A merger in which financial instruments exchanges constitute all or part of the parties (limited to a merger in which the person surviving the merger or the person incorporated in the merger is a financial instruments exchange) does not become effective without the authorization of the Prime Minister.
金融商品取引所を全部又は一部の当事者とする合併（合併後存続する者又は合併により設立される者が金融商品取引所であるものに限る。）は、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
A person seeking the authorization referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a written application for authorization of a merger to the Prime Minister, in which it states the following particulars with regard to the financial instruments exchange surviving the merger or the financial instruments exchange incorporated in the merger (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "financial instruments exchange resulting from a merger" in this Division):
its name or trade name;
名称又は商号
the locations of its offices, head office, branch offices, and any other business offices; and
事務所又は本店、支店その他の営業所の所在の場所
the names of its officers, and the trade names or names of its members, etc.
Documents or electronic or magnetic records in which the content of a merger agreement (limited to those specified by Cabinet Office Order; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) are stated or recorded, and the articles of incorporation, operational rules, brokerage contract rules, and other documents or electronic or magnetic records specified by Cabinet Office Order with regard to the financial instruments exchange resulting from a merger must be attached to the written application for authorization of a merger referred to in the preceding paragraph.
前項の合併認可申請書には、合併契約の内容を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録（内閣府令で定めるものに限る。以下この項において同じ。）、合併後金融商品取引所の定款、業務規程、受託契約準則その他の内閣府令で定める書面又は電磁的記録を添付しなければならない。
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(Authorization for a Merger)
A merger in which financial instruments exchanges constitute all or part of the parties (limited to a merger in which the person surviving the merger or the person incorporated in the merger is a…
金融商品取引所を全部又は一部の当事者とする合併（合併後存続する者又は合併により設立される者が金融商品取引所であるものに限る。）は、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
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A person seeking the authorization referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a written application for authorization of a merger to the Prime Minister…
前項の認可を受けようとする者は、合併後存続する金融商品取引所又は合併により設立する金融商品取引所（以下この目において「合併後金融商品取引所」と総称する。）について、次に掲げる事項を記載した合併認可申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
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Documents or electronic or magnetic records in which the content of a merger agreement (limited to those specified by Cabinet Office Order; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) are stated…
前項の合併認可申請書には、合併契約の内容を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録（内閣府令で定めるものに限る。以下この項において同じ。）、合併後金融商品取引所の定款、業務規程、受託契約準則その他の内閣府令で定める書面又は電磁的記録を添付しなければならない。
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「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
electronic or magnetic recordmachine translation
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 13, paragraph (5)
officer
「役員」
A director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer, or a person equivalent to one, in this Act other than Articles 163 to 167.
Defined inArticle 21, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies from here on, except in Articles 163 to 167
member, etc.
「会員等」
The members (会員) or trading participants (取引参加者) of a financial instruments exchange (金融商品取引所).
Short name set inArticle 81, paragraph (1), item (iii)
financial instruments exchange resulting from a merger
「合併後金融商品取引所」
In Chapter 5, Section 4, Subsection 2, Division 6, the financial instruments exchange that survives a merger, or that the merger establishes.
Short name set inArticle 140, paragraph (2)· applies only in this division
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.