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Article 960Crime of an Aggravated Breach of Trust by a Director

第九百六十条(取締役等の特別背任罪)

When any one of the following persons, for the purpose of promoting the person's own interest or the interest of a third party or inflicting damage on a stock company, commits an act in breach of the person's duties and causes financial damages to relevant stock company, the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than ten million yen, or both:

次に掲げる者が、自己若しくは第三者の利益を図り又は株式会社に損害を加える目的で、その任務に背く行為をし、当該株式会社に財産上の損害を加えたときは、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。

an incorporator;

発起人

a director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer;

取締役、会計参与、監査役又は執行役

a person to perform duties on behalf of a director, company auditor or executive officer who has been appointed based on a provisional disposition order under the provisions of Article 56 of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act;

民事保全法第五十六条に規定する仮処分命令により選任された取締役監査役又は執行役の職務を代行する者

a person who is temporarily to perform the duties of a director (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member or other director), accounting advisor, company auditor, representative director, committee member (meaning a member of a nominating committee, audit committee, or remuneration committee), executive officer or representative executive officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 346, paragraph (2), Article 351, paragraph (2) or Article 401, paragraph (3) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 403, paragraph (3) and Article 420, paragraph (3));

第三百四十六条第二項第三百五十一条第二項又は第四百一条第三項第四百三条第三項及び第四百二十条第三項において準用する場合を含む。)の規定により選任された一時取締役(監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役)、会計参与、監査役代表取締役、委員(指名委員会、監査委員会又は報酬委員会の委員をいう。)、執行役又は代表執行役の職務を行うべき者

a manager;

支配人

an employee to whom the authority of a certain kind of matter or a specific matter concerning business has been delegated; or

事業に関するある種類又は特定の事項の委任を受けた使用人

an inspector.

検査役

The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply when any one of the following persons, for the purpose of promoting the person's own interest or the interest of a third party or inflicting damage on a liquidating stock company, commits an act in breach of the person's duties and causes financial damages to relevant liquidating stock company:

次に掲げる者が、自己若しくは第三者の利益を図り又は清算株式会社に損害を加える目的で、その任務に背く行為をし、当該清算株式会社に財産上の損害を加えたときも、前項と同様とする。

a liquidator of the liquidating stock company;

清算株式会社の清算人

a person to perform duties on behalf of a liquidator of the liquidating stock company who has been appointed based on a provisional disposition order under the provisions of Article 56 of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act;

民事保全法第五十六条に規定する仮処分命令により選任された清算株式会社の清算人の職務を代行する者

a person who is temporarily to perform the duties of a liquidator or representative liquidator appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 346, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 479, paragraph (4) or Article 351, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 483, paragraph (6);

第四百七十九条第四項において準用する第三百四十六条第二項又は第四百八十三条第六項において準用する第三百五十一条第二項の規定により選任された一時清算人又は代表清算人の職務を行うべき者

a liquidator's agent;

清算人代理

a supervisor; or

監督委員

an investigator.

調査委員

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