# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百一条 (Article 401) - 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: 第四百一条 (Article 401)（委員の解職等） — address `art-401` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401 - 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. --- ### 第四百一条（委員の解職等） — (Removal of Committee Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-401 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401 **第一項** 各委員会の委員は、いつでも、取締役会の決議によって解職することができる。 art-401/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-1 The committee members of each committee may be removed at any time by a resolution at the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第一項に規定する各委員会の委員の員数（定款で四人以上の員数を定めたときは、その員数）が欠けた場合には、任期の満了又は辞任により退任した委員は、新たに選定された委員（次項の一時委員の職務を行うべき者を含む。）が就任するまで、なお委員としての権利義務を有する。 art-401/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-2 Where there is a vacancy which results in a shortfall in the number of committee members of each committee provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (or, if the number of committee members provided for in the articles of incorporation is four or more, that number), a committee member who retired from office due to expiration of the committee member's term of office or resignation continues to have the rights and obligations of a committee member until a newly appointed committee member (including a person who is to temporarily perform the duties of a committee member under the following paragraph) assumes office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 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、一時委員の職務を行うべき者を選任することができる。 art-401/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-3 In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds it necessary, it may appoint a person who is to temporarily perform the duties of a committee member in response to a petition by interested persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、前項の一時委員の職務を行うべき者を選任した場合には、指名委員会等設置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-401/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-4 If the court has appointed the person who is to temporarily perform the duties of a committee member under the preceding paragraph, the court may prescribe the amount of the remuneration that the company with nominating committee, etc. pays to that person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-401/par-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第四百条第一項 (Article 400, paragraph (1)), art-400/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-400/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-400/par-1 - art-401/par-2: 次項 → 会社法 第四百一条第三項 (Article 401, paragraph (3)), art-401/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-3 - art-401/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第四百一条第二項 (Article 401, paragraph (2)), art-401/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-2 - art-401/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第四百一条第三項 (Article 401, paragraph (3)), art-401/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-3 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百条第一項（委員の選定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-400/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-400/par-1 - 会社法 第四百一条第二項（委員の解職等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-2 - 会社法 第四百一条第三項（委員の解職等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-3 - 会社法 第四百一条第四項（委員の解職等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-401/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-4 - 会社法 第四百三条第三項（執行役の解任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-403/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-403/par-3 - 会社法 第四百十六条第四項第九号（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-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-4/item-9 - 会社法 第四百二十条第三項（代表執行役） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-420/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-420/par-3 - 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 第九百六十六条第一項第五号（株式の超過発行の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-966/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-966/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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