Article 398Statement of Opinions of Financial Auditors at Annual Shareholders Meeting
第三百九十八条（定時株主総会における会計監査人の意見の陳述）
If a financial auditor's opinion on whether or not the statements provided for in Article 396, paragraph (1) comply with laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation differs from those of the company auditors, the financial auditor (if financial auditors are audit corporation or tax accountancy corporations, referring to the members who are to perform their duties; the same applies in the following paragraph) may attend the annual shareholders meeting and state their opinion.
第三百九十六条第一項に規定する書類が法令又は定款に適合するかどうかについて会計監査人が監査役と意見を異にするときは、会計監査人（会計監査人が監査法人である場合にあっては、その職務を行うべき社員。次項において同じ。）は、定時株主総会に出席して意見を述べることができる。
If a resolution that requires the attendance of financial auditors is passed at an annual shareholders meeting, the financial auditors must attend the shareholders meeting and state their opinions.
定時株主総会において会計監査人の出席を求める決議があったときは、会計監査人は、定時株主総会に出席して意見を述べなければならない。
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to a company with board of company auditors, the term "company auditors" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "board of company auditors or company auditors".
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraphs (1) to a company with audit and supervisory committee, the term "company auditor" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "audit and supervisory committee or audit and supervisory committee members".
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「監査役」とあるのは、「監査等委員会又は監査等委員」とする。
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to a company with nominating committee, etc., the term "company auditors" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "audit committee or its committee members".
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「監査役」とあるのは、「監査委員会又はその委員」とする。
(Authority of Financial Auditors)
Financial auditors audit the financial statements and the annexed detailed statements thereof, the provisional financial statements as well as the consolidated financial statements of a stock company…
会計監査人は、次章の定めるところにより、株式会社の計算書類及びその附属明細書、臨時計算書類並びに連結計算書類を監査する。この場合において、会計監査人は、法務省令で定めるところにより、会計監査報告を作成しなければならない。
Open this provision(Statement of Opinions of Financial Auditors at Annual Shareholders Meeting)
If a financial auditor's opinion on whether or not the statements provided for in Article 396, paragraph (1) comply with laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation differs from those of…
第三百九十六条第一項に規定する書類が法令又は定款に適合するかどうかについて会計監査人が監査役と意見を異にするときは、会計監査人（会計監査人が監査法人である場合にあっては、その職務を行うべき社員。次項において同じ。）は、定時株主総会に出席して意見を述べることができる。
Open this provision(Statement of Opinions of Financial Auditors at Annual Shareholders Meeting)
If a resolution that requires the attendance of financial auditors is passed at an annual shareholders meeting, the financial auditors must attend the shareholders meeting and state their opinions.
定時株主総会において会計監査人の出席を求める決議があったときは、会計監査人は、定時株主総会に出席して意見を述べなければならない。
Open this provisioncompany 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
audit and supervisory committee membermachine translation
「監査等委員」
A member of the audit and supervisory committee of a company with audit and supervisory committee.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (2)
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.
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.