# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四十八条 (Article 48) - 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: 第四十八条 (Article 48)（設立時委員の選定等） — address `art-48` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十八条（設立時委員の選定等） — (Appointment of Committee Members at Incorporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48 **第一項** 設立しようとする株式会社が指名委員会等設置会社である場合には、設立時取締役は、次に掲げる措置をとらなければならない。 art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1 If the stock company to be incorporated is a company with nominating committee, etc., the director at incorporation must take the following measures: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 設立時取締役の中から次に掲げる者（次項において「設立時委員」という。）を選定すること。 art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1/item-1 appoint the following persons (in the following paragraph referred to as "committee members at incorporation") among the directors at incorporation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 株式会社の設立に際して指名委員会の委員となる者 art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-1 persons who are to be members of the nominating committee at incorporation of the stock company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 株式会社の設立に際して監査委員会の委員となる者 art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-2 persons who are to be committee members of the audit committee at incorporation of the stock company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 株式会社の設立に際して報酬委員会の委員となる者 art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1/item-1/sub-3 persons who are to be committee members of the remuneration committee at incorporation of the stock company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株式会社の設立に際して執行役となる者（以下「設立時執行役」という。）を選任すること。 art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1/item-2 elect persons who are to be the executive officers at incorporation of the stock company (hereinafter referred to as "executive officers at incorporation"); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 設立時執行役の中から株式会社の設立に際して代表執行役となる者（以下「設立時代表執行役」という。）を選定すること。ただし、設立時執行役が一人であるときは、その者が設立時代表執行役に選定されたものとする。 art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1/item-3 appoint among the executive officers at incorporation the persons who are to be the representative executive officers at incorporation of the stock company (hereinafter referred to as "representative executive officers at incorporation"); provided, however, that, if there is only one executive officer at incorporation, the person is deemed to have been appointed as the representative executive officer at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 設立時取締役は、株式会社の成立の時までの間、設立時委員若しくは設立時代表執行役を解職し、又は設立時執行役を解任することができる。 art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-2 At any time prior to the formation of the stock company, the directors at incorporation may remove the committee members at incorporation or the representative executive officers at incorporation, or dismiss the executive officers at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による措置は、設立時取締役の過半数をもって決定する。 art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-3 The decision pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is made by a majority of the directors at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-48/par-1/item-1: 次項 → 会社法 第四十八条第二項 (Article 48, paragraph (2)), art-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-2 - art-48/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1 - art-48/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第四十八条第二項 (Article 48, paragraph (2)), art-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-3 - 会社法 第四十八条第一項第一号（設立時委員の選定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第四十八条第三項（設立時委員の選定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-3 --- ## 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