Audit committee members appointed by the audit committee may at any time request reports on the execution of their duties from executive officers, etc. and employees including managers, or investigate the status of the operations and financial status of the company with nominating committee, etc.
監査委員会が選定する監査委員は、いつでも、執行役等及び支配人その他の使用人に対し、その職務の執行に関する事項の報告を求め、又は指名委員会等設置会社の業務及び財産の状況の調査をすることができる。
Audit committee members appointed by the audit committee may, if it is necessary for the purpose of performing duties of the audit committee, request reports on the business from a subsidiary company of the company with nominating committee, etc., or investigate the status of the operations and financial status of its subsidiary company.
監査委員会が選定する監査委員は、監査委員会の職務を執行するため必要があるときは、指名委員会等設置会社の子会社に対して事業の報告を求め、又はその子会社の業務及び財産の状況の調査をすることができる。
The subsidiary company under the preceding paragraph may refuse the report or investigation under that paragraph if there are justifiable grounds.
audit committee members under paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) must comply with resolutions at the audit committee meeting, if any, on matters regarding the collection of the report or investigation under relevant respective paragraphs.
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subsidiary company
「子会社」
A stock company in which a company holds a majority of the votes, or any other corporation whose management a company controls, as set out by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· 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 committee member
「監査委員」
A member of the audit committee of a company with nominating committee, etc., who may not at the same time be an executive officer or executive director of the company or its subsidiaries.
Short name set inArticle 400, paragraph (4)
executive officers, etc.machine translation
「執行役等」
In a company with nominating committee, etc., its executive officers and directors, and its accounting advisors too if it has them: the people whose work the audit committee audits.
Defined inArticle 404, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this section