# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百四十二条 (Article 642) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-642. 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: 第六百四十二条 (Article 642)（持分会社の継続） — address `art-642` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-642 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-642 - 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. --- ### 第六百四十二条（持分会社の継続） — (Continuation of membership Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-642 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-642 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-642 **第一項** 持分会社は、前条第一号から第三号までに掲げる事由によって解散した場合には、次章の規定による清算が結了するまで、社員の全部又は一部の同意によって、持分会社を継続することができる。 art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-642/par-1 If a membership company dissolves on the grounds set forth in items (i) through (iii) of the preceding Article, the membership company may continue in existence by the consent of some or all members until the completion of the liquidation under the provisions of the following Chapter. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、持分会社を継続することについて同意しなかった社員は、持分会社が継続することとなった日に、退社する。 art-642/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-642/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-642/par-2 In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, members who have not given consent to the continuation of the membership company withdraw on the day when it is determined that the membership company will continue in existence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-642/par-1: 前条第一号から第三号まで → 会社法 第六百四十一条第一項第一号 (Article 641, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-641/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-1 - art-642/par-1: 前条第一号から第三号まで → 会社法 第六百四十一条第一項第二号 (Article 641, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-641/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-2 - art-642/par-1: 前条第一号から第三号まで → 会社法 第六百四十一条第一項第三号 (Article 641, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-641/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-3 - art-642/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百四十二条第一項 (Article 642, paragraph (1)), art-642/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-642/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-642/par-1 ## Cited by 4 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 第六百四十二条第二項（持分会社の継続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-642/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-642/par-2 - 会社法 第九百二十七条第一項（継続の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-927/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-927/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17