# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百九条 (Article 409) - 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: 第四百九条 (Article 409)（報酬委員会による報酬の決定の方法等） — address `art-409` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百九条（報酬委員会による報酬の決定の方法等） — (Methods for Decisions on Remuneration by Remuneration Committee) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-409 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409 **第一項** 報酬委員会は、執行役等の個人別の報酬等の内容に係る決定に関する方針を定めなければならない。 art-409/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-1 The remuneration committee must prescribe the policy on decisions on the content of the remunerations for individual executive officers, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 報酬委員会は、第四百四条第三項の規定による決定をするには、前項の方針に従わなければならない。 art-409/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-2 The remuneration committee must comply with the policy under the preceding paragraph in order to make decisions under the provisions of Article 404, paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 報酬委員会は、次の各号に掲げるものを執行役等の個人別の報酬等とする場合には、その内容として、当該各号に定める事項について決定しなければならない。ただし、会計参与の個人別の報酬等は、第一号に掲げるものでなければならない。 art-409/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3 If the remuneration committee uses what is set forth in the following items as the individual remunerations of executive officers, etc., it must decide the matters provided for in each of the item as the contents thereof; provided, however, that the remunerations for individual accounting advisors must be that set forth in item (i): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 額が確定しているもの　個人別の額 art-409/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-1 remunerations in a fixed amount:the amount for each individual person; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 額が確定していないもの　個人別の具体的な算定方法 art-409/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-2 remunerations the amount of which is not fixed:the specific method for calculating that amount for each individual person; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該株式会社の募集株式　当該募集株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、募集株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）その他法務省令で定める事項 art-409/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-3 remunerations that are shares for subscription of the stock company: the number of the shares for subscription (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares for subscription and the number of shares for subscription for each class) and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 当該株式会社の募集新株予約権　当該募集新株予約権の数その他法務省令で定める事項 art-409/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-4 remunerations that are share options for subscription of the stock company: the number of the share options for subscription and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 次のイ又はロに掲げるものと引換えにする払込みに充てるための金銭　当該イ又はロに定める事項 art-409/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-5 remunerations that are monies allotted to payments in exchange for what is set forth in (a) or (b) below: the matters specified in the relevant (a) or (b): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 当該株式会社の募集株式　執行役等が引き受ける当該募集株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、募集株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）その他法務省令で定める事項 art-409/par-3/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-5/sub-1 shares for subscription of the stock company: the number of shares for subscription subscribed to by the executive officers, etc. (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares for subscription and the number of shares for subscription for each class) and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 当該株式会社の募集新株予約権　執行役等が引き受ける当該募集新株予約権の数その他法務省令で定める事項 art-409/par-3/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-5/sub-2 share options for subscription of the stock company: the number of share options for subscription subscribed to by the executive officers, etc. and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 金銭でないもの（当該株式会社の募集株式及び募集新株予約権を除く。）　個人別の具体的な内容 art-409/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-6 remunerations that are not monetary (excluding shares for subscription and share options for subscription of the stock company): the specific contents thereof for each individual person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-409/par-2: 第四百四条第三項 → 会社法 第四百四条第三項 (Article 404, paragraph (3)), art-404/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-404/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-404/par-3 - art-409/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百九条第一項 (Article 409, paragraph (1)), art-409/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-1 - art-409/par-3: 第一号 → 会社法 第四百九条第三項第一号 (Article 409, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-409/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3/item-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百二条の二第三項（取締役の報酬等に係る募集事項の決定の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-202-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-202-2/par-3 - 会社法 第二百五条第五項（募集株式の申込み及び割当てに関する特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-205/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-205/par-5 - 会社法 第二百三十六条第四項（新株予約権の内容） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-236/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-236/par-4 - 会社法 第三百六十一条第一項第三号（取締役の報酬等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-361/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-361/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 第三百六十一条第一項第四号（取締役の報酬等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-361/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-361/par-1/item-4 - 会社法 第四百九条第二項（報酬委員会による報酬の決定の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-2 - 会社法 第四百九条第三項（報酬委員会による報酬の決定の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-409/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-409/par-3 - 会社法 第四百四十五条第六項（資本金の額及び準備金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-445/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-445/par-6 --- ## 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