Financial Instruments and Exchange Act
金融商品取引法
Contents
This law has 1101 articles, so it is read chapter by chapter; the first follows below. To search the whole law, use the search box at the top.
- Chapter I General Provisions第一章 総則Articles 1–2-2 · 3
- Chapter II Disclosure of Corporate Affairs第二章 企業内容等の開示Articles 2-3–27 · 52
- Chapter II-2 Disclosure in a Tender Offer第二章の二 公開買付けに関する開示Articles 27-2–27-22-4 · 24
- Chapter II-3 Disclosure of the Status of Large-Volume Holdings in Share Certificates第二章の三 株券等の大量保有の状況に関する開示Articles 27-23–27-30 · 8
- Chapter II-4 Special Provisions on Procedures Taken Using an Electronic Data Processing System for Disclosure第二章の四 開示用電子情報処理組織による手続の特例等Articles 27-30-2–27-30-11 · 10
- Chapter II-5 Provision or Disclosure of Specified Information on Securities第二章の五 特定証券情報等の提供又は公表Articles 27-31–27-35 · 7
- Chapter II-6 Disclosure of Material Information第二章の六 重要情報の公表Articles 27-36–27-38 · 3
- Chapter III Financial Instruments Business Operators第三章 金融商品取引業者等
- Section 1 General Provisions第一節 総則Articles 28–34-5 · 36
- Section 2 Services第二節 業務Articles 35–45 · 52
- Section 3 Accounting第三節 経理Articles 46–49-5 · 17
- Section 4 Supervision第四節 監督Articles 50–57 · 14
- Section 4-2 Special Provisions on Special Financial Instruments Business Operators第四節の二 特別金融商品取引業者等に関する特則Articles 57-2–57-27 · 26
- Section 5 Special Provisions on Foreign Business Operators第五節 外国業者に関する特例Articles 58–62 · 24
- Section 6 Special Provisions on Specially Permitted Services for Qualified Institutional Investors第六節 適格機関投資家等特例業務に関する特例Articles 63–63-7 · 7
- Section 6-2 Special Provisions on Specially Permitted Services for Foreign Investors第六節の二 海外投資家等特例業務に関する特例Articles 63-8–63-15 · 8
- Section 7 Sales Representatives第七節 外務員Articles 64–64-9 · 9
- Section 8 Miscellaneous Provisions第八節 雑則Articles 65–65-6 · 6
- Chapter III-2 Financial Instruments Intermediary Service Providers第三章の二 金融商品仲介業者Articles 66–66-26 · 27
- Chapter III-3 Credit Rating Agencies第三章の三 信用格付業者Articles 66-27–66-49 · 23
- Chapter III-4 High-Speed Traders第三章の四 高速取引行為者Articles 66-50–66-70 · 21
- Chapter III-5 Investment Management-Related Services Contractors第三章の五 投資運用関係業務受託業者Articles 66-71–66-93 · 23
- Chapter IV Financial Instruments Firms Associations第四章 金融商品取引業協会Articles 67–79-19 · 64
- Chapter IV-2 Investor Protection Funds第四章の二 投資者保護基金Articles 79-20–79-80 · 65
- Chapter V Financial Instruments Exchanges第五章 金融商品取引所
- Section 1 General Provisions第一節 総則Articles 80–87-9 · 23
- Section 2 Financial Instruments Membership Corporations, Self-Regulatory Organizations, and Stock Companies That Operate Financial Instruments Exchange Markets第二節 金融商品会員制法人及び自主規制法人並びに取引所金融商品市場を開設する株式会社Articles 88–109 · 179
- Section 3 Purchase and Sale of Securities on a Financial Instruments Exchange Market第三節 取引所金融商品市場における有価証券の売買等Articles 110–133-2 · 26
- Section 4 Dissolution of a Financial Instruments Exchange第四節 金融商品取引所の解散等Articles 134–147 · 36
- Section 5 Supervision第五節 監督Articles 148–153-5 · 10
- Section 6 Miscellaneous Provisions第六節 雑則Articles 154–154-2 · 2
- Chapter V-2 Foreign Financial Instruments Exchanges第五章の二 外国金融商品取引所Articles 155–156 · 11
- Chapter V-3 Financial Instruments Clearing Organizations第五章の三 金融商品取引清算機関等Articles 156-2–156-22 · 56
- Chapter V-4 Securities Finance Companies第五章の四 証券金融会社Articles 156-23–156-37 · 16
- Chapter V-5 Designated Dispute Resolution Organizations第五章の五 指定紛争解決機関Articles 156-38–156-61 · 24
- Chapter V-6 Trade Repositories第五章の六 取引情報蓄積機関等Articles 156-62–156-84 · 23
- Chapter V-7 Specified Financial Index Administrator第五章の七 特定金融指標算出者Articles 156-85–156-92 · 8
- Chapter VI Regulations on Transactions of Securities第六章 有価証券の取引等に関する規制Articles 157–171-2 · 21
- Chapter VI-2 Administrative Monetary Penalty第六章の二 課徴金Articles 172–185-21 · 49
- Chapter VI-3 Regulations on Transactions of Cryptoassets第六章の三 暗号等資産の取引等に関する規制Articles 185-22–185-24 · 3
- Chapter VII Miscellaneous Provisions第七章 雑則Articles 186–196-2 · 24
- Chapter VIII Penal Provisions第八章 罰則Articles 197–209-3 · 34
- Chapter VIII-2 Special Provisions on Procedures Concerning Confiscation第八章の二 没収に関する手続等の特例Articles 209-4–209-7 · 4
- Chapter IX Investigations in Criminal Cases第九章 犯則事件の調査等Articles 210–226 · 23
第一条(目的)
The purpose of this Act is to ensure fairness in, inter alia, the issuance of securities and transactions of financial instruments, etc. and to facilitate the smooth distribution of securities, as well as to achieve fair price formation for financial instruments, etc. through the full utilization of the functions of the capital markets, by, inter alia, streamlining systems for the disclosure of corporate affairs, specifying the necessary particulars relevant to persons conducting financial instruments business, and ensuring the appropriate operation of financial instruments exchanges, thereby contributing to the sound development of the national economy and the protection of investors.
securities
「有価証券」
Securities as this Act defines them: the instruments listed in Article 2, paragraph (1), among them national government and local government bonds, corporate bonds, share certificates and share option certificates, preferred equity investment certificates, beneficiary certificates of investment trusts and other trusts, investment securities, certain promissory notes, mortgage securities, option certificates and depositary receipts, foreign instruments of the same nature, and other instruments a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
financial instruments business
「金融商品取引業」
Carrying on as a business any of the acts listed in Article 2, paragraph (8) — such as trading and brokering securities and derivatives, underwriting, handling public offerings and private placements, giving investment advice, managing investments and holding customers' money or securities — other than acts a Cabinet Order (政令) excludes as posing no risk to investor protection, and certain of those acts when banks, cooperative financial institutions (協同組織金融機関) and other financial institutions a Cabinet Order specifies carry them out.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (8)· applies throughout the law
financial instruments exchange
「金融商品取引所」
A membership corporation (金融商品会員制法人) or stock company (株式会社) licensed by the Prime Minister under Article 80, paragraph (1) to open a financial instruments market (金融商品市場).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (16)· applies throughout the law