# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百六十八条 (Article 568)

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- 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: 第五百六十八条 (Article 568)（協定の認可の申立て） — address `art-568`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五百六十八条（協定の認可の申立て） — (Petition Seeking Approval of Agreements)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-568 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-568 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-568</sup>

      **第一項**  協定が可決されたときは、清算株式会社は、遅滞なく、裁判所に対し、協定の認可の申立てをしなければならない。
      <sup>art-568/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-568/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-568/par-1</sup>
      If an agreement is adopted, the liquidating stock company must petition the court for approval of the agreement without delay.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第五百六十九条第一項（協定の認可又は不認可の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-569/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-569/par-1
- 会社法 第五百七十二条第一項（協定の内容の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-572/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-572/par-1
- 会社法 第九百一条第一項（協定の認可又は不認可の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-901/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-901/par-1
- 会社法 第九百一条第四項（協定の認可又は不認可の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-901/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-901/par-4

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## 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