# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百六十九条 (Article 369) - 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: 第三百六十九条 (Article 369)（取締役会の決議） — address `art-369` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369 - 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. --- ### 第三百六十九条（取締役会の決議） — (Resolution at Board of Directors Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-369 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369 **第一項** 取締役会の決議は、議決に加わることができる取締役の過半数（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）が出席し、その過半数（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）をもって行う。 art-369/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-1 The resolution at a board of directors meeting is passed by a majority (if a higher proportion is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that proportion or more) of the directors present at the meeting where the majority (if a higher proportion is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that proportion or more) of the directors entitled to participate in the vote are present. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決議について特別の利害関係を有する取締役は、議決に加わることができない。 art-369/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-2 Directors with a special interest in the resolution under the preceding paragraph may not participate in the vote. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 取締役会の議事については、法務省令で定めるところにより、議事録を作成し、議事録が書面をもって作成されているときは、出席した取締役及び監査役は、これに署名し、又は記名押印しなければならない。 art-369/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-3 With respect to the business of the board of directors meeting, minutes must be prepared pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, and if the minutes are prepared in writing, the directors and company auditors present at the meeting must sign or affix the names and seals to it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の議事録が電磁的記録をもって作成されている場合における当該電磁的記録に記録された事項については、法務省令で定める署名又は記名押印に代わる措置をとらなければならない。 art-369/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-4 With respect to information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record if the minutes under the preceding paragraph have been prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, an action in lieu of the signing or the affixing of names and seals prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order must be taken. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 取締役会の決議に参加した取締役であって第三項の議事録に異議をとどめないものは、その決議に賛成したものと推定する。 art-369/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-5 Directors who participate in resolutions at the board of directors meeting and do not have their objections recorded in the minutes under paragraph (3) are presumed to have agreed to relevant resolutions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-369/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百六十九条第一項 (Article 369, paragraph (1)), art-369/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-1 - art-369/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第三百六十九条第三項 (Article 369, paragraph (3)), art-369/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-3 - art-369/par-5: 第三項 → 会社法 第三百六十九条第三項 (Article 369, paragraph (3)), art-369/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百六十九条第二項（取締役会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-2 - 会社法 第三百六十九条第四項（取締役会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-4 - 会社法 第三百六十九条第五項（取締役会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-369/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-369/par-5 - 会社法 第三百七十一条第一項（議事録等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-371/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-371/par-1 - 会社法 第三百七十三条第一項（特別取締役による取締役会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-373/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-373/par-1 - 会社法 第三百七十三条第四項（特別取締役による取締役会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-373/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-373/par-4 - 会社法 第四百九十条第五項（清算人会の運営） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-490/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-5 - 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