# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百四十条 (Article 540) - 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: 第五百四十条 (Article 540)（清算株式会社の財産に関する保全処分） — address `art-540` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百四十条（清算株式会社の財産に関する保全処分） — (Provisional Order Regarding Assets of Liquidating Stock Company) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-540 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540 **第一項** 裁判所は、特別清算開始の命令があった場合において、清算の監督上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、清算株式会社の財産に関し、その財産の処分禁止の仮処分その他の必要な保全処分を命ずることができる。 art-540/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-1 If an order is issued for commencement of special liquidation, if the court finds it necessary to supervise the liquidation, the court may, in response to a petition by the creditors, liquidators, company auditors or shareholders or ex officio, order a provisional disposition prohibiting the disposal of the property of the liquidating stock company, or issue any other necessary provisional orders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、特別清算開始の申立てがあった時から当該申立てについての決定があるまでの間においても、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、前項の規定による保全処分をすることができる。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、同様とする。 art-540/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-2 Even during the period from the time when a petition for commencement of special liquidation is filed to the time when a ruling is handed down on relevant petition, if the court finds it necessary, the court may, at the petition of the creditors, liquidators, company auditors or shareholders or ex officio, issue a provisional orders under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. The same applies if an immediate appeal in Article 890, paragraph (5) is filed against the ruling to dismiss the petition for the commencement of special liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所が前二項の規定により清算株式会社が債権者に対して弁済その他の債務を消滅させる行為をすることを禁止する旨の保全処分を命じた場合には、債権者は、特別清算の関係においては、当該保全処分に反してされた弁済その他の債務を消滅させる行為の効力を主張することができない。ただし、債権者が、その行為の当時、当該保全処分がされたことを知っていたときに限る。 art-540/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-3 If the court issues a provisional order under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs that prohibits the liquidating stock company from paying its creditors or taking any other action to extinguish its obligations to them, the creditors may not, in relation to the special liquidation, assert the validity of any payment or other action extinguishing those obligations which is in contravention of that provisional order; provided, however, that this is limited to if the creditor knows that the provisional order has been issued at the time of that action. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-540/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百四十条第一項 (Article 540, paragraph (1)), art-540/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-1 - art-540/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-540/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第五百四十条第一項 (Article 540, paragraph (1)), art-540/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-1 - art-540/par-3: 前二項 → 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 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第五百二十二条第一項第三号（調査命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-522/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-522/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第五百四十条第二項（清算株式会社の財産に関する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-2 - 会社法 第五百四十条第三項（清算株式会社の財産に関する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-3 - 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 第八百九十八条第一項第一号（清算株式会社の財産に関する保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-898/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-898/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第九百三十八条第三項第一号（特別清算に関する裁判による登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-938/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-3/item-1 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第三十二号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-32 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17