# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百十二条 (Article 512) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512. 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: 第五百十二条 (Article 512)（他の手続の中止命令等） — address `art-512` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512 - 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. --- ### 第五百十二条（他の手続の中止命令等） — (Order to Suspend Other Procedures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-512 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512 **第一項** 裁判所は、特別清算開始の申立てがあった場合において、必要があると認めるときは、債権者、清算人、監査役若しくは株主の申立てにより又は職権で、特別清算開始の申立てにつき決定があるまでの間、次に掲げる手続又は処分の中止を命ずることができる。ただし、第一号に掲げる破産手続については破産手続開始の決定がされていない場合に限り、第二号に掲げる手続又は第三号に掲げる処分についてはその手続の申立人である債権者又はその処分を行う者に不当な損害を及ぼすおそれがない場合に限る。 art-512/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1 If a petition is filed for the commencement of a special liquidation, if the court finds it necessary, it may, at the petition of the creditors, liquidators, company auditors, or shareholders, or ex officio, order that the following procedures or process be suspended until a decision is reached with respect to the petition for the commencement of special liquidation; provided, however, that, with respect to the bankruptcy procedures set forth in item (i), this is limited to cases where the ruling to commence bankruptcy procedures has not yet been issued, and with respect to the procedures set forth in item (ii) or the disposition set forth in item (iii), this is limited to cases where the creditors petitioning for relevant procedures or the persons carrying out the process are not likely to suffer undue loss: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 清算株式会社についての破産手続 art-512/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1/item-1 bankruptcy procedures in respect of the liquidating stock company; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 清算株式会社の財産に対して既にされている強制執行、仮差押え又は仮処分の手続（一般の先取特権その他一般の優先権がある債権に基づくものを除く。） art-512/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1/item-2 procedures for a judicial enforcement, provisional attachment or provisional disposition (excluding those based on general liens or other claims that have general priority) that is already being effected in respect of the assets of the liquidating stock company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 清算株式会社の財産に対して既にされている共助対象外国租税（租税条約等の実施に伴う所得税法、法人税法及び地方税法の特例等に関する法律（昭和四十四年法律第四十六号。第五百十八条の二及び第五百七十一条第四項において「租税条約等実施特例法」という。）第十一条第一項に規定する共助対象外国租税をいう。以下同じ。）の請求権に基づき国税滞納処分の例によってする処分（第五百十五条第一項において「外国租税滞納処分」という。） art-512/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1/item-3 a disposition effected in the same way as a disposition to collect national tax arrears, which is based on a claim in respect of foreign taxes subject to mutual assistance (meaning foreign taxes subject to mutual assistance as prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act, and the Local Tax Act Attendant upon the Enforcement of Tax Treaties (Act No. 46 of 1969; in Articles 518-2 and 571, paragraph (4) referred to as the "Act on Special Provisions for the Enforcement of Tax Treaties"); the same applies hereinafter), and which is already being effected against the assets of the liquidating stock company (in Article 515, paragraph (1) referred to as a "disposition to collect foreign tax arrears"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 特別清算開始の申立てを却下する決定に対して第八百九十条第五項の即時抗告がされたときも、前項と同様とする。 art-512/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply if an immediate appeal as referred to in Article 890, paragraph (5) is filed against a ruling to dismiss the petition for the commencement of special liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-512/par-1: 第一号 → 会社法 第五百十二条第一項第一号 (Article 512, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-512/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1/item-1 - art-512/par-1: 第二号 → 会社法 第五百十二条第一項第二号 (Article 512, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-512/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1/item-2 - art-512/par-1: 第三号 → 会社法 第五百十二条第一項第三号 (Article 512, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-512/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1/item-3 - art-512/par-1/item-3: 第五百十八条の二 → 会社法 第五百十八条の二 (Article 518-2), art-518-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-518-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-518-2 - art-512/par-1/item-3: 第五百七十一条第四項 → 会社法 第五百七十一条第四項 (Article 571, paragraph (4)), art-571/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-571/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-571/par-4 - art-512/par-1/item-3: 第十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 344AC0000000046, 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-512/par-1/item-3: 第五百十五条第一項 → 会社法 第五百十五条第一項 (Article 515, paragraph (1)), art-515/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-515/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-515/par-1 - art-512/par-2: 第八百九十条第五項 → 会社法 第八百九十条第五項 (Article 890, paragraph (5)), art-890/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-5 - art-512/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百十二条第一項 (Article 512, paragraph (1)), art-512/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百十二条第一項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-1 - 会社法 第五百十二条第二項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-2 - 会社法 第五百十三条第一項（特別清算開始の申立ての取下げの制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-513/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-513/par-1 - 会社法 第八百八十六条第四項第一号（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-886/par-4/item-1 - 会社法 第八百八十九条第一項（他の手続の中止命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-889/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-889/par-1 --- ## 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