# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百五十八条 (Article 358) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358. 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: 第三百五十八条 (Article 358)（業務の執行に関する検査役の選任） — address `art-358` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358 - 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. --- ### 第三百五十八条（業務の執行に関する検査役の選任） — (Appointment of Inspector of Execution of Operation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-358 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358 **第一項** 株式会社の業務の執行に関し、不正の行為又は法令若しくは定款に違反する重大な事実があることを疑うに足りる事由があるときは、次に掲げる株主は、当該株式会社の業務及び財産の状況を調査させるため、裁判所に対し、検査役の選任の申立てをすることができる。 art-358/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-1 If there are sufficient grounds to suspect misconduct or material facts in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation in connection with the execution of the operations of a stock company, the following shareholders may file a petition for the appointment of an inspector with the court in order to have the inspector investigate the status of the operations and the financial status of relevant stock company: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 総株主（株主総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない株主を除く。）の議決権の百分の三（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の議決権を有する株主 art-358/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-1/item-1 shareholders who hold not less than three hundredths of the votes (or, if a lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of all shareholders (excluding shareholders who may not vote on all matters which may be resolved at shareholders meetings); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 発行済株式（自己株式を除く。）の百分の三（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の数の株式を有する株主 art-358/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-1/item-2 shareholders who hold not less than three hundredths (or, if a lesser proportion prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the issued shares (excluding treasury shares). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申立てがあった場合には、裁判所は、これを不適法として却下する場合を除き、検査役を選任しなければならない。 art-358/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-2 If the petition under the preceding paragraph has been filed, the court must appoint the inspector except in case it dismisses the petition as non-conforming. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、前項の検査役を選任した場合には、株式会社が当該検査役に対して支払う報酬の額を定めることができる。 art-358/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-3 If the court has appointed the inspector under the preceding paragraph, it may fix the amount of the remuneration that the stock company pays to relevant inspector. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の検査役は、その職務を行うため必要があるときは、株式会社の子会社の業務及び財産の状況を調査することができる。 art-358/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-4 The inspector referred to in paragraph (2) may investigate the status of the operations and the financial status of subsidiary companies of the stock company if it is necessary in order to perform the inspector's duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二項の検査役は、必要な調査を行い、当該調査の結果を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録（法務省令で定めるものに限る。）を裁判所に提供して報告をしなければならない。 art-358/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-5 The inspector referred to in paragraph (2) must conduct the necessary investigation and submit a report to the court by providing it with a document detailing the results of the investigation or with an electronic or magnetic record (limited to one prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order) in which these have been recorded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 裁判所は、前項の報告について、その内容を明瞭にし、又はその根拠を確認するため必要があると認めるときは、第二項の検査役に対し、更に前項の報告を求めることができる。 art-358/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-6 If the court finds it necessary for the purpose of clarification of the contents of the report under the preceding paragraph or of confirmation of the grounds supporting that report, it may request the inspector under paragraph (2) a further report under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第二項の検査役は、第五項の報告をしたときは、株式会社及び検査役の選任の申立てをした株主に対し、同項の書面の写しを交付し、又は同項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により提供しなければならない。 art-358/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-7 When the inspector under paragraph (2) reports pursuant to paragraph (5), the inspector must deliver a copy of the document referred to in that paragraph to the stock company and the shareholders who filed the petition for the appointment of an inspector or use a means prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to provide them with the information recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-358/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第一項 (Article 358, paragraph (1)), art-358/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-1 - art-358/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第二項 (Article 358, paragraph (2)), art-358/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-2 - art-358/par-4: 第二項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第二項 (Article 358, paragraph (2)), art-358/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-2 - art-358/par-5: 第二項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第二項 (Article 358, paragraph (2)), art-358/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-2 - art-358/par-6: 前項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第五項 (Article 358, paragraph (5)), art-358/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-5 - art-358/par-6: 第二項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第二項 (Article 358, paragraph (2)), art-358/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-2 - art-358/par-7: 第二項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第二項 (Article 358, paragraph (2)), art-358/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-2 - art-358/par-7: 第五項 → 会社法 第三百五十八条第五項 (Article 358, paragraph (5)), art-358/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-5 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百五十八条第二項（業務の執行に関する検査役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-2 - 会社法 第三百五十八条第三項（業務の執行に関する検査役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-3 - 会社法 第三百五十八条第四項（業務の執行に関する検査役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-4 - 会社法 第三百五十八条第五項（業務の執行に関する検査役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-5 - 会社法 第三百五十八条第六項（業務の執行に関する検査役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-6 - 会社法 第三百五十八条第七項（業務の執行に関する検査役の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-358/par-7 - 会社法 第三百五十九条第一項（裁判所による株主総会招集等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-359/par-1 - 会社法 第三百五十九条第一項第二号（裁判所による株主総会招集等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-359/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第三百五十九条第二項（裁判所による株主総会招集等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-359/par-2 - 会社法 第三百五十九条第三項（裁判所による株主総会招集等の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-359/par-3 - 会社法 第九百六十八条第一項第二号（株主等の権利の行使に関する贈収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-968/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17