# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百六十三条 (Article 363) - 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: 第三百六十三条 (Article 363)（取締役会設置会社の取締役の権限） — address `art-363` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363 - 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. --- ### 第三百六十三条（取締役会設置会社の取締役の権限） — (Authority of Directors of Companies with Board of Directors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-363 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363 **第一項** 次に掲げる取締役は、取締役会設置会社の業務を執行する。 art-363/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363/par-1 The following directors execute the operations of a company with board of directors: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 代表取締役 art-363/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363/par-1/item-1 a representative director; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 代表取締役以外の取締役であって、取締役会の決議によって取締役会設置会社の業務を執行する取締役として選定されたもの art-363/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363/par-1/item-2 a director other than a representative director, who is appointed by a resolution of the board of directors meeting as the director who is to execute the operations of a company with board of directors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項各号に掲げる取締役は、三箇月に一回以上、自己の職務の執行の状況を取締役会に報告しなければならない。 art-363/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363/par-2 The directors set forth in each item of the preceding paragraph must report the status of the execution of the director's duties to the board of directors at least once every three months. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-363/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百六十三条第一項 (Article 363, paragraph (1)), art-363/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二条第一項第十五号イ（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-2/par-1/item-15/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-2/par-1/item-15/sub-1 - 会社法 第三百六十三条第二項（取締役会設置会社の取締役の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-363/par-2 - 会社法 第三百七十二条第二項（取締役会への報告の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-372/par-2 - 会社法 第三百七十二条第三項（取締役会への報告の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-372/par-3 - 会社法 第四百八十九条第八項（清算人会の権限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-489/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-489/par-8 - 会社法 第四百九十条第六項（清算人会の運営） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-490/par-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