# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百五十六条 (Article 656) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-656. 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: 第六百五十六条 (Article 656)（清算持分会社についての破産手続の開始） — address `art-656` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-656 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-656 - 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. --- ### 第六百五十六条（清算持分会社についての破産手続の開始） — (Commencement of Bankruptcy Procedures with Respect to Liquidating Membership Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-656 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-656 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-656 **第一項** 清算持分会社の財産がその債務を完済するのに足りないことが明らかになったときは、清算人は、直ちに破産手続開始の申立てをしなければならない。 art-656/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-656/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-656/par-1 If it has become clear that the assets of a liquidating membership company are not sufficient to fully discharge its debts, liquidators must immediately file a petition for the commencement of bankruptcy procedures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算人は、清算持分会社が破産手続開始の決定を受けた場合において、破産管財人にその事務を引き継いだときは、その任務を終了したものとする。 art-656/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-656/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-656/par-2 If a liquidating membership company is subject to a ruling for the commencement of bankruptcy procedures, if liquidators have transferred the administration of the same to the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidators are deemed to have completed their duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項に規定する場合において、清算持分会社が既に債権者に支払い、又は社員に分配したものがあるときは、破産管財人は、これを取り戻すことができる。 art-656/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-656/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-656/par-3 In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, if the liquidating membership company has already made payments to creditors or distributions to members, the trustee in bankruptcy may retrieve the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-656/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第六百五十六条第二項 (Article 656, paragraph (2)), art-656/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-656/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-656/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百五十六条第三項（清算持分会社についての破産手続の開始） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-656/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-656/par-3 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第二十七号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-27 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/par-2 - 社会保険労務士法 第三十八条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-38/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-38/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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