If an accounting advisor detects, during the performance of their duties, misconduct or material facts in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation in connection with the execution of the duties of the directors, they must report the same to the shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, to the company auditors) without delay.
会計参与は、その職務を行うに際して取締役の職務の執行に関し不正の行為又は法令若しくは定款に違反する重大な事実があることを発見したときは、遅滞なく、これを株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）に報告しなければならない。
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to a company with board of company auditors, the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, to the company auditors)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "board of company auditors".
For the purpose of application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to a company with audit and supervisory committee, the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, to the company auditors)" is deemed to be replaced with "audit and supervisory committee".
監査等委員会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「株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）」とあるのは、「監査等委員会」とする。
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to a company with nominating committee, etc., the phrase "directors" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "executive officers or directors" and "shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, to the company auditors)" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "audit committee".
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「取締役」とあるのは「執行役又は取締役」と、「株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）」とあるのは「監査委員会」とする。
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 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.
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.
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.