Article 41Special Provisions on the Method of Election of Officers at Incorporation
第四十一条（設立時役員等の選任の方法の特則）
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if, at the incorporation of a stock company, it issues shares of a class for which the matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (1), item (ix) (limited to those relating to directors (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member or other director)) are provided, the election of the directors at incorporation (if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with audit and supervisory committee, a director at incorporation who is an audit and supervisory committee member at incorporation or other director at incorporation) is determined by a majority of the votes (limited to the votes with respect to relevant class of the shares issued at incorporation) of the incorporators who subscribed for relevant class of the shares issued at incorporation, consistently with the provisions of articles of incorporation with respect to the matters provided for in paragraph (2), item (ix) of that Article.
前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、株式会社の設立に際して第百八条第一項第九号に掲げる事項（取締役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役）に関するものに限る。）についての定めがある種類の株式を発行する場合には、設立時取締役（設立しようとする株式会社が監査等委員会設置会社である場合にあっては、設立時監査等委員である設立時取締役又はそれ以外の設立時取締役）の選任は、同条第二項第九号に定める事項についての定款の定めの例に従い、当該種類の設立時発行株式を引き受けた発起人の議決権（当該種類の設立時発行株式についての議決権に限る。）の過半数をもって決定する。
In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, an incorporator is entitled to one vote for each one share issued at incorporation of that class for which the performance of contributions is fulfilled; provided, however, that, if the share unit is provided for in the articles of incorporation, an incorporator is entitled to one vote for each one unit of the shares issued at incorporation of that class.
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the cases where the shares of a class for which matters set forth in Article 108, paragraph (1), item (ix) (limited to those relating to company auditors) are provided are issued at incorporation of the stock company.
前二項の規定は、株式会社の設立に際して第百八条第一項第九号に掲げる事項（監査役に関するものに限る。）についての定めがある種類の株式を発行する場合について準用する。
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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
share unit
「単元株式数」
The number of shares that a stock company's articles of incorporation make one unit, carrying one vote at a shareholders meeting.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xx)· applies throughout the law
shares issued at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時発行株式」
The shares a stock company issues when it is formed.
Defined inArticle 25, paragraph (1), item (i)
performance of contributions
「出資の履行」
Paying in the money, or handing over the property other than money, that a person has undertaken to contribute in exchange for shares, whether at a company's incorporation or when subscribing for shares it offers.
Short name set inArticle 35, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
director at incorporation
「設立時取締役」
A person who is to become a director when the stock company is formed.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (1)
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)
audit and supervisory committee member at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時監査等委員」
A person who is to become a member of the audit and supervisory committee when the stock company is formed.
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.
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.