If a director engages, or is likely to engage, in an act outside the scope of the purpose of a stock company, or other acts in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation, if the act is likely to cause substantial detriment to relevant stock company, shareholders having the shares consecutively for the preceding six months or more (or, if a shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, that period or more) may demand that relevant director cease relevant act.
六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から引き続き株式を有する株主は、取締役が株式会社の目的の範囲外の行為その他法令若しくは定款に違反する行為をし、又はこれらの行為をするおそれがある場合において、当該行為によって当該株式会社に著しい損害が生ずるおそれがあるときは、当該取締役に対し、当該行為をやめることを請求することができる。
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to a stock company which is not a public company, the phrase "shareholders having the shares consecutively for the preceding six months or more (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, that period or more)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "shareholders".
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to a company with company auditor or a company with audit and supervisory committee or a company with nominating committee, etc., the term "substantial detriment" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "irreparable damage".
監査役設置会社、監査等委員会設置会社又は指名委員会等設置会社における第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「著しい損害」とあるのは、「回復することができない損害」とする。
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(Enjoinment of Acts of Directors by Shareholders)
If a director engages, or is likely to engage, in an act outside the scope of the purpose of a stock company, or other acts in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation…
六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から引き続き株式を有する株主は、取締役が株式会社の目的の範囲外の行為その他法令若しくは定款に違反する行為をし、又はこれらの行為をするおそれがある場合において、当該行為によって当該株式会社に著しい損害が生ずるおそれがあるときは、当該取締役に対し…
Open this provisionpublic company
「公開会社」
A stock company whose articles of incorporation do not require the company's approval for transfers of at least some of its shares; it need not be listed on a stock exchange.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
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 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
company with nominating committee, etc.machine translation
「指名委員会等設置会社」
A stock company with a nominating committee, an audit committee and a remuneration committee, each made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xii)· applies throughout the law
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
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.