A commercial agent may not carry out any of the following acts without the permission of the company:
carry out, for themselves or for a third party, any transaction which is in the line of business of the company;
自己又は第三者のために会社の事業の部類に属する取引をすること。
become a director, executive officer or any member who executes operation of any other company which carries out the same kind of business as the company.
会社の事業と同種の事業を行う他の会社の取締役、執行役又は業務を執行する社員となること。
If a commercial agent commits any act set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph in violation of provisions of that paragraph, the amount of the profit obtained by the commercial agent or any third party as a result of relevant act is presumed to be amount of the damage suffered by the company.
company
「会社」
Any of the four kinds of company this Act governs: a stock company (株式会社), a general partnership company (合名会社), a limited partnership company (合資会社) or a limited liability company (合同会社).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
commercial agent
「代理商」
A person, not an employee of the company, who regularly acts as agent or intermediary for a company in transactions in its ordinary line of business.
Defined inArticle 16, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
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.