# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百九十九条の五 (Article 399-5)

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- 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: 第三百九十九条の五 (Article 399-5)（株主総会に対する報告義務） — address `art-399-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三百九十九条の五（株主総会に対する報告義務） — (Duty to Report to Shareholders Meeting)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-399-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-399-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-399-5</sup>

      **第一項**  監査等委員は、取締役が株主総会に提出しようとする議案、書類その他法務省令で定めるものについて法令若しくは定款に違反し、又は著しく不当な事項があると認めるときは、その旨を株主総会に報告しなければならない。
      <sup>art-399-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-399-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-399-5/par-1</sup>
      If audit and supervisory committee members find that there are matters in violation with laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation or grossly improper facts with regard to proposals, documents, and other items prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order that directors intend to submit to the shareholders meeting, they must report to that effect to a shareholders meeting.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17