# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百四十八条の二 (Article 348-2) - 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: 第三百四十八条の二 (Article 348-2)（業務の執行の社外取締役への委託） — address `art-348-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-348-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-348-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百四十八条の二（業務の執行の社外取締役への委託） — (Delegation of Execution of Operations to Outside Directors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-348-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-348-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-348-2 **第一項** 株式会社（指名委員会等設置会社を除く。）が社外取締役を置いている場合において、当該株式会社と取締役との利益が相反する状況にあるとき、その他取締役が当該株式会社の業務を執行することにより株主の利益を損なうおそれがあるときは、当該株式会社は、その都度、取締役の決定（取締役会設置会社にあっては、取締役会の決議）によって、当該株式会社の業務を執行することを社外取締役に委託することができる。 art-348-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-348-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-348-2/par-1 If a stock company (excluding a company with nominating committee, etc.) has outside directors, if there is a conflict of interests between the stock company and its directors or there is otherwise a likelihood that the interests of shareholders will be prejudiced by the execution of the operations of the stock company by the directors, the stock company may whenever necessary, by a decision of the directors (or a resolution at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors) delegate the execution of operations of the stock company to the outside directors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指名委員会等設置会社と執行役との利益が相反する状況にあるとき、その他執行役が指名委員会等設置会社の業務を執行することにより株主の利益を損なうおそれがあるときは、当該指名委員会等設置会社は、その都度、取締役会の決議によって、当該指名委員会等設置会社の業務を執行することを社外取締役に委託することができる。 art-348-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-348-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-348-2/par-2 If there is a conflict of interests between a company with nominating committee, etc. and its executive officers or there is otherwise a likelihood that the interests of shareholders will be prejudiced by the execution of the operations of the company with nominating committee, etc. by the executive officers, the company with nominating committee, etc. may whenever necessary, by a resolution at the board of directors meeting delegate the execution of operations of the company with nominating committee, etc. to the outside directors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定により委託された業務の執行は、第二条第十五号イに規定する株式会社の業務の執行に該当しないものとする。ただし、社外取締役が業務執行取締役（指名委員会等設置会社にあっては、執行役）の指揮命令により当該委託された業務を執行したときは、この限りでない。 art-348-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-348-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-348-2/par-3 The execution of operations delegated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs does not be deemed the execution of operations of a stock company provided in Article 2, item (xv), (a); provided, however, that this does not apply if an outside director executes relevant delegated operations pursuant to the direction and orders of an executive directors (or, for a company with nominating committee, etc., executive officer). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-348-2/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第三百四十八条の二第一項 (Article 348-2, paragraph (1)), art-348-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-348-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-348-2/par-1 - art-348-2/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第三百四十八条の二第二項 (Article 348-2, paragraph (2)), art-348-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-348-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-348-2/par-2 - art-348-2/par-3: 第二条第十五号 → 会社法 第二条第一項第十五号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xv)), art-2/par-1/item-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-2/par-1/item-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-2/par-1/item-15 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百四十八条の二第三項（業務の執行の社外取締役への委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-348-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-348-2/par-3 - 会社法 第三百九十九条の十三第五項第六号（監査等委員会設置会社の取締役会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-399-13/par-5/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-399-13/par-5/item-6 - 会社法 第四百十六条第四項第六号（指名委員会等設置会社の取締役会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-416/par-4/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-4/item-6 --- ## 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