# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百十七条 (Article 417) - 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: 第四百十七条 (Article 417)（指名委員会等設置会社の取締役会の運営） — address `art-417` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-417 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-417 - 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. --- ### 第四百十七条（指名委員会等設置会社の取締役会の運営） — (Operations of the Board of Directors of Companies with a Nominating Committee) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-417 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-417 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-417 **第一項** 指名委員会等設置会社においては、招集権者の定めがある場合であっても、指名委員会等がその委員の中から選定する者は、取締役会を招集することができる。 art-417/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-417/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-417/par-1 At a company with nominating committee, etc., even if there are provisions for a convenor, persons appointed by the nominating committee, etc. from among their committee members may call the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行役は、前条第一項第一号ニの取締役に対し、取締役会の目的である事項を示して、取締役会の招集を請求することができる。この場合において、当該請求があった日から五日以内に、当該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ときは、当該執行役は、取締役会を招集することができる。 art-417/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-417/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-417/par-2 Executive officers may demand that the directors under paragraph (1), item (i), (d) of the preceding Article call the board of directors meeting by indicating to those directors the matters that are the purpose of the board of directors meeting. In these cases, if 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 two weeks from the day of the demand is not dispatched within five days from the day of relevant demand, relevant executive officers may call the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 指名委員会等がその委員の中から選定する者は、遅滞なく、当該指名委員会等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-417/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-417/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-417/par-3 The persons appointed by the nominating committee, etc. from among the committee members must report the status of the execution of the duties of relevant nominating committee, etc. to the board of directors meeting without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 執行役は、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。この場合において、執行役は、代理人（他の執行役に限る。）により当該報告をすることができる。 art-417/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-417/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-417/par-4 The executive officers must report the status of the execution of their duties to the board of directors meeting at least once every three months. In these cases, executive officers may submit relevant reports through their agents (limited to other executive officers). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 執行役は、取締役会の要求があったときは、取締役会に出席し、取締役会が求めた事項について説明をしなければならない。 art-417/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-417/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-417/par-5 If requested by the board of directors, executive officers must attend the board of directors meeting and provide explanations on the matters requested by the board of directors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-417/par-2: 前条第一項第一号 → 会社法 第四百十六条第一項第一号 (Article 416, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-416/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-416/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第四百十六条第一項第一号ニ（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-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-1/item-1/sub-4 --- ## 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