# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百二十八条 (Article 428) - 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: 第四百二十八条 (Article 428)（取締役が自己のためにした取引に関する特則） — address `art-428` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-428 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-428 - 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. --- ### 第四百二十八条（取締役が自己のためにした取引に関する特則） — (Special Provisions on Transactions Carried Out by Director for Themselves) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-428 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-428 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-428 **第一項** 第三百五十六条第一項第二号（第四百十九条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の取引（自己のためにした取引に限る。）をした取締役又は執行役の第四百二十三条第一項の責任は、任務を怠ったことが当該取締役又は執行役の責めに帰することができない事由によるものであることをもって免れることができない。 art-428/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-428/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-428/par-1 A director or executive officer who has carried out transactions under Article 356, paragraph (1), item (ii) (including cases of mutatis mutandis application under Article 419, paragraph (2)) (limited to transactions carried out for themselves) may not be exempted from the liability under Article 423, paragraph (1) for the reason that the neglect of their duties was due to grounds not attributable to relevant directors or executive officers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前三条の規定は、前項の責任については、適用しない。 art-428/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-428/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-428/par-2 The provisions of the preceding three Articles do not apply to the liability in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-428/par-1: 第三百五十六条第一項第二号 → 会社法 第三百五十六条第一項第二号 (Article 356, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-356/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-356/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-356/par-1/item-2 - art-428/par-1: 第四百十九条第二項 → 会社法 第四百十九条第二項 (Article 419, paragraph (2)), art-419/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-419/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-419/par-2 - art-428/par-1: 第四百二十三条第一項 → 会社法 第四百二十三条第一項 (Article 423, paragraph (1)), art-423/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-423/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-423/par-1 - art-428/par-2: 前三条 → 会社法 第四百二十五条 (Article 425), art-425 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-425 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-425 - art-428/par-2: 前三条 → 会社法 第四百二十六条 (Article 426), art-426 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-426 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-426 - art-428/par-2: 前三条 → 会社法 第四百二十七条 (Article 427), art-427 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-427 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-427 - art-428/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百二十八条第一項 (Article 428, paragraph (1)), art-428/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-428/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-428/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百二十八条第二項（取締役が自己のためにした取引に関する特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-428/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-428/par-2 - 会社法 第四百三十条の二第六項（補償契約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-430-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-430-2/par-6 - 会社法 第四百八十六条第四項（清算人の清算株式会社に対する損害賠償責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-486/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-486/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17