# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百三十六条 (Article 336)

- Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号
- English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第三百三十六条 (Article 336)（監査役の任期） — address `art-336`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三百三十六条（監査役の任期） — (Company Auditors' Terms of Office)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-336 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336</sup>

      **第一項**  監査役の任期は、選任後四年以内に終了する事業年度のうち最終のものに関する定時株主総会の終結の時までとする。
      <sup>art-336/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-1</sup>
      Company auditors' terms of office continue until the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year which ends within four years from the time of their election.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  前項の規定は、公開会社でない株式会社において、定款によって、同項の任期を選任後十年以内に終了する事業年度のうち最終のものに関する定時株主総会の終結の時まで伸長することを妨げない。
      <sup>art-336/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-2</sup>
      The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not preclude a stock company which is not a public company from extending, by the articles of incorporation, the terms of office under that paragraph until the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year which ends within ten years from the time of the election.
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      **第三項**  第一項の規定は、定款によって、任期の満了前に退任した監査役の補欠として選任された監査役の任期を退任した監査役の任期の満了する時までとすることを妨げない。
      <sup>art-336/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-3</sup>
      The provisions of paragraph (1) do not preclude providing, by the articles of incorporation, that the term of office of a company auditor, who is elected as the substitute for a company auditor who retired from office before the expiration of the term of office, continues until the time the term of office of the company auditor who retired from office expires.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  前三項の規定にかかわらず、次に掲げる定款の変更をした場合には、監査役の任期は、当該定款の変更の効力が生じた時に満了する。
      <sup>art-336/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-4</sup>
      Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, if any of the following amendments in the articles of incorporation is made, the company auditors' terms of office expire when relevant amendment in the articles of incorporation takes effect:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  監査役を置く旨の定款の定めを廃止する定款の変更
        <sup>art-336/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-4/item-1</sup>
        an amendment in the articles of incorporation to repeal the provisions of the articles of incorporation to the effect that company auditors are established;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  監査等委員会又は指名委員会等を置く旨の定款の変更
        <sup>art-336/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-4/item-2</sup>
        an amendment in the articles of incorporation to the effect that an audit and supervisory committee or nominating committee, etc. is established;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  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を廃止する定款の変更
        <sup>art-336/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-4/item-3</sup>
        an amendment in the articles of incorporation to repeal the provisions of the articles of incorporation to the effect that the scope of the audit by the company auditors is limited to an audit related to accounting;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **四**  その発行する全部の株式の内容として譲渡による当該株式の取得について当該株式会社の承認を要する旨の定款の定めを廃止する定款の変更
        <sup>art-336/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-4/item-4</sup>
        an amendment in the articles of incorporation to repeal the provisions of the articles of incorporation to the effect that, as a feature of all shares the stock company issues, the approval of the stock company is required for the acquisition of relevant shares by transfer.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-336/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百三十六条第一項 (Article 336, paragraph (1)), art-336/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-1
- art-336/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百三十六条第一項 (Article 336, paragraph (1)), art-336/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-1
- art-336/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第三百三十六条第一項 (Article 336, paragraph (1)), art-336/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-1
- art-336/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第三百三十六条第二項 (Article 336, paragraph (2)), art-336/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-2
- art-336/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第三百三十六条第三項 (Article 336, paragraph (3)), art-336/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-3

## Cited by

11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第三百三十六条第二項（監査役の任期） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-2
- 会社法 第三百三十六条第三項（監査役の任期） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-3
- 会社法 第三百三十六条第四項（監査役の任期） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-336/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-4
- 会社法 第四百八十条第二項（監査役の退任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-480/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-480/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第六十八条第一項（会社法の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-68/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の五第一項（取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-5/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百四条の二第一項（取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-104-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の十四第四項（役員の欠格事由等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-14/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-14/par-4
- 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十第二項（代表取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-30/par-2
- 銀行法 第七条の二第四項（取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-7-2/par-4
- 銀行法 第五十二条の十九第四項（銀行持株会社の取締役の兼職の制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-4

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17
- This site's parser, version 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17