# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百二十二条 (Article 822) - 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: 第八百二十二条 (Article 822)（日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算） — address `art-822` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百二十二条（日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算） — (Liquidation of a Foreign Company's Property in Japan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-822 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822 **第一項** 裁判所は、次に掲げる場合には、利害関係人の申立てにより又は職権で、日本にある外国会社の財産の全部について清算の開始を命ずることができる。 art-822/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-1 The court may, in response to a petition by interested persons or ex officio, order commencement of the liquidation of all of a foreign company's property in Japan in the cases set forth below: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 外国会社が第八百二十七条第一項の規定による命令を受けた場合 art-822/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-1/item-1 if the foreign company receives the order under the provisions of Article 827, paragraph (1); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 外国会社が日本において取引を継続してすることをやめた場合 art-822/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-1/item-2 if the foreign company stops carrying out transactions continuously in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合には、裁判所は、清算人を選任する。 art-822/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-2 In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court appoints the liquidator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四百七十六条、第二編第九章第一節第二款、第四百九十二条、同節第四款及び第五百八条の規定並びに同章第二節（第五百十条、第五百十一条及び第五百十四条を除く。）の規定は、その性質上許されないものを除き、第一項の規定による日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算について準用する。 art-822/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-3 The provisions of Article 476, the provisions of Part II, Chapter IX, Section 1, Subsection 2, the provisions of Article 492, the provisions of Subsection 4 of that Section, the provisions of Article 508, and the provisions of Section 2 of that Chapter (excluding Article 510, Article 511 and Article 514) apply mutatis mutandis to the liquidation of a foreign company's property in Japan under the provisions of paragraph (1), excluding those that are not applicable by their nature. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第八百二十条の規定は、外国会社が第一項の清算の開始を命じられた場合において、当該外国会社の日本における代表者（日本に住所を有するものに限る。）の全員が退任しようとするときは、適用しない。 art-822/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-4 The provisions of Article 820 do not apply if a foreign company is ordered to commence the liquidation referred to in paragraph (1) and where all of the foreign company's representatives in Japan (limited to those whose addresses are in Japan) intend to resign. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-822/par-1/item-1: 第八百二十七条第一項 → 会社法 第八百二十七条第一項 (Article 827, paragraph (1)), art-827/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-827/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-827/par-1 - art-822/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百二十二条第一項 (Article 822, paragraph (1)), art-822/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-1 - art-822/par-3: 第四百七十六条 → 会社法 第四百七十六条 (Article 476), art-476 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-476 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-476 - art-822/par-3: 第四百九十二条 → 会社法 第四百九十二条 (Article 492), art-492 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-492 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-492 - art-822/par-3: 第五百八条 → 会社法 第五百八条 (Article 508), art-508 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-508 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-508 - art-822/par-3: 第五百十条 → 会社法 第五百十条 (Article 510), art-510 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-510 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-510 - art-822/par-3: 第五百十一条 → 会社法 第五百十一条 (Article 511), art-511 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-511 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-511 - art-822/par-3: 第五百十四条 → 会社法 第五百十四条 (Article 514), art-514 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-514 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514 - art-822/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第八百二十二条第一項 (Article 822, paragraph (1)), art-822/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-1 - art-822/par-4: 第八百二十条 → 会社法 第八百二十条 (Article 820), art-820 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-820 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-820 - art-822/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第八百二十二条第一項 (Article 822, paragraph (1)), art-822/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百二十二条第二項（日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-2 - 会社法 第八百二十二条第三項（日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-3 - 会社法 第八百二十二条第四項（日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-822/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-4 - 会社法 第八百六十八条第五項（非訟事件の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-868/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-868/par-5 - 会社法 第八百七十四条第一項第一号（不服申立ての制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-874/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-874/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第九百三条第一項（特別清算の手続に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-903/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-903/par-1 - 会社法 第九百三十八条第六項（特別清算に関する裁判による登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-938/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-6 - 銀行法 第五十一条第五項（外国銀行支店の清算） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-51/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/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