# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百五十一条 (Article 351) - 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: 第三百五十一条 (Article 351)（代表取締役に欠員を生じた場合の措置） — address `art-351` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百五十一条（代表取締役に欠員を生じた場合の措置） — (Measures When Vacancy Arises in Office of Representative Director) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-351 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351 **第一項** 代表取締役が欠けた場合又は定款で定めた代表取締役の員数が欠けた場合には、任期の満了又は辞任により退任した代表取締役は、新たに選定された代表取締役（次項の一時代表取締役の職務を行うべき者を含む。）が就任するまで、なお代表取締役としての権利義務を有する。 art-351/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-1 Where there are no representative directors in office, or where there is a vacancy which results in a shortfall in the number of representative directors prescribed in the articles of incorporation, a representative director who retired from office due to expiration of the representative director's term of office or resignation continues to have the rights and obligations of a representative director until a newly appointed representative director (including the person who is to temporarily perform the duties of a representative director under the following paragraph) assumes office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合において、裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、利害関係人の申立てにより、一時代表取締役の職務を行うべき者を選任することができる。 art-351/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-2 In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds it necessary, it may, in response to the petition by the interested persons, appoint a person who is to temporarily perform the duties of a representative director. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、前項の一時代表取締役の職務を行うべき者を選任した場合には、株式会社がその者に対して支払う報酬の額を定めることができる。 art-351/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-3 If the court has appointed the person who is to temporarily perform the duties of a representative director under the preceding paragraph, the court may prescribe the amount of the remuneration that the stock company pays to that person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-351/par-1: 次項 → 会社法 第三百五十一条第二項 (Article 351, paragraph (2)), art-351/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-2 - art-351/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百五十一条第一項 (Article 351, paragraph (1)), art-351/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-1 - art-351/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百五十一条第二項 (Article 351, paragraph (2)), art-351/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百五十一条第一項（代表取締役に欠員を生じた場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-1 - 会社法 第三百五十一条第二項（代表取締役に欠員を生じた場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-2 - 会社法 第三百五十一条第三項（代表取締役に欠員を生じた場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-351/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-351/par-3 - 会社法 第四百八十三条第六項（清算株式会社の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-483/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-483/par-6 - 会社法 第八百七十条第一項第一号（陳述の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-870/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-870/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第九百三十七条第一項第二号イ（裁判による登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-937/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-937/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 会社法 第九百三十七条第一項第二号ロ（裁判による登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-937/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-937/par-1/item-2/sub-2 - 会社法 第九百三十八条第二項第一号（特別清算に関する裁判による登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-938/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-2/item-1 - 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第五号（取締役等の特別背任罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-5 - 会社法 第九百六十条第二項第三号（取締役等の特別背任罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-2/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17