A board of directors meetings is called by any director; provided, however, that, if the director to call the board of directors meetings is designated by the articles of incorporation or the board of directors, the director calls the meetings.
取締役会は、各取締役が招集する。ただし、取締役会を招集する取締役を定款又は取締役会で定めたときは、その取締役が招集する。
In the case provided for in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, directors other than the director designated pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to that paragraph (referred to as "convenor" the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter.) may demand that the convenor call the board of directors meeting by indicating to the convenor the matters that are the purpose of the board of directors meeting.
Within five days from the day of the demand made pursuant to the provisions of preceding paragraph, if a notice of calling of the board of directors meeting which designates as the day of the board of directors meeting a day falling within two weeks from the day of the demand is not dispatched, the directors who made the demand may call the board of directors meeting.
前項の規定による請求があった日から五日以内に、その請求があった日から二週間以内の日を取締役会の日とする取締役会の招集の通知が発せられない場合には、その請求をした取締役は、取締役会を招集することができる。
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A board of directors meetings is called by any director; provided, however, that, if the director to call the board of directors meetings is designated by the articles of incorporation or the board…
取締役会は、各取締役が招集する。ただし、取締役会を招集する取締役を定款又は取締役会で定めたときは、その取締役が招集する。
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In the case provided for in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, directors other than the director designated pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to that paragraph…
前項ただし書に規定する場合には、同項ただし書の規定により定められた取締役（以下この章において「招集権者」という。）以外の取締役は、招集権者に対し、取締役会の目的である事項を示して、取締役会の招集を請求することができる。
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「招集権者」
The director, or liquidator, designated in the articles of incorporation or by the board to call meetings of the board of directors, or of the board of liquidators.
Short name set inArticle 366, paragraph (2)· applies only in this chapter
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.
board of directors
取締役会
The body made up of all of a stock company's directors (Companies Act, Article 362, paragraph (1)). It decides how the company's business is carried out, supervises the directors, and appoints and removes the representative directors (代表取締役) (Article 362, paragraphs (2) and (3)) — except in a company with a nominating committee and the other committees (指名委員会等設置会社), where it appoints representative executive officers (代表執行役) instead (Articles 416 and 420). Some decisions, such as disposing of important assets or borrowing a large amount, it normally may not hand to the directors (Article 362, paragraph (4)). A company with an audit and supervisory committee (監査等委員会設置会社) can hand more of them to directors (Article 399-13, paragraphs (5) and (6)), and a company with the committees hands them to executive officers (執行役) rather than directors (Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A company chooses in its articles of incorporation whether to have one (Article 326, paragraph (2)), but a public company (公開会社), among others, must (Article 327, paragraph (1)): a public company is one whose articles of incorporation let at least some of its shares change hands without the company's approval (Article 2, item (v)). A company with a board must have at least three directors (Article 331, paragraph (5)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 2, 326, 327, 331, 362, 399-13, 416, 420 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.