Changes on a date not yet set (Act No. 46 of 2026)
For an adult ward to assume the role of a director, the guardian of the adult ward must obtain the consent of the adult ward (if there is a supervisor of guardian, the consent of the adult ward and the supervisor of guardian), and the guardian must approve the assumption on behalf of the adult ward.
成年被後見人が取締役に就任するには、その成年後見人が、成年被後見人の同意（後見監督人がある場合にあっては、成年被後見人及び後見監督人の同意）を得た上で、成年被後見人に代わって就任の承諾をしなければならない。
Removed on a date not yet set (Act No. 46 of 2026)
For a person under curatorship to assume the role of a director, the content of the curator must be obtained.
被保佐人が取締役に就任するには、その保佐人の同意を得なければならない。
Removed on a date not yet set (Act No. 46 of 2026)
The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis if a curator approves assumption on behalf of a person under curatorship pursuant to an order to the effect that the power of representation are granted under Article 876-4, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code. In this case, the term "consent of the adult ward (if there is a supervisor of guardian, the consent of the adult ward and the supervisor of guardian)" in paragraph (1) is to be replaced with "consent of the person under curatorship."
第一項の規定は、保佐人が民法第八百七十六条の四第一項の代理権を付与する旨の審判に基づき被保佐人に代わって就任の承諾をする場合について準用する。この場合において、第一項中「成年被後見人の同意（後見監督人がある場合にあっては、成年被後見人及び後見監督人の同意）」とあるのは、「被保佐人の同意」と読み替えるものとする。
Changes and moves to paragraph (2) on a date not yet set (Act No. 46 of 2026)
Acts performed by an adult ward or person under curatorship pursuant to their capacity as a director may not be revoked on the grounds of limited capacity.
成年被後見人又は被保佐人がした取締役の資格に基づく行為は、行為能力の制限によっては取り消すことができない。
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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.
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.