Article 947Cases Where an Electronic Public Notice Investigation Is Unable to Be Carried Out
第九百四十七条（電子公告調査を行うことができない場合）
An investigation body is unable to carry out an electronic public notice investigation with regard to public notice given by any one of the following persons by way of electronic public notice or with regard to the public notice in the cases prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as those where the persons or directors, etc. thereof were involved in the public notice given by way of electronic public notice:
the relevant investigation body;
当該調査機関
the parent stock company (meaning a stock company which has the relevant investigation body as its subsidiary company) if the relevant investigation body is a stock company;
a corporation whose directors, etc. or employees (including those who have been in either of the positions within the past two years; the same applies in the following item) constitute more than half of the directors, etc. of the relevant investigation body; or
a corporation whose directors, etc. or employees include the relevant investigation body (excluding one who is a corporation) or a director, etc. having the authority of representation of the relevant investigation body.
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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
electronic public notice
「電子公告」
Giving public notice by making it available online to anyone, in the way set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiv)· applies throughout the law
investigation body
「調査機関」
A body registered with the Minister of Justice that investigates whether a company's electronic public notice stayed available to the public throughout the notice period.
Short name set inArticle 941, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
electronic public notice investigation
「電子公告調査」
An investigation by a registered investigation body into whether a company's electronic public notice stayed available to the public throughout the notice period.
Short name set inArticle 942, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
directors, etc. of a corporationmachine translation
「理事等」
In Article 943, item (iii) and Article 947, the directors (理事 or 取締役), executive officers, members executing business, inspectors (監事) and company auditors of a corporation, or persons equivalent to them.
Defined inArticle 943, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this provision and in Article 947