Legal analysis: Under normal circumstances, nominal supervisors have no impact on the person. Generally speaking, supervisors do not bear general legal liability, but in specific circumstances, they may bear legal liability. Not taking on debt is what the company does. For example, if the nominal supervisor is at fault, he must bear legal responsibility. Nominal supervisors are not legally recognized.
Legal basis: Article 51 of the "Company Law" A limited liability company shall have a board of supervisors, whose members shall not be less than three. A limited liability company with a small number of shareholders or a smaller scale may have one or two supervisors but no supervisory board.
The board of supervisors shall include shareholder representatives and an appropriate proportion of company employee representatives, of which the proportion of employee representatives shall not be less than one-third, and the specific proportion shall be stipulated in the company's articles of association. The employee representatives on the board of supervisors are democratically elected by the company's employees through employee congresses, workers' conferences or other forms.
The board of supervisors shall have one chairman, who shall be elected by a majority of all supervisors. The chairman of the board of supervisors shall convene and preside over the meeting of the board of supervisors; if the chairman of the board of supervisors is unable or fails to perform his duties, more than half of the supervisors shall jointly elect a supervisor to convene and preside over the meeting of the board of supervisors.
Directors and senior managers may not concurrently serve as supervisors.
Article 52 The term of office of supervisors shall be three years. When the supervisor's term expires, he or she may be re-elected.
If the supervisor’s term of office expires and the supervisor is not re-elected in time, or if a supervisor resigns during the term and the number of members of the supervisory board falls below the quorum, before the re-elected supervisor takes office, the original supervisor shall still comply with laws, administrative regulations and the company’s articles of association. perform supervisory duties according to the regulations.
Article 53 The board of supervisors and the supervisors of companies without a board of supervisors shall exercise the following powers:
(1) Inspect the company’s finances;
(2) Supervise the performance of directors and senior managers in performing their duties, and make recommendations for removal of directors and senior managers who violate laws, administrative regulations, company articles of association or shareholders' meeting resolutions;
(3) When directors, When the behavior of senior managers harms the interests of the company, the directors and senior managers are required to make corrections;
(4) Proposing to convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, and failing to convene and preside over the shareholders’ meeting when the board of directors fails to fulfill the requirements of this Law Convening and presiding over the shareholders' meeting when performing duties;
(5) Proposing proposals to the shareholders' meeting;
(6) Pursuant to the provisions of Article 151 of this Law, Directors and senior managers file lawsuits;
(7) Other powers stipulated in the company's articles of association.
Article 54 Supervisors may attend board of directors meetings and raise questions or suggestions on board resolutions.
Boards of supervisors and supervisors of companies without a board of supervisors may conduct investigations if they discover abnormalities in the company's operating conditions; if necessary, they may hire an accounting firm to assist them in their work at the company's expense.
Article 55 The Board of Supervisors shall hold at least one meeting every year, and supervisors may propose to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
Except as otherwise provided for in this Law, the discussion methods and voting procedures of the board of supervisors shall be stipulated in the company's articles of association.
Resolutions of the board of supervisors must be passed by more than half of the supervisors.
The board of supervisors shall keep minutes of its decisions on matters discussed, and the supervisors attending the meeting shall sign on the minutes.
Article 56 The expenses necessary for the board of supervisors and supervisors of companies without a board of supervisors to exercise their powers shall be borne by the company.