# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百条 (Article 500) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-500. 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: 第五百条 (Article 500)（債務の弁済の制限） — address `art-500` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-500 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-500 - 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. --- ### 第五百条（債務の弁済の制限） — (Restrictions on Performance of Obligations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-500 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-500 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-500 **第一項** 清算株式会社は、前条第一項の期間内は、債務の弁済をすることができない。この場合において、清算株式会社は、その債務の不履行によって生じた責任を免れることができない。 art-500/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-500/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-500/par-1 A liquidating stock company cannot perform its obligations during the period of time under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. In these cases, a liquidating stock company cannot be exempted from the liability arising from its failure to perform. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、清算株式会社は、前条第一項の期間内であっても、裁判所の許可を得て、少額の債権、清算株式会社の財産につき存する担保権によって担保される債権その他これを弁済しても他の債権者を害するおそれがない債権に係る債務について、その弁済をすることができる。この場合において、当該許可の申立ては、清算人が二人以上あるときは、その全員の同意によってしなければならない。 art-500/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-500/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-500/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, even during the period of time under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a liquidating stock company may, with the permission of the court, perform its obligations relating to claims of minor claims, claims secured by security interests over the assets of the liquidating stock company, or other claims unlikely to be detrimental to other creditors even if performed. In these cases, if there are two or more liquidators, the petition for relevant permission must be made with the consent of all of the liquidators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-500/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第四百九十九条第一項 (Article 499, paragraph (1)), art-499/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-499/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-499/par-1 - art-500/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百条第一項 (Article 500, paragraph (1)), art-500/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-500/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-500/par-1 - art-500/par-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第四百九十九条第一項 (Article 499, paragraph (1)), art-499/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-499/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-499/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百条第二項（債務の弁済の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-500/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-500/par-2 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第二十九号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-29 --- ## 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