# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百四十一条 (Article 541) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541. 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: 第五百四十一条 (Article 541)（株主名簿の記載等の禁止） — address `art-541` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-541 - 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. --- ### 第五百四十一条（株主名簿の記載等の禁止） — (No Entry in Shareholder Register) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-541 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-541 **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、清算株式会社が株主名簿記載事項を株主名簿に記載し、又は記録することを禁止することができる。 art-541/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-541/par-1 If an order is issued for commencement of special liquidation, if the court finds that it is necessary to supervise the liquidation, the court, at the petition of the creditors, liquidators, company auditors or shareholders or ex officio, may prohibit a liquidating stock company from entering or recording in the shareholder register any information that is required to be entered in the shareholder register. 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-541/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-541/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, in response to the petitions by the creditors, liquidators, company auditors or shareholders or ex officio, effect the disposition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. The same applies if immediate appeal under 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 --- ## Cites - art-541/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百四十一条第一項 (Article 541, paragraph (1)), art-541/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-541/par-1 - art-541/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 ## Cited by 4 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 第五百四十一条第二項（株主名簿の記載等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-541/par-2 - 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二号（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-898/par-1/item-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