# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百二十一条 (Article 421)

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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: 第四百二十一条 (Article 421)（表見代表執行役） — address `art-421`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-421
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-421
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### 第四百二十一条（表見代表執行役） — (Apparent Representative Executive Officers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-421 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-421 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-421</sup>

      **第一項**  指名委員会等設置会社は、代表執行役以外の執行役に社長、副社長その他指名委員会等設置会社を代表する権限を有するものと認められる名称を付した場合には、当該執行役がした行為について、善意の第三者に対してその責任を負う。
      <sup>art-421/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-421/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-421/par-1</sup>
      If a company with nominating committee, etc. gives the title of president, vice president or other title regarded as having authority to represent the company with nominating committee, etc. to an executive officer who is not a representative executive officer, the company with committees is liable to third parties in good faith for the acts of the executive officer.
      <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