# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百六十条 (Article 660) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660. 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: 第六百六十条 (Article 660)（債権者に対する公告等） — address `art-660` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六百六十条（債権者に対する公告等） — (Public Notices to Creditors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-660 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660 **第一項** 清算持分会社（合同会社に限る。以下この項及び次条において同じ。）は、第六百四十四条各号に掲げる場合に該当することとなった後、遅滞なく、当該清算持分会社の債権者に対し、一定の期間内にその債権を申し出るべき旨を官報に公告し、かつ、知れている債権者には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。ただし、当該期間は、二箇月を下ることができない。 art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660/par-1 A liquidating membership company (limited to limited liability companies; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following Article) must, without delay after having fallen under a case set forth in any item of Article 644, give public notice in Official Gazette to the creditors of relevant liquidating membership companies to the effect that creditors should state their claims during a certain period of time and must give notice of the same separately to each known creditor, if any; provided, however, that the period cannot be less than two months. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による公告には、当該債権者が当該期間内に申出をしないときは清算から除斥される旨を付記しなければならない。 art-660/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660/par-2 The public notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must contain a notation to the effect that relevant creditors will be excluded from the liquidation unless they state their claims during that period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-660/par-1: この項 → 会社法 第六百六十条第一項 (Article 660, paragraph (1)), art-660/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660/par-1 - art-660/par-1: 次条 → 会社法 第六百六十一条 (Article 661), art-661 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-661 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-661 - art-660/par-1: 第六百四十四条 → 会社法 第六百四十四条 (Article 644), art-644 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-644 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-644 - art-660/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百六十条第一項 (Article 660, paragraph (1)), art-660/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百六十条第一項（債権者に対する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660/par-1 - 会社法 第六百六十条第二項（債権者に対する公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-660/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-660/par-2 - 会社法 第六百六十一条第一項（債務の弁済の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-661/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-661/par-1 - 会社法 第六百六十一条第二項（債務の弁済の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-661/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-661/par-2 - 会社法 第六百六十五条第一項（清算からの除斥） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-665/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-665/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第二十八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-28 --- ## 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