# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百八十三条 (Article 383) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383. 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: 第三百八十三条 (Article 383)（取締役会への出席義務等） — address `art-383` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百八十三条（取締役会への出席義務等） — (Obligation to Attend Board of Directors Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383 **第一項** 監査役は、取締役会に出席し、必要があると認めるときは、意見を述べなければならない。ただし、監査役が二人以上ある場合において、第三百七十三条第一項の規定による特別取締役による議決の定めがあるときは、監査役の互選によって、監査役の中から特に同条第二項の取締役会に出席する監査役を定めることができる。 art-383/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-1 Company auditors must attend the board of directors meeting, and must state their opinions if they find it necessary; provided, however, that, if there are two or more company auditors, if there are provisions on the vote by special directors pursuant to the provisions of Article 373, paragraph (1), the company auditor who attends the board of directors meeting under paragraph (2) of that Article may be appointed by the company auditors from among the company auditors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 監査役は、前条に規定する場合において、必要があると認めるときは、取締役（第三百六十六条第一項ただし書に規定する場合にあっては、招集権者）に対し、取締役会の招集を請求することができる。 art-383/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-2 In the case provided for in the preceding Article, if company auditors find it necessary, they may demand that the directors (or a convenor in case provided for in the proviso to Article 366, paragraph (1)) call the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による請求があった日から五日以内に、その請求があった日から二週間以内の日を取締役会の日とする取締役会の招集の通知が発せられない場合は、その請求をした監査役は、取締役会を招集することができる。 art-383/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-3 If, within five days from the day of the demand made pursuant to the provisions of preceding paragraph, a notice of calling of the board of directors meeting which designates as the day of the board of directors meeting a day falling within the period of two weeks from the day of the demand are not dispatched, the company auditors who made that demand may call the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前二項の規定は、第三百七十三条第二項の取締役会については、適用しない。 art-383/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-4 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the board of directors meeting under Article 373, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-383/par-1: 第三百七十三条第一項 → 会社法 第三百七十三条第一項 (Article 373, paragraph (1)), art-373/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-373/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-373/par-1 - art-383/par-1: 同条第二項 → 会社法 第三百七十三条第二項 (Article 373, paragraph (2)), art-373/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-373/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-373/par-2 - art-383/par-2: 前条 → 会社法 第三百八十二条 (Article 382), art-382 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-382 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-382 - art-383/par-2: 第三百六十六条第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十六条第一項 (Article 366, paragraph (1)), art-366/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-1 - art-383/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百八十三条第二項 (Article 383, paragraph (2)), art-383/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-2 - art-383/par-4: 前二項 → 会社法 第三百八十三条第二項 (Article 383, paragraph (2)), art-383/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-2 - art-383/par-4: 前二項 → 会社法 第三百八十三条第三項 (Article 383, paragraph (3)), art-383/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-3 - art-383/par-4: 第三百七十三条第二項 → 会社法 第三百七十三条第二項 (Article 373, paragraph (2)), art-373/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-373/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-373/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百八十三条第三項（取締役会への出席義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-3 - 会社法 第三百八十三条第四項（取締役会への出席義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-4 - 会社法 第三百八十九条第七項（定款の定めによる監査範囲の限定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-389/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-389/par-7 --- ## 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