph (2)), art-490/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-2 - art-490/par-4: 同条第三項 → 会社法 第三百六十七条第三項 (Article 367, paragraph (3)), art-367/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-367/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-367/par-3 - art-490/par-4: 第四項 → 会社法 第三百六十七条第四項 (Article 367, paragraph (4)), art-367/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-367/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-367/par-4 - art-490/par-4: 前条第三項 → 会社法 第三百六十六条第三項 (Article 366, paragraph (3)), art-366/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-3 - art-490/par-4: 第四百九十条第三項 → 会社法 第四百九十条第三項 (Article 490, paragraph (3)), art-490/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-3 - art-490/par-4: 第三百六十八条第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十八条第一項 (Article 368, paragraph (1)), art-368/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-368/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-368/par-1 - art-490/par-4: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第三百六十八条第二項 (Article 368, paragraph (2)), art-368/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-368/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-368/par-2 - art-490/par-5: 第三百六十九条から第三百七十一条まで → 会社法 第三百六十九条 (Article 369), art-369 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-369 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369 - art-490/par-5: 第三百六十九条から第三百七十一条まで → 会社法 第三百七十条 (Article 370), art-370 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-370 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-370 - art-490/par-5: 第三百六十九条から第三百七十一条まで → 会社法 第三百七十一条 (Article 371), art-371 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-371 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-371 - art-490/par-5: 第三百六十九条第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十九条第一項 (Article 369, paragraph (1)), art-369/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-369/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-1 - art-490/par-5: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第三百六十九条第二項 (Article 369, paragraph (2)), art-369/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-369/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-2 - art-490/par-5: 同条第三項 → 会社法 第三百六十九条第三項 (Article 369, paragraph (3)), art-369/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-369/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-3 - art-490/par-5: 同条第五項 → 会社法 第三百六十九条第五項 (Article 369, paragraph (5)), art-369/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-369/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-5 - art-490/par-5: 第三百七十一条第三項 → 会社法 第三百七十一条第三項 (Article 371, paragraph (3)), art-371/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-371/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-371/par-3 - art-490/par-5: 同条第四項 → 会社法 第三百七十一条第四項 (Article 371, paragraph (4)), art-371/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-371/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-371/par-4 - art-490/par-6: 第三百七十二条第一項 → 会社法 第三百七十二条第一項 (Article 372, paragraph (1)), art-372/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-372/par-1 - art-490/par-6: 第二項 → 会社法 第三百七十二条第二項 (Article 372, paragraph (2)), art-372/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-372/par-2 - art-490/par-6: 第三百六十三条第二項 → 会社法 第三百六十三条第二項 (Article 363, paragraph (2)), art-363/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363/par-2 - art-490/par-6: 第四百八十九条第八項 → 会社法 第四百八十九条第八項 (Article 489, paragraph (8)), art-489/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-489/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-489/par-8 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. 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