# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百六十五条 (Article 365) - 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: 第三百六十五条 (Article 365)（競業及び取締役会設置会社との取引等の制限） — address `art-365` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-365 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-365 - 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. 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. --- ### 第三百六十五条（競業及び取締役会設置会社との取引等の制限） — (Restrictions on Competition and Transactions with Companies with Board of Directors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-365 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-365 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-365 **第一項** 取締役会設置会社における第三百五十六条の規定の適用については、同条第一項中「株主総会」とあるのは、「取締役会」とする。 art-365/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-365/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-365/par-1 For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 356 to a company with board of directors, the term "shareholders meeting" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "board of directors". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 取締役会設置会社においては、第三百五十六条第一項各号の取引をした取締役は、当該取引後、遅滞なく、当該取引についての重要な事実を取締役会に報告しなければならない。 art-365/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-365/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-365/par-2 At a company with board of directors, a director who has engaged in transactions under each item of Article 356, paragraph (1) must report the material facts with respect to relevant transaction to the board of directors without delay after that transaction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-365/par-1: 第三百五十六条 → 会社法 第三百五十六条 (Article 356), art-356 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356 - art-365/par-1: 同条第一項 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項 (Article 356, paragraph (1)), art-356/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1 - art-365/par-2: 第三百五十六条第一項 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項 (Article 356, paragraph (1)), art-356/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百九十九条の十三第五項第八号（監査等委員会設置会社の取締役会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-399-13/par-5/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-399-13/par-5/item-8 - 会社法 第四百十六条第四項第七号（指名委員会等設置会社の取締役会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-416/par-4/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-4/item-7 - 会社法 第四百十九条第二項（執行役の監査委員に対する報告義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-419/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-419/par-2 - 会社法 第四百三十条の二第六項（補償契約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-430-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-430-2/par-6 - 会社法 第四百三十条の三第二項（役員等のために締結される保険契約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-430-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-430-3/par-2 - 会社法 第四百八十九条第八項（清算人会の権限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-489/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-489/par-8 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第二十三号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-23 - 銀行法 第十四条第二項（取締役等に対する信用の供与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-14/par-2 --- ## 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