# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百二十五条 (Article 525) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-525. 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: 第五百二十五条 (Article 525)（清算人代理） — address `art-525` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-525 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-525 - 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. --- ### 第五百二十五条（清算人代理） — (Liquidators' Agents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-525 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-525 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-525 **第一項** 清算人は、必要があるときは、その職務を行わせるため、自己の責任で一人又は二人以上の清算人代理を選任することができる。 art-525/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-525/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-525/par-1 If necessary, liquidators may appoint one or more liquidators' agents at their own responsibility to cause them perform the duties of the liquidators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の清算人代理の選任については、裁判所の許可を得なければならない。 art-525/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-525/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-525/par-2 Permission of the court must be obtained with respect to the appointment of agents of liquidators under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-525/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百二十五条第一項 (Article 525, paragraph (1)), art-525/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-525/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-525/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百二十五条第二項（清算人代理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-525/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-525/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