# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百十五条 (Article 415)

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- 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: 第四百十五条 (Article 415)（指名委員会等設置会社の取締役の権限） — address `art-415`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-415
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-415
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### 第四百十五条（指名委員会等設置会社の取締役の権限） — (Authority of Directors of Companies with Nominating Committee)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-415 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-415 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-415</sup>

      **第一項**  指名委員会等設置会社の取締役は、この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令に別段の定めがある場合を除き、指名委員会等設置会社の業務を執行することができない。
      <sup>art-415/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-415/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-415/par-1</sup>
      Directors of a company with nominating committee, etc. may not execute the operations of the company with nominating committee, etc. unless otherwise provided in this Act or any order under this Act.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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