# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百九十三条 (Article 593) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593. 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: 第五百九十三条 (Article 593)（業務を執行する社員と持分会社との関係） — address `art-593` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593 - 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. --- ### 第五百九十三条（業務を執行する社員と持分会社との関係） — (Relationship between Members Executing Business and Membership Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-593 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593 **第一項** 業務を執行する社員は、善良な管理者の注意をもって、その職務を行う義務を負う。 art-593/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-1 Members who execute the business have the obligation to perform their duties with due care of a prudent manager. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 業務を執行する社員は、法令及び定款を遵守し、持分会社のため忠実にその職務を行わなければならない。 art-593/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-2 Members who execute the business must perform their duties for the membership company in a loyal manner in compliance with the laws and regulations and articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 業務を執行する社員は、持分会社又は他の社員の請求があるときは、いつでもその職務の執行の状況を報告し、その職務が終了した後は、遅滞なくその経過及び結果を報告しなければならない。 art-593/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-3 Members who execute the business must report the status of the execution of their duties whenever there are requests by the membership company or other members, and must report the progress and outcome of their duties without delay after those duties end. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 民法第六百四十六条から第六百五十条までの規定は、業務を執行する社員と持分会社との関係について準用する。この場合において、同法第六百四十六条第一項、第六百四十八条第二項、第六百四十八条の二、第六百四十九条及び第六百五十条中「委任事務」とあるのは「その職務」と、同法第六百四十八条第三項第一号中「委任事務」とあり、及び同項第二号中「委任」とあるのは「前項の職務」と読み替えるものとする。 art-593/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-4 The provisions of Articles 646 through 650 of the Civil Code apply mutatis mutandis to the relationship between members who execute the business and the membership company. In these cases, the term "mandated business" in Article 646, paragraph (1), Article 648, paragraph (2), Article 648-2, Article 649 and Article 650 is deemed to be replaced with "their duties", and the terms "mandated business" in Article 648, paragraph (3), item (i) and the term "mandate" in item (ii) of the paragraph of the same Code are deemed to be replaced with "duties in the preceding paragraph". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前二項の規定は、定款で別段の定めをすることを妨げない。 art-593/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-5 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not preclude provisions to the contrary in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-593/par-4: 民法第六百四十六条から第六百五十条まで → 民法 第六百四十六条 (Article 646), art-646 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-646 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-646 - art-593/par-4: 民法第六百四十六条から第六百五十条まで → 民法 第六百四十七条 (Article 647), art-647 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-647 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-647 - art-593/par-4: 民法第六百四十六条から第六百五十条まで → 民法 第六百四十八条 (Article 648), art-648 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-648 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648 - art-593/par-4: 民法第六百四十六条から第六百五十条まで → 民法 第六百四十八条の二 (Article 648-2), art-648-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-648-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648-2 - art-593/par-4: 民法第六百四十六条から第六百五十条まで → 民法 第六百四十九条 (Article 649), art-649 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-649 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-649 - art-593/par-4: 民法第六百四十六条から第六百五十条まで → 民法 第六百五十条 (Article 650), art-650 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-650 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-650 - art-593/par-4: 同法第六百四十六条第一項 → 民法 第六百四十六条第一項 (Article 646, paragraph (1)), art-646/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-646/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-646/par-1 - art-593/par-4: 第六百四十八条第二項 → 民法 第六百四十八条第二項 (Article 648, paragraph (2)), art-648/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-648/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648/par-2 - art-593/par-4: 同法第六百四十八条第三項第一号 → 民法 第六百四十八条第三項第一号 (Article 648, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-648/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-648/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648/par-3/item-1 - art-593/par-4: 同項第二号 → 民法 第六百四十八条第三項第二号 (Article 648, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-648/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-648/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-648/par-3/item-2 - art-593/par-5: 前二項 → 会社法 第五百九十三条第三項 (Article 593, paragraph (3)), art-593/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-3 - art-593/par-5: 前二項 → 会社法 第五百九十三条第四項 (Article 593, paragraph (4)), art-593/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百九十三条第五項（業務を執行する社員と持分会社との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-593/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-593/par-5 - 会社法 第五百九十八条第二項（法人が業務を執行する社員である場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-598/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-598/par-2 - 会社法 第六百五十一条第二項（清算人と清算持分会社との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-651/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-651/par-2 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第一項（一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律及び会社法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/par-1 --- ## 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