Article 344Determination of Content of Proposal on the Election of a Financial Auditor
第三百四十四条（会計監査人の選任等に関する議案の内容の決定）
At a company with company auditor, content of proposals on election and dismissal of a financial auditor and the refusal to reelect the financial auditor to be submitted to the shareholders meeting is determined by the company auditor.
監査役設置会社においては、株主総会に提出する会計監査人の選任及び解任並びに会計監査人を再任しないことに関する議案の内容は、監査役が決定する。
With regard to the application of provisions of the preceding paragraph to cases where there are two or more company auditors, the phrase "by the company auditor" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "by a majority of company auditors".
For the purpose of the application of paragraph (1) to a company with board of company auditors, the term "company auditor" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with as "board of company auditors".
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company with company auditor
「監査役設置会社」
A stock company that has a company auditor whose audit its articles of incorporation do not limit to accounting matters, or that this Act requires to have a company auditor.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies throughout the law
company with board of company auditors
「監査役会設置会社」
A stock company that has a board of company auditors, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (x)· applies throughout the law
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 as a reference.
shareholders meeting
株主総会
The meeting of a stock company's shareholders, and the body through which they decide the company's basic matters. It elects the directors and company auditors (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)) and changes the articles of incorporation (Article 466). In a company without a board of directors it may decide any matter about the company; in one with a board, only what the Act or the articles of incorporation leave to it (Article 295). An annual shareholders meeting must be called after the end of every business year, and another may be called whenever needed (Article 296). A resolution normally passes by a majority of the votes present, with holders of a majority of the votes entitled to vote attending (Article 309, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 295, 296, 309, 329, 466 as a reference.