If liquidators or company auditors are liable to compensate losses arising in the liquidating stock companies or a third party, if other liquidators or company auditors are also liable, these persons will be joint and several obligors.
清算人又は監査役が清算株式会社又は第三者に生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う場合において、他の清算人又は監査役も当該損害を賠償する責任を負うときは、これらの者は、連帯債務者とする。
In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 430 do not apply.
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liquidating stock companies
「清算株式会社」
A stock company that is being wound up, which is treated as still existing for the purposes of the liquidation until the liquidation is completed.
Short name set inArticle 476, paragraph (1)
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.