# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百三十一条の二 (Article 331-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2. 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: 第三百三十一条の二 (Article 331-2) — address `art-331-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第三百三十一条の二 art-331-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2 **第一項** 成年被後見人が取締役に就任するには、その成年後見人が、成年被後見人の同意（後見監督人がある場合にあっては、成年被後見人及び後見監督人の同意）を得た上で、成年被後見人に代わって就任の承諾をしなければならない。 art-331-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2/par-1 For an adult ward to assume the role of a director, the guardian of the adult ward must obtain the consent of the adult ward (if there is a supervisor of guardian, the consent of the adult ward and the supervisor of guardian), and the guardian must approve the assumption on behalf of the adult ward. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 被保佐人が取締役に就任するには、その保佐人の同意を得なければならない。 art-331-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2/par-2 For a person under curatorship to assume the role of a director, the content of the curator must be obtained. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定は、保佐人が民法第八百七十六条の四第一項の代理権を付与する旨の審判に基づき被保佐人に代わって就任の承諾をする場合について準用する。この場合において、第一項中「成年被後見人の同意（後見監督人がある場合にあっては、成年被後見人及び後見監督人の同意）」とあるのは、「被保佐人の同意」と読み替えるものとする。 art-331-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis if a curator approves assumption on behalf of a person under curatorship pursuant to an order to the effect that the power of representation are granted under Article 876-4, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code. In this case, the term "consent of the adult ward (if there is a supervisor of guardian, the consent of the adult ward and the supervisor of guardian)" in paragraph (1) is to be replaced with "consent of the person under curatorship." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 成年被後見人又は被保佐人がした取締役の資格に基づく行為は、行為能力の制限によっては取り消すことができない。 art-331-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2/par-4 Acts performed by an adult ward or person under curatorship pursuant to their capacity as a director may not be revoked on the grounds of limited capacity. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-331-2/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百三十一条の二第一項 (Article 331-2, paragraph (1)), art-331-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2/par-1 - art-331-2/par-3: 民法第八百七十六条の四第一項 → 民法 第八百七十六条の四第一項 (Article 876-4, paragraph (1)), art-876-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-876-4/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 129AC0000000089) ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三十九条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-39/par-5 - 会社法 第三百三十一条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331-2/par-3 - 会社法 第三百三十五条第一項（監査役の資格等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-335/par-1 - 会社法 第四百二条第四項（執行役の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-402/par-4 - 会社法 第四百七十八条第八項（清算人の就任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-478/par-8 --- ## 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 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17