# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百三十三条 (Article 833) - 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: 第八百三十三条 (Article 833)（会社の解散の訴え） — address `art-833` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-833 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-833 - 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. --- ### 第八百三十三条（会社の解散の訴え） — (Action Seeking Dissolution of a Company) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-833 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-833 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-833 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合において、やむを得ない事由があるときは、総株主（株主総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない株主を除く。）の議決権の十分の一（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の議決権を有する株主又は発行済株式（自己株式を除く。）の十分の一（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の数の株式を有する株主は、訴えをもって株式会社の解散を請求することができる。 art-833/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-833/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-833/par-1 In the cases set forth below, if there are unavoidable circumstances, a shareholder having not less than one-tenths (or, if a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the voting rights of all shareholders (excluding shareholders who are unable to exercise voting rights on all matters which may be resolved at the shareholders meeting) or a shareholder having not less than one-tenth (or, if a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the issued shares (excluding treasury shares) may claim dissolution of the stock company by filing an action: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 株式会社が業務の執行において著しく困難な状況に至り、当該株式会社に回復することができない損害が生じ、又は生ずるおそれがあるとき。 art-833/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-833/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-833/par-1/item-1 when a stock company faces an extreme difficulty in executing business and the stock company suffers or is likely to suffer irreparable harm; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株式会社の財産の管理又は処分が著しく失当で、当該株式会社の存立を危うくするとき。 art-833/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-833/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-833/par-1/item-2 when the management or disposition of property of a stock company is extremely unreasonable and puts the existence of the stock company at risk. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** やむを得ない事由がある場合には、持分会社の社員は、訴えをもって持分会社の解散を請求することができる。 art-833/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-833/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-833/par-2 If there are unavoidable circumstances, members of a membership company may claim dissolution of the membership company by filing an action. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百七十一条第一項第六号（解散の事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-471/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-471/par-1/item-6 - 会社法 第六百四十一条第一項第七号（解散の事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-641/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-641/par-1/item-7 - 会社法 第九百六十八条第一項第四号（株主等の権利の行使に関する贈収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-968/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-968/par-1/item-4 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第五項（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-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/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