# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百五条 (Article 405) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第四百五条 (Article 405)（監査委員会による調査） — address `art-405` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百五条（監査委員会による調査） — (Investigations by Audit Committees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-405 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405 **第一項** 監査委員会が選定する監査委員は、いつでも、執行役等及び支配人その他の使用人に対し、その職務の執行に関する事項の報告を求め、又は指名委員会等設置会社の業務及び財産の状況の調査をすることができる。 art-405/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/par-1 Audit committee members appointed by the audit committee may at any time request reports on the execution of their duties from executive officers, etc. and employees including managers, or investigate the status of the operations and financial status of the company with nominating committee, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 監査委員会が選定する監査委員は、監査委員会の職務を執行するため必要があるときは、指名委員会等設置会社の子会社に対して事業の報告を求め、又はその子会社の業務及び財産の状況の調査をすることができる。 art-405/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/par-2 Audit committee members appointed by the audit committee may, if it is necessary for the purpose of performing duties of the audit committee, request reports on the business from a subsidiary company of the company with nominating committee, etc., or investigate the status of the operations and financial status of its subsidiary company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の子会社は、正当な理由があるときは、同項の報告又は調査を拒むことができる。 art-405/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/par-3 The subsidiary company under the preceding paragraph may refuse the report or investigation under that paragraph if there are justifiable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の監査委員は、当該各項の報告の徴収又は調査に関する事項についての監査委員会の決議があるときは、これに従わなければならない。 art-405/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/par-4 audit committee members under paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) must comply with resolutions at the audit committee meeting, if any, on matters regarding the collection of the report or investigation under relevant respective paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-405/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第四百五条第二項 (Article 405, paragraph (2)), art-405/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/par-2 - art-405/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第四百五条第一項 (Article 405, paragraph (1)), art-405/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/par-1 - art-405/par-4: 第二項 → 会社法 第四百五条第二項 (Article 405, paragraph (2)), art-405/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百五条第三項（監査委員会による調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/par-3 - 会社法 第四百五条第四項（監査委員会による調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-405/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-405/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17