# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百二条 (Article 402) - 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: 第四百二条 (Article 402)（執行役の選任等） — address `art-402` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402 - 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. --- ### 第四百二条（執行役の選任等） — (Election of Executive Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-402 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402 **第一項** 指名委員会等設置会社には、一人又は二人以上の執行役を置かなければならない。 art-402/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-1 A company with nominating committee, etc. must have one or more executive officers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行役は、取締役会の決議によって選任する。 art-402/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-2 An executive officer is elected by a resolution at the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 指名委員会等設置会社と執行役との関係は、委任に関する規定に従う。 art-402/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-3 The relationship between a company with nominating committee, etc. and its executive officers is governed by the provisions on mandate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第三百三十一条第一項及び第三百三十一条の二の規定は、執行役について準用する。 art-402/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-4 The provisions of Article 331, paragraph (1) and Article 331-2 apply mutatis mutandis to executive officers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 株式会社は、執行役が株主でなければならない旨を定款で定めることができない。ただし、公開会社でない指名委員会等設置会社については、この限りでない。 art-402/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-5 A stock company may not provide in the articles of incorporation that the executive officers must be shareholders; provided, however, that this does not apply to a company with nominating committee, etc. that is not a public company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 執行役は、取締役を兼ねることができる。 art-402/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-6 An executive officer may act concurrently as a director. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 執行役の任期は、選任後一年以内に終了する事業年度のうち最終のものに関する定時株主総会の終結後最初に招集される取締役会の終結の時までとする。ただし、定款によって、その任期を短縮することを妨げない。 art-402/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-7 An executive officer's term of office continues until the conclusion of the first board of directors meeting called after the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within one year from the time of their election; provided, however, that this does not preclude the shortening the executive officer's term of office by the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、指名委員会等設置会社が指名委員会等を置く旨の定款の定めを廃止する定款の変更をした場合には、執行役の任期は、当該定款の変更の効力が生じた時に満了する。 art-402/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-8 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a company with nominating committee, etc. makes any amendment in the articles of incorporation to repeal the provisions of the articles of incorporation to the effect that a nominating committee, etc. is established, the executive officer's term of office expires when the amendment in the articles of incorporation takes effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-402/par-4: 第三百三十一条第一項 → 会社法 第三百三十一条第一項 (Article 331, paragraph (1)), art-331/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-331/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-331/par-1 - art-402/par-4: 第三百三十一条の二 → 会社法 第三百三十一条の二 (Article 331-2), art-331-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-331-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-331-2 - art-402/par-8: 前項 → 会社法 第四百二条第七項 (Article 402, paragraph (7)), art-402/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-7 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百二条第八項（執行役の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-402/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-8 - 会社法 第四百十六条第四項第十号（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-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-4/item-10 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十八条第一項（会社法の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-68/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の五第一項（取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-5/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百四条の二第一項（取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-104-2/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の十四第四項（役員の欠格事由等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-14/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-14/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十第二項（代表取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-30/par-2 - 銀行法 第七条の二第三項（取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-7-2/par-3 - 銀行法 第七条の二第四項（取締役等の適格性等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-7-2/par-4 - 銀行法 第五十二条の十九第四項（銀行持株会社の取締役の兼職の制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-4 --- ## 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