# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百四十二条の二 (Article 342-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第三百四十二条の二 (Article 342-2)（監査等委員である取締役等の選任等についての意見の陳述） — address `art-342-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百四十二条の二（監査等委員である取締役等の選任等についての意見の陳述） — (Statement of Opinions on the Election of a Director Who Is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-342-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2 **第一項** 監査等委員である取締役は、株主総会において、監査等委員である取締役の選任若しくは解任又は辞任について意見を述べることができる。 art-342-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2/par-1 A director who is an audit and supervisory committee member may state their opinions on the election or dismissal, or resignation of directors who are audit and supervisory committee members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 監査等委員である取締役を辞任した者は、辞任後最初に招集される株主総会に出席して、辞任した旨及びその理由を述べることができる。 art-342-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2/par-2 A person who has resigned as a director who is an audit and supervisory committee member may attend the first shareholders meeting called after the resignation and state the fact of the resignation and the reason thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 取締役は、前項の者に対し、同項の株主総会を招集する旨及び第二百九十八条第一項第一号に掲げる事項を通知しなければならない。 art-342-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2/par-3 Directors must notify the person under the preceding paragraph of the fact that the shareholders meeting under the same paragraph is to be called, and of the matters set forth in Article 298, paragraph (1), item (i). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 監査等委員会が選定する監査等委員は、株主総会において、監査等委員である取締役以外の取締役の選任若しくは解任又は辞任について監査等委員会の意見を述べることができる。 art-342-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2/par-4 An audit and supervisory committee member appointed by the audit and supervisory committee may state the opinions of the audit and supervisory committee on the election, dismissal, or resignation of directors other than directors who are audit and supervisory committee members at the shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-342-2/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百四十二条の二第二項 (Article 342-2, paragraph (2)), art-342-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2/par-2 - art-342-2/par-3: 第二百九十八条第一項第一号 → 会社法 第二百九十八条第一項第一号 (Article 298, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-298/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-298/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百四十二条の二第三項（監査等委員である取締役等の選任等についての意見の陳述） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-342-2/par-3 - 会社法 第三百九十九条の二第三項第三号（監査等委員会の権限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-399-2/par-3/item-3 --- ## 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 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17