Audit and supervisory committee members appointed by the audit and supervisory committee may request that directors (in cases of a company with accounting advisor, directors and accounting advisors), managers, and other employees report on matters related to the execution of their duties, or may investigate the status of the operations and financial status of the company with audit and supervisory committees at any time.
監査等委員会が選定する監査等委員は、いつでも、取締役（会計参与設置会社にあっては、取締役及び会計参与）及び支配人その他の使用人に対し、その職務の執行に関する事項の報告を求め、又は監査等委員会設置会社の業務及び財産の状況の調査をすることができる。
If it is necessary for the purpose of performing the duties of the audit and supervisory committee, audit and supervisory committee members appointed by the audit and supervisory committee may request reports on the business from a subsidiary company of the company with audit and supervisory committee, or may investigate the status of the operations and financial status of its subsidiary company.
監査等委員会が選定する監査等委員は、監査等委員会の職務を執行するため必要があるときは、監査等委員会設置会社の子会社に対して事業の報告を求め、又はその子会社の業務及び財産の状況の調査をすることができる。
The subsidiary company under the preceding paragraph may refuse the report or investigation under that paragraph if there are justifiable grounds.
Audit and supervisory committee members under paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) must comply with the resolutions of the audit and supervisory committee, if any, on matters regarding the collection of the report or investigation under relevant respective paragraphs.
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subsidiary company
「子会社」
A stock company in which a company holds a majority of the votes, or any other corporation whose management a company controls, as set out by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
company with accounting advisor
「会計参与設置会社」
A stock company that has an accounting advisor, an officer who prepares the financial statements jointly with the directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)· applies throughout the law
company with audit and supervisory committee
「監査等委員会設置会社」
A stock company that has an audit and supervisory committee, made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xi-2)· applies throughout the law
audit and supervisory committee membermachine translation
「監査等委員」
A member of the audit and supervisory committee of a company with audit and supervisory committee.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (2)
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 as a reference.