Members of a membership company may submit the following requests at any time during the business hours of relevant membership company:
持分会社の社員は、当該持分会社の営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。
if the financial statements are prepared in writing, request for inspection or copying of relevant documents; or
計算書類が書面をもって作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求
if the financial statements have been prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, a request to inspect or copy anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in that electronic or magnetic record.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not preclude provisions to the contrary in the articles of incorporation; provided, however, that even the articles of incorporation may not provide to the effect of restricting the submission of requests set forth in each item of that paragraph at the end of the business year by members.
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electronic or magnetic record
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, of a kind that Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) specifies as used in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 26, paragraph (2)
membership company
「持分会社」
General partnership companies, limited partnership companies and limited liability companies taken together: the three kinds of company under this Act that are owned by members rather than by shareholders.
Short name set inArticle 575, paragraph (1)
financial statements
「計算書類」
The financial statements a membership company must prepare for each business year: the balance sheet and the other statements a Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) sets as needed to show its assets.
Defined inArticle 617, 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.