# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百三条 (Article 403) - 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: 第四百三条 (Article 403)（執行役の解任等） — address `art-403` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-403 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-403 - 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. --- ### 第四百三条（執行役の解任等） — (Dismissal of Executive Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-403 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-403 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-403 **第一項** 執行役は、いつでも、取締役会の決議によって解任することができる。 art-403/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-403/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-403/par-1 Executive officers may be dismissed at any time by a resolution at the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により解任された執行役は、その解任について正当な理由がある場合を除き、指名委員会等設置会社に対し、解任によって生じた損害の賠償を請求することができる。 art-403/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-403/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-403/par-2 An executive officer dismissed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is entitled to demand damages arising from the dismissal from the company with nominating committee, etc., except if there are justifiable grounds for the dismissal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四百一条第二項から第四項までの規定は、執行役が欠けた場合又は定款で定めた執行役の員数が欠けた場合について準用する。 art-403/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-403/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-403/par-3 The provisions of Article 401, paragraph (2) through paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases where there are no executive officers in office, or where there is a vacancy which results in a shortfall in the number of executive officers prescribed in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-403/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四百三条第一項 (Article 403, paragraph (1)), art-403/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-403/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-403/par-1 - art-403/par-3: 第四百一条第二項から第四項まで → 会社法 第四百一条第二項 (Article 401, paragraph (2)), art-401/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-401/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-2 - art-403/par-3: 第四百一条第二項から第四項まで → 会社法 第四百一条第三項 (Article 401, paragraph (3)), art-401/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-401/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-3 - art-403/par-3: 第四百一条第二項から第四項まで → 会社法 第四百一条第四項 (Article 401, paragraph (4)), art-401/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-401/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-401/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四百三条第二項（執行役の解任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-403/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-403/par-2 - 会社法 第四百十六条第四項第十号（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-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-4/item-10 - 会社法 第八百七十条第一項第一号（陳述の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-870/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-870/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第九百三十七条第一項第二号イ（裁判による登記の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-937/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-937/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第五号（取締役等の特別背任罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-5 - 会社法 第九百六十六条第一項第五号（株式の超過発行の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-966/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-966/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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