Article 33Appointment of Inspector of Information Specified or Recorded in the Articles of Incorporation
第三十三条（定款の記載又は記録事項に関する検査役の選任）
If articles of incorporation specify or record the matters set forth in each item of Article 28, the incorporator must, without delay after the certification by the notary public under Article 30, paragraph (1), file a petition for the appointment of an inspector with the court in order to have the inspector investigate relevant matters.
If the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the court must appoint the inspector except in case it dismisses the petition as non-conforming.
前項の申立てがあった場合には、裁判所は、これを不適法として却下する場合を除き、検査役を選任しなければならない。
If the court has appointed the inspector referred to in the preceding paragraph, it may fix the amount of the remuneration that the stock company after the formation pays to relevant inspector.
裁判所は、前項の検査役を選任した場合には、成立後の株式会社が当該検査役に対して支払う報酬の額を定めることができる。
The inspector referred to in paragraph (2) must conduct the necessary investigation and submit a report to the court by providing it with a document detailing the results of the investigation or with an electronic or magnetic record (limited to one as prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order) in which these have been recorded.
If the court finds it necessary for the purpose of clarification of the contents of the report referred to in the preceding paragraph or of confirmation of the grounds supporting that report, it may request the inspector stated in paragraph (2) a further report stated in the preceding paragraph.
When the inspector referred to in paragraph (2) reports pursuant to paragraph (4), the inspector must deliver a copy of the document referred to in that paragraph to the incorporators or use a means prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to provide them with the information recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in that paragraph.
If the court receives a report under paragraph (4), if it finds the provisions in articles of incorporation relating to matters set forth in each item of Article 28 (excluding any matters not subjected to the investigation by the inspector under paragraph (2)) to be improper, it must make a ruling amending the same.
If some or all of the provisions in articles of incorporation relating to matters set forth in each item of Article 28 are amended by a ruling stated in the preceding paragraph, the incorporator may rescind the manifestation of intention relating to subscription for the relevant shares issued at incorporation within one week from the finalization of relevant ruling.
In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the incorporator may, with the consent of all incorporators, amend articles of incorporation repealing the provisions which have been amended by relevant ruling, within one week from the finalization of the ruling referred to in paragraph (7).
The provisions of the preceding nine paragraphs do not apply to the matters prescribed in following items:
前各項の規定は、次の各号に掲げる場合には、当該各号に定める事項については、適用しない。
if the total value specified or recorded in the articles of incorporation with respect to the property under Article 28, item (i) and item (ii) (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "property contributed in kind") does not exceed 5,000,000 yen:matters set forth in item (i) and item (ii) of that Article;
if the value specified or recorded in the articles of incorporation with respect to property contributed in kind that constitutes securities (meaning the securities provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948), including rights deemed to be securities pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter) with a market price does not exceed the value calculated by the method prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the market price of relevant securities:matters set forth in Article 28, item (i) and item (ii) with respect to the securities;
if the verification of an attorney, a legal professional corporation, an attorney and registered foreign lawyer joint corporation, a certified public accountant (including a foreign certified public accountant as defined in Article 16-2, paragraph (5) of the Certified Public Accountant Act (Act No. 103 of 1948); the same applies hereinafter), an audit corporation, a certified public tax accountant or a tax accountancy corporation (if the property contributed in kind consist of any real estate, referring to relevant verification and appraisal by a real estate appraiser; hereinafter the same applies in this item) is obtained with respect to the reasonableness of the value specified or recorded in the articles of incorporation with respect to the property contributed in kind:matters set forth in Article 28, item (i) or item (ii) (limited to those relating to the property contributed in kind for which verification has been obtained).
None of the following persons may provide the verification prescribed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph:
次に掲げる者は、前項第三号に規定する証明をすることができない。
an incorporator;
発起人
a transferor of property under Article 28, item (ii);
第二十八条第二号の財産の譲渡人
a director at incorporation (referring to a director at incorporation prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (1)) or a company auditor at incorporation (referring to a company auditor at incorporation prescribed for in paragraph (3), item (ii) of that Article);
a person who is subject to the disciplinary action ordering a suspension of operations and for whom the period of that suspension has not yet elapsed; or
業務の停止の処分を受け、その停止の期間を経過しない者
a legal professional company, a lawyer and registered foreign lawyer joint corporation, an audit corporation or a tax accountancy corporation more than half of whose members are any of the persons who fall under items (i) through (iii) above.
弁護士法人、弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人、監査法人又は税理士法人であって、その社員の半数以上が第一号から第三号までに掲げる者のいずれかに該当するもの
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If a stock company is to be incorporated, the following matters do not become effective unless they are specified or recorded in the articles of incorporation referred to in Article 26, paragraph (1):
株式会社を設立する場合には、次に掲げる事項は、第二十六条第一項の定款に記載し、又は記録しなければ、その効力を生じない。
Open this provisionname of person who contribute by any property other than money, the description of relevant property and the value thereof, and the number of the shares issued at incorporation that are to be…
金銭以外の財産を出資する者の氏名又は名称、当該財産及びその価額並びにその者に対して割り当てる設立時発行株式の数（設立しようとする株式会社が種類株式発行会社である場合にあっては、設立時発行株式の種類及び種類ごとの数。第三十二条第一項第一号において同じ。）
Open this provisionproperty that is agreed to be transferred to the stock company after the formation thereof, the value thereof, and the name of the transferor;
株式会社の成立後に譲り受けることを約した財産及びその価額並びにその譲渡人の氏名又は名称
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Articles of incorporation referred to in Article 26, paragraph (1) do not become effective unless they are certified by a notary public.
第二十六条第一項の定款は、公証人の認証を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
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If articles of incorporation specify or record the matters set forth in each item of Article 28, the incorporator must, without delay after the certification by the notary public under Article 30…
発起人は、定款に第二十八条各号に掲げる事項についての記載又は記録があるときは、第三十条第一項の公証人の認証の後遅滞なく、当該事項を調査させるため、裁判所に対し、検査役の選任の申立てをしなければならない。
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if the verification of an attorney, a legal professional corporation, an attorney and registered foreign lawyer joint corporation, a certified public accountant…
現物出資財産等について定款に記載され、又は記録された価額が相当であることについて弁護士、弁護士法人、弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人、公認会計士（外国公認会計士（公認会計士法（昭和二十三年法律第百三号）第十六条の二第五項に規定する外国公認会計士をいう。）を含む。以下同じ。）、監査法人…
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an incorporator;
発起人
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a transferor of property under Article 28, item (ii);
第二十八条第二号の財産の譲渡人
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a director at incorporation (referring to a director at incorporation prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (1)) or a company auditor at incorporation…
設立時取締役（第三十八条第一項に規定する設立時取締役をいう。）又は設立時監査役（同条第三項第二号に規定する設立時監査役をいう。）
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If the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the court must appoint the inspector except in case it dismisses the petition as non-conforming.
前項の申立てがあった場合には、裁判所は、これを不適法として却下する場合を除き、検査役を選任しなければならない。
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If the court has appointed the inspector referred to in the preceding paragraph, it may fix the amount of the remuneration that the stock company after the formation pays to relevant inspector.
裁判所は、前項の検査役を選任した場合には、成立後の株式会社が当該検査役に対して支払う報酬の額を定めることができる。
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The inspector referred to in paragraph (2) must conduct the necessary investigation and submit a report to the court by providing it with a document detailing the results of the investigation or with…
第二項の検査役は、必要な調査を行い、当該調査の結果を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録（法務省令で定めるものに限る。）を裁判所に提供して報告をしなければならない。
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If the court finds it necessary for the purpose of clarification of the contents of the report referred to in the preceding paragraph or of confirmation of the grounds supporting that report…
裁判所は、前項の報告について、その内容を明瞭にし、又はその根拠を確認するため必要があると認めるときは、第二項の検査役に対し、更に前項の報告を求めることができる。
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When the inspector referred to in paragraph (2) reports pursuant to paragraph (4), the inspector must deliver a copy of the document referred to in that paragraph to the incorporators or use a means…
第二項の検査役は、第四項の報告をしたときは、発起人に対し、同項の書面の写しを交付し、又は同項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により提供しなければならない。
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If the court receives a report under paragraph (4), if it finds the provisions in articles of incorporation relating to matters set forth in each item of Article 28…
裁判所は、第四項の報告を受けた場合において、第二十八条各号に掲げる事項（第二項の検査役の調査を経ていないものを除く。）を不当と認めたときは、これを変更する決定をしなければならない。
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If some or all of the provisions in articles of incorporation relating to matters set forth in each item of Article 28 are amended by a ruling stated in the preceding paragraph…
発起人は、前項の決定により第二十八条各号に掲げる事項の全部又は一部が変更された場合には、当該決定の確定後一週間以内に限り、その設立時発行株式の引受けに係る意思表示を取り消すことができる。
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In the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the incorporator may, with the consent of all incorporators, amend articles of incorporation repealing the provisions which have been amended by…
前項に規定する場合には、発起人は、その全員の同意によって、第七項の決定の確定後一週間以内に限り、当該決定により変更された事項についての定めを廃止する定款の変更をすることができる。
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The incorporator must elect the director at incorporation (meaning person who becomes director at the incorporation; the same applies hereinafter) without delay after the fulfillment of the…
発起人は、出資の履行が完了した後、遅滞なく、設立時取締役（株式会社の設立に際して取締役となる者をいう。以下同じ。）を選任しなければならない。
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if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with company auditor (including any stock company the articles of incorporation of which provide that the scope of the audit by its company…
設立しようとする株式会社が監査役設置会社（監査役の監査の範囲を会計に関するものに限定する旨の定款の定めがある株式会社を含む。）である場合 設立時監査役（株式会社の設立に際して監査役となる者をいう。以下同じ。）
Open this provisionshares issued at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時発行株式」
The shares a stock company issues when it is formed.
Defined inArticle 25, paragraph (1), item (i)
electronic or magnetic record
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, of a kind that Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) specifies as used in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 26, paragraph (2)
property contributed in kind
「現物出資財産等」
The property other than money that incorporators contribute, and the property the company agrees to buy once formed, as listed in the articles of incorporation under Article 28, items (i) and (ii), whose value an inspector generally has to check.
Short name set inArticle 33, paragraph (10), item (i)· applies only in this chapter
securitiescorrected by this site
「有価証券」
Securities as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, including rights deemed to be securities under paragraph (2) of that Article.
Defined inArticle 33, paragraph (10), item (ii)
director at incorporation
「設立時取締役」
A person who is to become a director when the stock company is formed.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (1)
company auditor at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時監査役」
A person who is to become a company auditor when the stock company is formed.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (3), item (ii)
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
manifestation of intention
意思表示
A person's expression of an intention to which the law gives a legal effect, such as an offer to conclude a contract, which shows its terms and forms the contract once the other party accepts it (Civil Code, Article 522, paragraph (1)), the acceptance itself (Article 527), or the notice to the other party by which a party rescinds (取消し) an act or cancels (解除) a contract (Articles 123 and 540, paragraph (1)). One made to another person takes effect when notice of it reaches that person, or when it would normally have reached them if they blocked it without good reason (Article 97, paragraphs (1) and (2)), and does not lose its effect because the person who made it dies, loses mental capacity (意思能力) or comes under legal limits on what they can do alone after sending the notice (Article 97, paragraph (3)); where the person making it cannot find out who the other party is or where they are, it can be made by public notice (Article 98, paragraph (1)). It is not void just because the person making it knew it was not their true intention, unless the other party knew or could have known that (Article 93, paragraph (1)); a false one made in collusion with the other party is void (Article 94, paragraph (1)); and neither voidness can be asserted against a third party who did not know of it (善意) (Articles 93, paragraph (2), and 94, paragraph (2)). One based on a mistake that is material in light of the purpose of the juridical act (法律行為) and accepted views in dealings may be rescinded — one based on a mistaken view of the circumstances behind the act only if it had been shown that the act was based on them, and as a rule not where the mistake came from the gross negligence of the person who made it (Article 95, paragraphs (1) to (3)) — and so may one made under fraud or duress, though one induced by a third party's fraud only if the other party knew of the fraud or could have known of it (Article 96, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a rescission for mistake or fraud cannot be relied on against a third party who did not know and was not careless in not knowing (Article 95, paragraph (4), and Article 96, paragraph (3)). One that an agent makes within the agent's authority, showing that it is made for the principal, takes effect directly for the principal (Article 99, paragraph (1)). The Consumer Contract Act lets a consumer rescind an offer or acceptance of a consumer contract made because the business, when soliciting it, told them something untrue about an important matter and they believed it, among other grounds (Consumer Contract Act, Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), and the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions does the same where, in a door-to-door sale, the seller or service provider told them something untrue about such matters as the goods or the price (Article 6, paragraph (1), and Article 9-3, paragraph (1), item (i)).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 123, 522, 527, 540, Consumer Contract Act, Art. 4 and Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, Arts. 6, 9-3 as a reference.
rescission
取消し
Undoing a legal act, such as an offer or acceptance of a contract (意思表示, a manifestation of intention), that the law says may be rescinded: for example one made through an important mistake, though a mistake about the circumstances behind the act only if it had been made clear that they were its basis, and as a rule not where the person was grossly careless (Civil Code, Article 95), or one made under fraud or duress, though fraud by a third party only if the other party knew of it or could have known (Article 96), or one a minor made without the consent of their legal representative (Article 5, paragraph (2)). Once rescinded, the act is treated as void from the start (Article 121). Only the person who made it, their representative or successor, or someone whose consent it needed may rescind it (Article 120). The right is lost if not used within five years from when the act could be confirmed — once the mistake, fraud or other cause has ended and the person knows they can rescind (Article 124) — or twenty years from the act (Article 126). It is lost sooner if the person confirms the act, and once it could be confirmed, performing it or demanding performance without reserving objections counts as confirming it (Articles 122 and 125). The Consumer Contract Act adds grounds of its own, such as a business telling the consumer something untrue about an important matter when soliciting the contract, where the consumer believed it and made the contract because of it (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), and gives most of them a shorter time: one year from when the act could be confirmed, and five years from the contract (Article 7, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 5, 95, 96, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126 and Consumer Contract Act, Arts. 4, 7 as a reference.