# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百七条 (Article 407) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-407. 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: 第四百七条 (Article 407)（監査委員による執行役等の行為の差止め） — address `art-407` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-407 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-407 - 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. --- ### 第四百七条（監査委員による執行役等の行為の差止め） — (Enjoinment of Acts of Executive Officers by Audit Committee Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-407 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-407 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-407 **第一項** 監査委員は、執行役又は取締役が指名委員会等設置会社の目的の範囲外の行為その他法令若しくは定款に違反する行為をし、又はこれらの行為をするおそれがある場合において、当該行為によって当該指名委員会等設置会社に著しい損害が生ずるおそれがあるときは、当該執行役又は取締役に対し、当該行為をやめることを請求することができる。 art-407/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-407/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-407/par-1 If an executive officer or director engages, or is likely to engage, in any act outside the scope of the purpose of a company with nominating committee, etc., or other acts in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation, if that act is likely to cause substantial detriment to relevant company with nominating committee, etc., the audit committee members may demand that the executive officer or director cease that act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、裁判所が仮処分をもって同項の執行役又は取締役に対し、その行為をやめることを命ずるときは、担保を立てさせないものとする。 art-407/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-407/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-407/par-2 In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, if the court orders an executive officer or director under the preceding paragraph to cease that act by a provisional disposition, the court is not to require the provision of security. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-407/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百七条第一項 (Article 407, paragraph (1)), art-407/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-407/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-407/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百七条第二項（監査委員による執行役等の行為の差止め） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-407/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-407/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17