It is prohibited for a financial instruments business operator, etc. or their officer or employee to engage in any of the following acts; provided, however, that for the acts set forth in items (iv) through (vi) that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as being unlikely to result in insufficient investor protection, harm the fairness of transactions, or cause financial instruments business lose credibility:
金融商品取引業者等又はその役員若しくは使用人は、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。ただし、第四号から第六号までに掲げる行為にあつては、投資者の保護に欠け、取引の公正を害し、又は金融商品取引業の信用を失墜させるおそれのないものとして内閣府令で定めるものを除く。
providing a customer with false information in connection with the conclusion of a financial instruments transaction contract or in connection with its solicitation;
金融商品取引契約の締結又はその勧誘に関して、顧客に対し虚偽のことを告げる行為
providing a customer with a conclusive assessment of a matter that is uncertain or with information that could mislead the customer into believing that a matter that is uncertain is actually certain, thereby soliciting the customer to conclude a financial instruments transaction contract;
顧客に対し、不確実な事項について断定的判断を提供し、又は確実であると誤解させるおそれのあることを告げて金融商品取引契約の締結の勧誘をする行為
supplying a customer with a credit rating that has been determined by a person engaged in credit rating services other than a credit rating agency (excluding a credit rating specified by Cabinet Office Order as one that is found to have little likelihood of resulting in insufficient investor protection), without informing the customer that the person giving the credit rating is not registered as referred to in Article 66-27 and without informing the customer of the matters specified by Cabinet Office Order, including the significance of such a registration and any other matters, thereby soliciting the customer to conclude a financial instruments transaction contract;
visiting or telephoning a customer that is not asking to be solicited for the conclusion of a financial instruments transaction contract (limited to one that is specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the content of the financial instruments transaction contract and other circumstances, as a contract in connection with which it is particularly necessary to ensure the protection of investors), and soliciting such a customer to conclude a financial instruments transaction contract;
金融商品取引契約(当該金融商品取引契約の内容その他の事情を勘案し、投資者の保護を図ることが特に必要なものとして政令で定めるものに限る。)の締結の勧誘の要請をしていない顧客に対し、訪問し又は電話をかけて、金融商品取引契約の締結の勧誘をする行為
soliciting a customer to conclude a financial instruments transaction contract (limited to one that is specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the contents of the financial instruments transaction contract and other circumstances, as a contract in connection with which it is necessary to ensure the protection of investors) without obtaining confirmation from the customer, prior to solicitation, regarding whether or not the customer is willing to be solicited;
金融商品取引契約(当該金融商品取引契約の内容その他の事情を勘案し、投資者の保護を図ることが必要なものとして政令で定めるものに限る。)の締結につき、その勧誘に先立つて、顧客に対し、その勧誘を受ける意思の有無を確認することをしないで勧誘をする行為
continuing to solicit a customer to conclude a financial instruments transaction contract (limited to one that is specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the content of the financial instruments transaction contract and other circumstances, as a contract in connection with which it is necessary to ensure the protection of investors) despite the customer having manifested an intention that indicates an unwillingness to conclude such a financial instruments transaction contract (including an intention that indicates a wish not to continue to be solicited) after being solicited;
金融商品取引契約(当該金融商品取引契約の内容その他の事情を勘案し、投資者の保護を図ることが必要なものとして政令で定めるものに限る。)の締結の勧誘を受けた顧客が当該金融商品取引契約を締結しない旨の意思(当該勧誘を引き続き受けることを希望しない旨の意思を含む。)を表示したにもかかわらず、当該勧誘を継続する行為
providing a specified financial index administrator (meaning the specified financial index administrator prescribed in Article 156-85, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this item) with calculation basis data (meaning the price, index, figure, or any other information provided to the specified financial index administrator as the basis for calculation of specified financial indexes) to benefit itself or a third party;
自己又は第三者の利益を図る目的をもつて、特定金融指標算出者(第百五十六条の八十五第一項に規定する特定金融指標算出者をいう。以下この号において同じ。)に対し、特定金融指標の算出に関し、正当な根拠を有しない算出基礎情報(特定金融指標の算出の基礎として特定金融指標算出者に対して提供される価格、指標、数値その他の情報をいう。)を提供する行為
accepting consignment of a purchase and sale of securities or a market derivatives transaction related to high-speed trading conducted by a person other than a high-speed trader (including a financial instruments business operator, etc. or an authorized firm for on-exchange transactions (limited to a person specified by Cabinet Order as a person that engages in high-speed trading as financial instruments business, services of a registered financial institution, or on-exchange transaction services)), and other acts specified by Cabinet Office Order as being equivalent to them; and
acts other than what is set forth in the preceding items, which are specified by Cabinet Office Order as acts that result in insufficient investor protection, harm the fairness of transactions, or cause a loss of confidence in the financial instruments business.
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(Designation of Specified Financial Index Administrator)
When the Prime Minister finds that securing appropriate performance of specified financial index administration services…
内閣総理大臣は、特定金融指標算出業務(特定金融指標の算出及び公表を行う業務をいう。以下同じ。)を行う者の特定金融指標算出業務の適正な遂行を確保することが公益又は投資者保護のため必要であると認められるときは、当該者を特定金融指標算出者として指定することができる。
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providing a customer with false information in connection with the conclusion of a financial instruments transaction contract or in connection with its solicitation;
金融商品取引契約の締結又はその勧誘に関して、顧客に対し虚偽のことを告げる行為
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providing a customer with a conclusive assessment of a matter that is uncertain or with information that could mislead the customer into believing that a matter that is uncertain is actually certain…
顧客に対し、不確実な事項について断定的判断を提供し、又は確実であると誤解させるおそれのあることを告げて金融商品取引契約の締結の勧誘をする行為
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supplying a customer with a credit rating that has been determined by a person engaged in credit rating services other than a credit rating agency…
顧客に対し、信用格付業者以外の信用格付業を行う者の付与した信用格付(投資者の保護に欠けるおそれが少ないと認められるものとして内閣府令で定めるものを除く。)について、当該信用格付を付与した者が第六十六条の二十七の登録を受けていない者である旨及び当該登録の意義その他の事項として内閣府令で定める事項を告げることなく提供して…
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visiting or telephoning a customer that is not asking to be solicited for the conclusion of a financial instruments transaction contract…
金融商品取引契約(当該金融商品取引契約の内容その他の事情を勘案し、投資者の保護を図ることが特に必要なものとして政令で定めるものに限る。)の締結の勧誘の要請をしていない顧客に対し、訪問し又は電話をかけて、金融商品取引契約の締結の勧誘をする行為
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soliciting a customer to conclude a financial instruments transaction contract (limited to one that is specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the contents of the financial instruments…
金融商品取引契約(当該金融商品取引契約の内容その他の事情を勘案し、投資者の保護を図ることが必要なものとして政令で定めるものに限る。)の締結につき、その勧誘に先立つて、顧客に対し、その勧誘を受ける意思の有無を確認することをしないで勧誘をする行為
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continuing to solicit a customer to conclude a financial instruments transaction contract (limited to one that is specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the content of the financial…
金融商品取引契約(当該金融商品取引契約の内容その他の事情を勘案し、投資者の保護を図ることが必要なものとして政令で定めるものに限る。)の締結の勧誘を受けた顧客が当該金融商品取引契約を締結しない旨の意思(当該勧誘を引き続き受けることを希望しない旨の意思を含む。)を表示したにもかかわらず、当該勧誘を継続する行為
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providing a specified financial index administrator (meaning the specified financial index administrator prescribed in Article 156-85, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this item) with…
自己又は第三者の利益を図る目的をもつて、特定金融指標算出者(第百五十六条の八十五第一項に規定する特定金融指標算出者をいう。以下この号において同じ。)に対し、特定金融指標の算出に関し…
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accepting consignment of a purchase and sale of securities or a market derivatives transaction related to high-speed trading conducted by a person other than a high-speed trader…
高速取引行為者(金融商品取引業者等及び取引所取引許可業者(金融商品取引業若しくは登録金融機関業務又は取引所取引業務として高速取引行為を行う者として政令で定める者に限る。)を含む。)以外の者が行う高速取引行為に係る有価証券の売買又は市場デリバティブ取引の委託を受ける行為その他これに準ずるものとして内閣府令で定める行為
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A corporation engaged in credit rating services (including an organization without legal personality whose representative or administrator has been designated; hereinafter the same applies in this…
信用格付業を行う法人(法人でない団体で代表者又は管理人の定めのあるものを含む。次条第一項第二号及び第六十六条の四十七を除き、以下この章において同じ。)は、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けることができる。
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「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
market derivatives transactions
「市場デリバティブ取引」
A transaction listed in Article 2, paragraph (21) — such as futures, index and option transactions on financial instruments or financial indicators — carried out on a financial instruments market under the standards and methods set by the person that operates that market.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (21)· applies throughout the law
credit rating
「信用格付」
A grade, shown by symbols or numbers (or similar means a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies), expressing the result of an assessment of the creditworthiness of a financial instrument or a corporation (or a similar entity that Order specifies), other than grades that Order specifies as set mainly by reference to other matters.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (34)· applies throughout the law
credit rating services
「信用格付業」
Carrying on, as a business, the assignment of credit ratings (信用格付) and providing them or making them available for inspection, other than acts a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies as posing little risk to investor protection given whom they are made to or how.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (35)· applies throughout the law
credit rating agency
「信用格付業者」
A person registered with the Prime Minister under Article 66-27 to carry on credit rating services (信用格付業).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (36)· applies throughout the law
specified financial index
「特定金融指標」
A financial index (金融指標) that the Prime Minister designates as one whose loss of reliability could seriously affect Japan's capital markets, in view of the derivatives transactions or securities transactions that relate to it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (40)· applies throughout the law
high-speed trading
「高速取引行為」
Buying and selling securities or conducting market derivatives transactions, entrusting either to another, or a similar act a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, where the decision to do it is made automatically by an electronic data processing system and the information needed to carry it out is sent to a financial instruments exchange or other recipient a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies by a method that Order sets for shortening the time sending it would normally take, other than acts a Cabinet Order exempts as posing no risk to the protection of investors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (41)· applies throughout the law
high-speed trader
「高速取引行為者」
A person registered by the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) under Article 66-50 to carry on high-speed trading (高速取引行為).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (42)· applies throughout the law
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
authorized firm for on-exchange transactions
「取引所取引許可業者」
A foreign securities firm (外国証券業者) that holds the Prime Minister's permission under Article 60, paragraph (1) to carry on on-exchange transaction services (取引所取引業務).
Defined inArticle 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i), (b), (2)· applies only in this item and in Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii); and Article 38, paragraph (1), item (viii)
registered financial institution businessmachine translation
「登録金融機関業務」
The business a registered financial institution (登録金融機関) carries on under its registration under Article 33-2.
Defined inArticle 33-3, paragraph (1), item (vi), (a)
financial instruments transaction contract
「金融商品取引契約」
A contract under which a financial instruments business operator, etc. (金融商品取引業者等) carries out financial instruments transactions (金融商品取引行為) — the acts listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (8) — with a customer as the other party or on the customer's behalf.
Short name set inArticle 34, paragraph (1)
financial instruments business operator, etc.machine translation
「金融商品取引業者等」
A financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) or a registered financial institution (登録金融機関).
Defined inArticle 34, paragraph (1)
specified financial index administratormachine translation
「特定金融指標算出者」
A person carrying on specified financial index administration services (特定金融指標算出業務) whom the Prime Minister has designated under Article 156-85, paragraph (1), on finding that securing the proper performance of that business is necessary for the public interest or investor protection.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies only in this item