# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百二十四条 (Article 524) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-524. 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: 第五百二十四条 (Article 524)（清算人の解任等） — address `art-524` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-524 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-524 - 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. --- ### 第五百二十四条（清算人の解任等） — (Dismissal of Liquidators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-524 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-524 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-524 **第一項** 裁判所は、清算人が清算事務を適切に行っていないとき、その他重要な事由があるときは、債権者若しくは株主の申立てにより又は職権で、清算人を解任することができる。 art-524/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-524/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-524/par-1 The court may dismiss liquidators in response to the petition by creditors or shareholders or ex officio if the liquidators do not perform the liquidation administration properly or there otherwise are significant grounds to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算人が欠けたときは、裁判所は、清算人を選任する。 art-524/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-524/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-524/par-2 The court appoints liquidators if there is any vacancy in the office of liquidator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 清算人がある場合においても、裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、更に清算人を選任することができる。 art-524/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-524/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-524/par-3 Even if there are liquidators in office, the court may appoint additional liquidators if the court finds it necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百九十三条第一項（清算人の解任及び報酬等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-893/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-893/par-1 - 会社法 第八百九十三条第二項（清算人の解任及び報酬等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-893/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-893/par-2 --- ## 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