# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百十三条 (Article 513)

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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: 第五百十三条 (Article 513)（特別清算開始の申立ての取下げの制限） — address `art-513`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五百十三条（特別清算開始の申立ての取下げの制限） — (Restrictions on Withdrawal of Petition for Commencement of Special Liquidation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-513 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-513 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-513</sup>

      **第一項**  特別清算開始の申立てをした者は、特別清算開始の命令前に限り、当該申立てを取り下げることができる。この場合において、前条の規定による中止の命令、第五百四十条第二項の規定による保全処分又は第五百四十一条第二項の規定による処分がされた後は、裁判所の許可を得なければならない。
      <sup>art-513/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-513/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-513/par-1</sup>
      A person who filed a petition for the commencement of special liquidation may withdraw relevant petition limited to if it is before the order to commence special liquidation. In these cases, the permission of the court must be obtained if it is after an order to suspend has been issued pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a provisional order has been issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 540, paragraph (2) or a disposition has been effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 541, paragraph (2).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-513/par-1: 前条 → 会社法 第五百十二条 (Article 512), art-512 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512
- art-513/par-1: 第五百四十条第二項 → 会社法 第五百四十条第二項 (Article 540, paragraph (2)), art-540/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-2
- art-513/par-1: 第五百四十一条第二項 → 会社法 第五百四十一条第二項 (Article 541, paragraph (2)), art-541/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-541/par-2

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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