# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百九十条 (Article 590) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-590. 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: 第五百九十条 (Article 590)（業務の執行） — address `art-590` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-590 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-590 - 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. --- ### 第五百九十条（業務の執行） — (Execution of Business) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-590 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-590 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-590 **第一項** 社員は、定款に別段の定めがある場合を除き、持分会社の業務を執行する。 art-590/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-590/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-590/par-1 A member executes the business of the membership company, unless otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社員が二人以上ある場合には、持分会社の業務は、定款に別段の定めがある場合を除き、社員の過半数をもって決定する。 art-590/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-590/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-590/par-2 If there are two or more members, the business of the membership company is determined by a majority of the members, unless otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、持分会社の常務は、各社員が単独で行うことができる。ただし、その完了前に他の社員が異議を述べた場合は、この限りでない。 art-590/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-590/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-590/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, each member may perform the ordinary business of the membership company individually; provided, however, that this does not apply if other members raise objections before the completion of the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-590/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第五百九十条第二項 (Article 590, paragraph (2)), art-590/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-590/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-590/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百九十条第三項（業務の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-590/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-590/par-3 - 会社法 第五百九十一条第一項（業務を執行する社員を定款で定めた場合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-591/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-591/par-1 --- ## 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17