# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百七十二条 (Article 372) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372. 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: 第三百七十二条 (Article 372)（取締役会への報告の省略） — address `art-372` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百七十二条（取締役会への報告の省略） — (Omission of Report to Board of Directors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-372 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372 **第一項** 取締役、会計参与、監査役又は会計監査人が取締役（監査役設置会社にあっては、取締役及び監査役）の全員に対して取締役会に報告すべき事項を通知したときは、当該事項を取締役会へ報告することを要しない。 art-372/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-1 If the directors, accounting advisors, company auditors or financial auditors have notified all directors (or, for a company with company auditor, directors and company auditors) of matters that are to be reported to a board of directors meeting, it is unnecessary to report relevant matters to a board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、第三百六十三条第二項の規定による報告については、適用しない。 art-372/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to reports under the provisions of Article 363, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 指名委員会等設置会社についての前二項の規定の適用については、第一項中「監査役又は会計監査人」とあるのは「会計監査人又は執行役」と、「取締役（監査役設置会社にあっては、取締役及び監査役）」とあるのは「取締役」と、前項中「第三百六十三条第二項」とあるのは「第四百十七条第四項」とする。 art-372/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-3 For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs to a company with nominating committee, etc., the phrase "company auditors or financial auditors" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "financial auditors or executive officers"; the phrase "directors (or, for a company with company auditor, directors and company auditors)" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "directors"; and the phrase "Article 363, paragraph (2)" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 417, paragraph (4)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-372/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百七十二条第一項 (Article 372, paragraph (1)), art-372/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-1 - art-372/par-2: 第三百六十三条第二項 → 会社法 第三百六十三条第二項 (Article 363, paragraph (2)), art-363/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-2 - art-372/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第三百七十二条第一項 (Article 372, paragraph (1)), art-372/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-1 - art-372/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第三百七十二条第二項 (Article 372, paragraph (2)), art-372/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-372/par-2 - art-372/par-3: 第三百六十三条第二項 → 会社法 第三百六十三条第二項 (Article 363, paragraph (2)), art-363/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-363/par-2 - art-372/par-3: 第四百十七条第四項 → 会社法 第四百十七条第四項 (Article 417, paragraph (4)), art-417/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-417/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - 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 - 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 --- ## 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