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Commercial Code of Japan
Board of Corporate Auditors


Article 14 (The Audit Special Exceptions Law of Japan)

The Corporate Auditor must report on the matters mentioned in the respective item of paragraph 3 to the Board of Corporate Auditors when he has completed perusal of the Corporate AuditorÅfs report under paragraph 1 of the preceding Article and other auditing matters.
2. The Board of Corporate Auditors must submit the Corporate AuditorÅfs report to the Director within one week from the date of receipt of the audit report under paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, and further, send a copy thereof to the external financial auditor.
3. The Corporate AuditorÅfs report under the preceding paragraph must, on the basis of the Corporate AuditorÅfs report provided for in paragraph 1, state therein the following matters. In such case, the opinions of each Corporate Auditor may be added.
(1) If it is recognized that the method or result of audit by the external financial auditor is inadequate, a statement to that effect and the reason, as well as the outline of method or the result of audit by the Corporate Auditor;
(2) The outlines of method of audit of the business other than accounting;
(3) The matters mentioned in item (6) and items (8) through (12) of Article 281-3 paragraph 2 of the Commercial Code (with respect to the matters mentioned in items (6),(9) and (11) of the said paragraph, limited to the part other than part concerning accounting).
4. The provision of paragraph 4 of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the audit report under paragraph 2.

Article 18-2 (The Audit Special Exceptions Law of Japan)

In the case of the company, all Corporate Auditors shall constitute the Board of Corporate Auditors.
2. The Board of Corporate Auditors may, in addition to the authority provided for in this law, determine auditing principles, method of investigating the conditions of the business and the assets of the company, and other matters concerning the execution of the Corporate AuditorÅfs duties by a resolution. Provided that, this shall not preclude the authority of a Corporate Auditor from being exercised.
3. The Corporate Auditor must report on the condition of the execution of his duties when requested by the Board of Directors.

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