# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百四十四条の二 (Article 344-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-344-2. 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: 第三百四十四条の二 (Article 344-2)（監査等委員である取締役の選任に関する監査等委員会の同意等） — address `art-344-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-344-2 - 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. --- ### 第三百四十四条の二（監査等委員である取締役の選任に関する監査等委員会の同意等） — (Consent of the Audit and Supervisory Committee to the Election of Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-344-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-344-2 **第一項** 取締役は、監査等委員会がある場合において、監査等委員である取締役の選任に関する議案を株主総会に提出するには、監査等委員会の同意を得なければならない。 art-344-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-344-2/par-1 If there is an audit and supervisory committee, directors must obtain the consent of the audit and supervisory committee in order to submit proposals to the shareholders meeting on the election of directors who are audit and supervisory committee members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 監査等委員会は、取締役に対し、監査等委員である取締役の選任を株主総会の目的とすること又は監査等委員である取締役の選任に関する議案を株主総会に提出することを請求することができる。 art-344-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-344-2/par-2 The Audit and supervisory committee may request directors to set the election of directors who are audit and supervisory committee members as the purpose of the shareholders meeting or to submit proposals to the shareholders meeting on the election of directors who are audit and supervisory committee members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第三百四十一条の規定は、監査等委員である取締役の解任の決議については、適用しない。 art-344-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-344-2/par-3 The provisions of Article 341 do not apply to the resolution of dismissal of directors who are audit and supervisory committee members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-344-2/par-3: 第三百四十一条 → 会社法 第三百四十一条 (Article 341), art-341 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-341 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百四十七条第一項（種類株主総会における取締役又は監査役の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-347/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第二十一号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-21 --- ## 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