# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百七十九条 (Article 879) - 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: 第八百七十九条 (Article 879)（特別清算事件の管轄） — address `art-879` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879 - 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. --- ### 第八百七十九条（特別清算事件の管轄） — (Jurisdiction over a Special Liquidation Case) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-879 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879 **第一項** 第八百六十八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、法人が株式会社の総株主（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。次項において同じ。）の議決権の過半数を有する場合には、当該法人（以下この条において「親法人」という。）について特別清算事件、破産事件、再生事件又は更生事件（以下この条において「特別清算事件等」という。）が係属しているときにおける当該株式会社についての特別清算開始の申立ては、親法人の特別清算事件等が係属している地方裁判所にもすることができる。 art-879/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 868, paragraph (1), if a corporation has a majority of the voting rights of all shareholders of a stock company (excluding shareholders who are unable to exercise voting rights on all the matters which may be resolved at the shareholders meeting; the same applies in the following paragraph), if a special liquidation case, a bankruptcy case, a rehabilitation case or a reorganization case (hereinafter referred to as a "special liquidation case, etc." in this Article) is pending with regard to relevant corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "parent corporation" in this Article), a petition for commencement of special liquidation relating to relevant stock company may be filed alternatively with the district court before which the special liquidation case, etc. of the parent corporation is pending. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する株式会社又は親法人及び同項に規定する株式会社が他の株式会社の総株主の議決権の過半数を有する場合には、当該他の株式会社についての特別清算開始の申立ては、親法人の特別清算事件等が係属している地方裁判所にもすることができる。 art-879/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-2 If the stock company prescribed in the preceding paragraph, or the parent corporation and the stock company prescribed in that paragraph have a majority of the voting rights of all shareholders of another stock company, a petition for commencement of special liquidation relating to relevant other stock company may be filed alternatively with the district court before which the special liquidation case, etc. of the parent corporation is pending. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定の適用については、第三百八条第一項の法務省令で定める株主は、その有する株式について、議決権を有するものとみなす。 art-879/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-3 With regard to application of the preceding two paragraphs, the shareholder prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order referred to in Article 308, paragraph (1) is deemed to have voting rights with respect to the shares which the shareholder holds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第八百六十八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、株式会社が最終事業年度について第四百四十四条の規定により当該株式会社及び他の株式会社に係る連結計算書類を作成し、かつ、当該株式会社の定時株主総会においてその内容が報告された場合には、当該株式会社について特別清算事件等が係属しているときにおける当該他の株式会社についての特別清算開始の申立ては、当該株式会社の特別清算事件等が係属している地方裁判所にもすることができる。 art-879/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 868, paragraph (1), if a stock company has, pursuant to the provisions of Article 444, prepared consolidated financial statements of that stock company or another stock company for the most recent business year and the contents thereof have been reported to the annual shareholders meeting of that stock company, if a special liquidation case, etc. is pending with regard to that stock company, a petition for commencement of special liquidation relating to relevant other stock company may be filed alternatively with the district court before which the special liquidation case, etc. of that stock company is pending. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-879/par-1: 第八百六十八条第一項 → 会社法 第八百六十八条第一項 (Article 868, paragraph (1)), art-868/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-868/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-868/par-1 - art-879/par-1: 次項 → 会社法 第八百七十九条第二項 (Article 879, paragraph (2)), art-879/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-2 - art-879/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第八百七十九条 (Article 879), art-879 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879 - art-879/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百七十九条第一項 (Article 879, paragraph (1)), art-879/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-1 - art-879/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第八百七十九条第一項 (Article 879, paragraph (1)), art-879/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-1 - art-879/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第八百七十九条第二項 (Article 879, paragraph (2)), art-879/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-2 - art-879/par-3: 第三百八条第一項 → 会社法 第三百八条第一項 (Article 308, paragraph (1)), art-308/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-308/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-308/par-1 - art-879/par-4: 第八百六十八条第一項 → 会社法 第八百六十八条第一項 (Article 868, paragraph (1)), art-868/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-868/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-868/par-1 - art-879/par-4: 第四百四十四条 → 会社法 第四百四十四条 (Article 444), art-444 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-444 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-444 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不当景品類及び不当表示防止法 第十二条第五項（課徴金の納付義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/premiums-and-representations-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000134/art-12/par-5 - 会社法 第八百七十九条第一項（特別清算事件の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-1 - 会社法 第八百七十九条第二項（特別清算事件の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-2 - 会社法 第八百七十九条第三項（特別清算事件の管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第四十六条第三項第六号イ（登録設計審査等機関の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-46/par-3/item-6/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-46/par-3/item-6/sub-1 - 破産法 第五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-5/par-3 - 銀行法 第二条第六項（定義等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-2/par-6 --- ## 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