# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百十四条 (Article 514) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514. 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: 第五百十四条 (Article 514)（特別清算開始の命令） — address `art-514` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514 - 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. --- ### 第五百十四条（特別清算開始の命令） — (Order to Commence Special Liquidation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-514 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514 **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、特別清算開始の原因となる事由があると認めるときは、次のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、特別清算開始の命令をする。 art-514/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514/par-1 If a petition for the commencement of special liquidation has been filed, if the court finds that there are grounds that warrant the commencement of special liquidation, the court orders the commencement of special liquidation, except in cases falling under any of the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 特別清算の手続の費用の予納がないとき。 art-514/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514/par-1/item-1 if no advance has been made for the expense for the special liquidation procedures; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 特別清算によっても清算を結了する見込みがないことが明らかであるとき。 art-514/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514/par-1/item-2 if it is clear that there is no expectation of the completion of the liquidation, even by special liquidation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 特別清算によることが債権者の一般の利益に反することが明らかであるとき。 art-514/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514/par-1/item-3 if it is clear that invoking the special liquidation is contrary to the general interest of creditors; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 不当な目的で特別清算開始の申立てがされたとき、その他申立てが誠実にされたものでないとき。 art-514/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514/par-1/item-4 if the petition for the commencement of special liquidation has been filed with improper purpose, or the petition was otherwise not filed in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百十条第一項（特別清算開始の原因） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-510/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-510/par-1 - 会社法 第八百二十二条第三項（日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-3 - 会社法 第八百八十八条第三項（特別清算開始の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-888/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-888/par-3 - 銀行法 第五十一条第三項（外国銀行支店の清算） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-3 --- ## 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