A person who falls under any one of the following categories of persons may not obtain the registration:
次のいずれかに該当する者は、登録を受けることができない。
Changes by (Act No. 64 of 2026)
a person who has been sentenced to a fine or a severer punishment for the violation of the provisions of this Section or the provisions of Article 955, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 97-4, paragraph (5) of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act (Act No. 132 of 1947), Article 50-2, paragraph (10) and Article 66-40, paragraph (6) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Article 34-20, paragraph (6) and Article 34-23, paragraph (4) of the Certified Public Accountants Act, Article 26, paragraph (6) of the Consumer Cooperatives Act (Act No. 200 of 1948), Article 126-4, paragraph (5) of the Fisheries Cooperatives Act (Act No. 242 of 1948), Article 33, paragraph (7) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act (Act No. 181 of 1949) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20 of the Export Fisheries Promotion Act (Act No. 154 of 1954) and Article 5-23, paragraph (3) and Article 47, paragraph (2) of the Act on Organizations of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (Act No. 185 of 1957)), Article 30-28, paragraph (6) of the Attorneys Act (Act No. 205 of 1949) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (3) of that Act and Article 67, paragraph (2), Article 80, paragraph (1), and Article 82, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign Lawyers (Act No. 66 of 1986) ), Article 55, paragraph (3) of the Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Union Act (Act No. 177 of 1950), Article 45-2, paragraph (6) of the Judicial Scrivener Act (Act No. 197 of 1950), Article 40-2, paragraph (6) of the Land and House Investigator Act (Act No. 228 of 1950), Article 11, paragraph (9) of the Commodity Futures Act (Act No. 239 of 1950), Article 13-20-2, paragraph (6) of the Administrative Scrivener Act (Act No. 4 of 1951), Article 25, paragraph (2) of the Act on Securities Investment Trust and Securities Investment Corporations (Act No. 198 of 1951) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 59 of that Act) and Article 186-2, paragraph (4) of that Act, Article 48-19-2, paragraph (6) of the Certified Public Tax Accountant Act (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 49-12, paragraph (3) of that Act), Article 87-4, paragraph (4) of the Shinkin Bank Act (Act No. 238 of 1951), Article 15, paragraph (6) of the Export and Import Transaction Act (Act No. 299 of 1952) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-6 of that Act), Article 55, paragraph (5) of the Loan Security Act for Small and Medium Sized Fishery Industry (Act No. 346 of 1952), Article 91-4, paragraph (4) of the Labor Bank Act (Act No. 227 of 1953), Article 16, paragraph (8) of the Research and Development Partnerships Act (Act No. 81 of 1961), Article 48-3, paragraph (5) of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Insurance Act (Act No. 204 of 1961) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 48-9, paragraph (7) of that Act), Article 25-23-2, paragraph (6) of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labor Insurance (Act No. 89 of 1968), Article 8-2, paragraph (5) of the Forestry Partnership Act (Act No. 36 of 1978), Article 49-2, paragraph (2) and Article 52-60-36, paragraph (7) of the Banking Act (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6-5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperatives (Act No. 183 of 1949) and Article 89, paragraph (7) of the Shinkin Bank Act), Article 67-2 and Article 217, paragraph (3) of the Insurance Business Act (Act No. 105 of 1995), Article 194, paragraph (4) of the Act on Securitization of Assets (Act No. 105 of 1998), Article 53-2, paragraph (6) of the Patent Attorney Act (Act No. 49 of 2000), Article 96-2, paragraph (4) of the Norinchukin Bank Act (Act No. 93 of 2001), Article 57, paragraph (6) of the Trust Business Act, Article 333 of the Act on General Incorporated Association and General Incorporated Foundation, Article 20, paragraph (4), Article 61, paragraph (7), Article 62-25, paragraph (7), and Article 63-20, paragraph (7) of the Payment Services Act (Act No. 59 of 2009), and Article 29, paragraph (6) of the Workers' Cooperatives Act (Act No. 78 of 2020) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 111, paragraph (2) of that Act) (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "electronic public notice related provisions" in this Section) or the violation of an order based on the provisions of this Section and where two years have yet to elapse from the day on which the execution of the sentence has been completed or the sentence has become no longer applicable;
この節の規定若しくは農業協同組合法（昭和二十二年法律第百三十二号）第九十七条の四第五項、金融商品取引法第五十条の二第十項及び第六十六条の四十第六項、公認会計士法第三十四条の二十第六項及び第三十四条の二十三第四項、消費生活協同組合法（昭和二十三年法律第二百号）第二十六条第六項、水産業協同組合法（昭和二十三年法律第二百四十二号）第百二十六条の四第五項、中小企業等協同組合法（昭和二十四年法律第百八十一号）第三十三条第七項（輸出水産業の振興に関する法律（昭和二十九年法律第百五十四号）第二十条並びに中小企業団体の組織に関する法律（昭和三十二年法律第百八十五号）第五条の二十三第三項及び第四十七条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）、弁護士法（昭和二十四年法律第二百五号）第三十条の二十八第六項（同法第四十三条第三項並びに外国弁護士による法律事務の取扱い等に関する法律（昭和六十一年法律第六十六号）第六十七条第二項、第八十条第一項及び第八十二条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、船主相互保険組合法（昭和二十五年法律第百七十七号）第五十五条第三項、司法書士法（昭和二十五年法律第百九十七号）第四十五条の二第六項、土地家屋調査士法（昭和二十五年法律第二百二十八号）第四十条の二第六項、商品先物取引法（昭和二十五年法律第二百三十九号）第十一条第九項、行政書士法（昭和二十六年法律第四号）第十三条の二十の二第六項、投資信託及び投資法人に関する法律（昭和二十六年法律第百九十八号）第二十五条第二項（同法第五十九条において準用する場合を含む。）及び第百八十六条の二第四項、税理士法第四十八条の十九の二第六項（同法第四十九条の十二第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、信用金庫法（昭和二十六年法律第二百三十八号）第八十七条の四第四項、輸出入取引法（昭和二十七年法律第二百九十九号）第十五条第六項（同法第十九条の六において準用する場合を含む。）、中小漁業融資保証法（昭和二十七年法律第三百四十六号）第五十五条第五項、労働金庫法（昭和二十八年法律第二百二十七号）第九十一条の四第四項、技術研究組合法（昭和三十六年法律第八十一号）第十六条第八項、農業信用保証保険法（昭和三十六年法律第二百四号）第四十八条の三第五項（同法第四十八条の九第七項において準用する場合を含む。）、社会保険労務士法（昭和四十三年法律第八十九号）第二十五条の二十三の二第六項、森林組合法（昭和五十三年法律第三十六号）第八条の二第五項、銀行法第四十九条の二第二項及び第五十二条の六十の三十六第七項（協同組合による金融事業に関する法律（昭和二十四年法律第百八十三号）第六条の五第一項及び信用金庫法第八十九条第七項において準用する場合を含む。）、保険業法（平成七年法律第百五号）第六十七条の二及び第二百十七条第三項、資産の流動化に関する法律（平成十年法律第百五号）第百九十四条第四項、弁理士法（平成十二年法律第四十九号）第五十三条の二第六項、農林中央金庫法（平成十三年法律第九十三号）第九十六条の二第四項、信託業法第五十七条第六項、一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第三百三十三条、資金決済に関する法律（平成二十一年法律第五十九号）第二十条第四項、第六十一条第七項、第六十二条の二十五第七項及び第六十三条の二十第七項並びに労働者協同組合法（令和二年法律第七十八号）第二十九条第六項（同法第百十一条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）（以下この節において「電子公告関係規定」と総称する。）において準用する第九百五十五条第一項の規定又はこの節の規定に基づく命令に違反し、罰金以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなった日から二年を経過しない者
a person whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 954 and where two years have yet to elapse from the day of the rescission; or
a corporation where the directors, etc. engaged in the business thereof (meaning directors, executive officers, members executing business, inspectors, company auditors or persons equivalent thereto; the same applies in Article 947) include a person who falls under any one of the preceding two items.
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registration
「登録」
The registration, with the Minister of Justice, of a body that investigates whether companies' electronic public notices were properly published.
Short name set inArticle 942, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
electronic public notice related provisionsmachine translation
「電子公告関係規定」
Collective name, used within the section (節) of this Act on investigation bodies for electronic public notice (電子公告調査機関), for the provisions of other Acts listed in Article 943, item (i) — among them Article 97-4(5) of the Agricultural Co-operatives Act, Articles 49-2(2) and 52-60-36(7) of the Banking Act, and Articles 20(4), 61(7), 62-25(7) and 63-20(7) of the Payment Services Act — under which that section's rules apply with the necessary changes in wording (準用); the section's own rules are not part of the name.
Short name set inArticle 943, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this section
directors, etc. of a corporationmachine translation
「理事等」
In Article 943, item (iii) and Article 947, the directors (理事 or 取締役), executive officers, members executing business, inspectors (監事) and company auditors of a corporation, or persons equivalent to them.
Defined inArticle 943, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this provision and in Article 947
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 as a reference.
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 as a reference.