Articles of Incorporation of Japan Football Association
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Articles of Incorporation of Japan Football Association ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF JAPAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Chapter I. General Provisions (Name) Article 1 The Company shall be called “Kōeki Zaidan Hōjin Nihon Sakkā Kyōkai” and shall be expressed in English as “Japan Football Association” (abbreviation: JFA). (Office) Article 2 The Company shall have its main office in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. Chapter II. Objective and Activities (Objective) Article 3 The objective of the Company, as a body that governs and represents the football family of Japan, shall be to realise through football the full benefits that sports can bring to our lives – the soundness of our bodies, the expansion of our minds, and the enrichment of our societies. (Activities) Article 4 1. The Company shall carry out the following activities in order to achieve the objective in the preceding article: (1) Organise Japanese national football teams for each age group and each category, participate in various types of competitions, and hold competitions which national teams participate in; (2) Hold the All Japan Football Championship and other football competitions; (3) Develop football players, promote football, and develop football coaches and referees; (4) Register players, teams, coaches, referees, among others; (5) Manage intellectual property rights and provide trademarks; (6) Carry out social and international contribution activities; and (7) Implement other necessary programs for achieving the objective of the Company. 2. The activities in the preceding paragraph shall be performed in Japan and overseas. Chapter III. Membership in the Fédération Internationale de Football Association and Other Bodies (Membership in the Fédération Internationale de Football Association and Other Bodies) Article 5 As the only body representing the football family of Japan, the Company shall be a member of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Article 5 bis Matters to be enacted or petitioned from FIFA, AFC or EAFF can be determined by a resolution of the Congress or the Executive Committee. Chapter IV. Affiliated Organisations (Affiliated Organisations) Article 6 The organisation that falls under one of the following items shall be a Affiliated Organisations of JFA; (1) Associations which govern the football family of the relevant prefecture, are engaged in the business of promoting and developing the sport of football, and are agreeable with the purport and objectives of the Company and which are affiliated with JFA (hereinafter referred to as “Prefectural Football Associations”) (2) Regional organizations which divided nationwide into 9 regions and cooperatively established by prefectural Football Associations in each region and which are affiliated with JFA (hereinafter referred to as “Regional Football Associations”) (3) Japan Professional Football League (hereinafter referred to as “J. League”) (4)An organization which governs football in a specific category and which are affiliated with JFA (hereinafter referred to as "Various Federations")(5) Other organizations that aim to disseminate and develop football in Japan and which are affiliated with JFA (Affiliation) Article 7 The organisations which will be the Affiliated Organisation provided for in the preceding Article may become Affiliated Organisations of JFA by a resolution of the Congress. (Contribution dues) Article 8 Affiliated Organisations shall pay contribution dues every year which Executive Committee shall set forth. (Withdrawal and Sanction) 2 / 19 Article 9 1. When Affiliated Organisation provided for in Article 6 intends to withdraw, it shall submit a withdrawal notification with the reasons and shall obtain the consent of a majority of the Congress Members at Congress. 2. This corporation may withdraw from the Congress when Affiliated Organisation provided for in Article 6 loses the qualifications listed in Article 6 or if it is deemed inappropriate as an Affiliated Organization of this corporation. (Contribution Due) Article 10 1. In addition to what is provided for in the preceding 4 Articles, the Executive Committee shall set forth the necessary items regarding Affiliated Organisations. 2. Affiliated Organisations shall comply with the provision of the preceding paragraph, Chapter V. Assets and Accounting (Basic Property) Article 11 1. The property listed in the Appendix that is indispensable for performing the business objective of the Company shall be the basic property of the Company. 2. The basic property must be managed with the due care of a prudent manager for achieving the objective of the Company as provided for separately by the Congress. The disposal of any property of the basic property and the exclusion of any property from the basic property shall require the prior approval of the Executive Committee and the Congress. (Fiscal Year) Article 12 The fiscal year of the Company shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year. (Business Plan and Income and Expenditure Budget) Article 13 The business plan, income and expenditure budget, and documents stating fund procurement and capital investment prospects of the Company must be prepared by the President and approved by the Executive Committee by the previous day of the first day of each fiscal year. The same shall apply in the case of amending the documents. (Business Report and Settlement of Accounts) Article 14 1. With regard to the business report and settlement of accounts of the Company, after the end of each 3 / 19 fiscal year the President shall prepare the following documents and, after obtaining the approval of the Executive Committee following the audits performed by Auditors, with the content of the documents in Items 3 to 7 following the audits performed by Accounting Auditors, report to the documents to the regular meeting of the Congress on the content of the documents in Items 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7. (1) Business report; (2) Detailed statement of the business report; (3) Balance sheet; (4) Profit-and-loss statement (Statement of changes in net assets); (5) Detailed statement of the balance sheet and profit-and-loss statement (Statement of changes in net assets); (6) List of property; and (7) Cash flow statement. 2. With regard to the documents of items 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the preceding paragraph, the same rule as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 64 of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (hereinafter referred to as “the Associations and Foundations Act”) in the event that it does not fall under the requirements stipulated in Article 48, it shall obtain approval by the regular meeting of Congress in lieu of reporting to the regular meeting of Congress prescribed in the preceding paragraph. (Calculation of Remaining Amount of Properties Acquired for Public Interest Purposes) Article 15 Each fiscal year, the President shall calculate the remaining amount of properties acquired for public interest purposes as of the last day of the aforementioned fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of Article 48 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Authorisation of Public Interest Incorporated Associations and Public Interest Incorporated Foundations (hereinafter referred to as “the Authorisation Act”). Chapter VI. Congress Members (Election of Congress Members) Article 16 The Company shall have no less than seventy (70) to no more than eighty-five (85) Congress Members. (Appointment and Discharge of Congress Members) Article 17 1. The Congress shall appoint and discharge Congress Members pursuant to the provisions of Articles 179 to 195 of the Associations and Foundations Act. 2. In appointing Congress Members, all of the requirements in the following items must be met. 4 / 19 (1) The total number of persons falling under (a) to (f) below vis-à-vis each Congress Member shall not exceed one-third (1/3) of the total number of Congress Members: (a) The said Congress Member, and his or her spouse or relative within the third degree of relationship (b) Any person who has not filed marriage with but is in a de facto marital relationship with the said Congress Member (c) Employees of the said Congress Member (d) Any person other than those mentioned in (b) or (c) and maintains a living by receiving money or other property from the said Congress Member (e) Spouses of those listed in (c) or (d) (f) Any person who is a relative within the third degree of relationship of those listed in (b) to (d) and share living expenses with them (2) The total number of Congress Members falling under (a) to (d) below of other similar organisations (excluding public interest juridical persons) shall not exceed one-third (1/3) of the total number of Congress Members: (a) Members of ExCo (b) Employees (c) Officers other than Members of ExCo (representatives or administrators of organisations which are not juridical persons and which stipulate representatives or administrators) or employees who execute tasks of the said other similar organisations (d) Staff of the following organisations (excluding members of the Diet and municipal assemblies): (i) National agencies (ii) Local public bodies (iii) Independent administrative agencies specified in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Act on General Rules for Independent Administrative Agency (iv) National university corporations specified in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the National University Corporation Act or Inter-University Research Institute Corporations specified in Paragraph 3 of the same article (v) Local independent administrative agencies specified in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act (vi) Special status juridical persons (juridical persons which were established by a special act of establishment pursuant to a special law and which are covered by the provisions of Article 4, Item 15 of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) or government-authorised juridical persons (juridical persons which were established pursuant to a special law and whose establishment requires the authorisation of administrative authorities) (Term of Office of Congress Members) Article 18 5 / 19 1.