At companies with company auditor (including stock companies the articles of incorporation of which provide that the scope of the audit is limited to an audit related to accounting, and excluding the companies with financial auditor), the financial statements, business reports, and annexed detailed statements accompanying them which are referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article must be audited by company auditors pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
At companies with financial auditor, the documents set forth in the following items must be audited by the persons specified in each of those items pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order:
会計監査人設置会社においては、次の各号に掲げるものは、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該各号に定める者の監査を受けなければならない。
the financial statements and annexed detailed statements accompanying them which are referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article:company auditors (or audit and supervisory committee for a company with audit and supervisory committee, and audit committees for companies with nominating committee, etc.) and financial auditors;
前条第二項の計算書類及びその附属明細書 監査役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては監査等委員会、指名委員会等設置会社にあっては監査委員会）及び会計監査人
the business reports and annexed detailed statements accompanying them which are referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article:company auditors (or audit and supervisory committee for a company with audit and supervisory committee, and audit committees for companies with nominating committee, etc.).
前条第二項の事業報告及びその附属明細書 監査役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては監査等委員会、指名委員会等設置会社にあっては監査委員会）
At companies with board of directors, the financial statements, business reports, and annexed detailed statements accompanying them which are referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article (or, if the provisions of paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph apply, those which have been audited as provided for in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph) must be approved by the board of directors.
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(Preparation and Retention of Financial Statements)
A stock company must prepare financial statements (meaning balance sheets, profit and loss statements and other statements prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as necessary and appropriate in…
株式会社は、法務省令で定めるところにより、各事業年度に係る計算書類（貸借対照表、損益計算書その他株式会社の財産及び損益の状況を示すために必要かつ適当なものとして法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下この章において同じ。）及び事業報告並びにこれらの附属明細書を作成しなければならない。
Open this provision(Audit of Financial Statements)
At companies with company auditor (including stock companies the articles of incorporation of which provide that the scope of the audit is limited to an audit related to accounting, and excluding the…
監査役設置会社（監査役の監査の範囲を会計に関するものに限定する旨の定款の定めがある株式会社を含み、会計監査人設置会社を除く。）においては、前条第二項の計算書類及び事業報告並びにこれらの附属明細書は、法務省令で定めるところにより、監査役の監査を受けなければならない。
Open this provision(Audit of Financial Statements)
At companies with financial auditor, the documents set forth in the following items must be audited by the persons specified in each of those items pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice…
会計監査人設置会社においては、次の各号に掲げるものは、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該各号に定める者の監査を受けなければならない。
Open this provisioncompany with board of directors
「取締役会設置会社」
A stock company that has a board of directors, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies throughout the law
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 financial auditor
「会計監査人設置会社」
A stock company that has a financial auditor, an outside certified public accountant or audit firm that audits its accounts, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xi)· 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
financial statements
「計算書類」
The financial statements a stock company must prepare for each business year: the balance sheet, the profit and loss statement and the other statements a Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) sets as needed to show its assets and its profit and loss.
Defined inArticle 435, 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.
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.