# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百九十条 (Article 890) - 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: 第八百九十条 (Article 890)（特別清算開始の命令） — address `art-890` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890 - 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. --- ### 第八百九十条（特別清算開始の命令） — (Order to Commence Special Liquidation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-890 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890 **第一項** 裁判所は、特別清算開始の命令をしたときは、直ちに、その旨を公告し、かつ、特別清算開始の命令の裁判書を清算株式会社に送達しなければならない。 art-890/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-1 When the court issues an order to commence special liquidation, it must immediately give public notice to that effect and serve the written judgment of the order to commence special liquidation on the liquidating stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 特別清算開始の命令は、清算株式会社に対する裁判書の送達がされた時から、効力を生ずる。 art-890/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-2 An order to commence special liquidation becomes effective when the written judgment thereof is served on the liquidating stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特別清算開始の命令があったときは、特別清算の手続の費用は、清算株式会社の負担とする。 art-890/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-3 When an order to commence special liquidation is issued, the expenses for the proceedings of special liquidation are borne by the liquidating stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 特別清算開始の命令に対しては、清算株式会社に限り、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-890/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-4 Only the liquidating stock company may enter an immediate appeal against an order to commence special liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 特別清算開始の申立てを却下した裁判に対しては、申立人に限り、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-890/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-5 Only the petitioner may enter an immediate appeal against a judicial decision that dismissed a petition for commencement of special liquidation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 特別清算開始の命令をした裁判所は、第四項の即時抗告があった場合において、当該命令を取り消す決定が確定したときは、直ちに、その旨を公告しなければならない。 art-890/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-6 The court that has issued an order to commence special liquidation must, if the immediate appeal set forth in paragraph (4) has been entered, if a ruling to revoke relevant order becomes final and binding, immediately give public notice to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-890/par-6: 第四項 → 会社法 第八百九十条第四項 (Article 890, paragraph (4)), art-890/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百十二条第二項（他の手続の中止命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-512/par-2 - 会社法 第五百四十条第二項（清算株式会社の財産に関する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-540/par-2 - 会社法 第五百四十一条第二項（株主名簿の記載等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-541/par-2 - 会社法 第五百四十二条第二項（役員等の財産に対する保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-542/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-542/par-2 - 会社法 第八百九十条第六項（特別清算開始の命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-890/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-890/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