# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百九条 (Article 609) - 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: 第六百九条 (Article 609)（持分の差押債権者による退社） — address `art-609` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609 - 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. --- ### 第六百九条（持分の差押債権者による退社） — (Forcing of Members to Withdraw by Creditors That Have Attached Equity Interest) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-609 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609 **第一項** 社員の持分を差し押さえた債権者は、事業年度の終了時において当該社員を退社させることができる。この場合においては、当該債権者は、六箇月前までに持分会社及び当該社員にその予告をしなければならない。 art-609/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609/par-1 A creditor that has attached the equity interest of a member may force relevant member to withdraw at the end of the business year. In these cases, relevant creditor must give advance notice thereof to the membership company and relevant member more than 6 months in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項後段の予告は、同項の社員が、同項の債権者に対し、弁済し、又は相当の担保を提供したときは、その効力を失う。 art-609/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609/par-2 The advance notice under the second sentence of the preceding paragraph becomes ineffective if the member in that paragraph performs the 'ember's obligations to the creditor in that paragraph or has provided appropriate security. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項後段の予告をした同項の債権者は、裁判所に対し、持分の払戻しの請求権の保全に関し必要な処分をすることを申し立てることができる。 art-609/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609/par-3 A creditor who gives the advance notice under the second sentence of paragraph (1) may petition the court for the disposition necessary to preserve the rights to claim the refund of the equity interest. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-609/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百九条第一項 (Article 609, paragraph (1)), art-609/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609/par-1 - art-609/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第六百九条第一項 (Article 609, paragraph (1)), art-609/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百七条第一項（法定退社） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-607/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-607/par-1 - 会社法 第六百九条第二項（持分の差押債権者による退社） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609/par-2 - 会社法 第六百九条第三項（持分の差押債権者による退社） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-609/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-609/par-3 - 会社法 第六百十条第一項（退社に伴う定款のみなし変更） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-610/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-610/par-1 - 会社法 第六百七十四条第一項第二号（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-674/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-674/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第八百七十二条第一項第一号（即時抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-872/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-872/par-1/item-1 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第一項（一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律及び会社法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/par-1 --- ## 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