If a credit rating agency falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may rescind its Article 66-27 registration, or may order the suspension of all or part of the business during a fixed period of no longer than six months:
the credit rating agency comes to fall under any of the items of Article 66-30, paragraph (1) (excluding item (iii));
第六十六条の三十第一項各号（第三号を除く。）のいずれかに該当することとなつたとき。
the credit rating agency comes to fall under the purview of grounds upon which the Prime Minister is required to refuse registration pursuant to Article 66-30, paragraph (2);
第六十六条の三十第二項の規定により登録を拒否すべき事由に該当することとなつたとき。
the credit rating agency has received its Article 66-27 registration by wrongful means;
不正の手段により第六十六条の二十七の登録を受けたとき。
the credit rating agency violates a law or regulation or a disposition by a government agency which is based on a law or regulation, in connection with its credit rating services;
信用格付業に関し法令又は法令に基づいてする行政官庁の処分に違反したとき。
a fact has occurred in connection with the operation of its credit rating services, which is detrimental to investors' interests; or
信用格付業の運営に関し、投資者の利益を害する事実があるとき。
the credit rating agency commits a wrongful or extremely unjust act in connection with credit rating services, and the circumstances surrounding this are especially serious.
信用格付業に関し、不正又は著しく不当な行為をした場合において、その情状が特に重いとき。
If the officer of a credit rating agency (for a foreign corporation, this is limited to an officer stationed at its domestic business office or office, or its domestic representative; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) comes to fall under any of Article 66-30, paragraph (1), item (iii), (a) or (b), is discovered to have fallen under (a) or (b)of that item at the time of the registration referred to in Article 66-27, or comes to fall under any of the items (iv) through (vi) of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may order the credit rating agency to dismiss that officer.
内閣総理大臣は、信用格付業者の役員（外国法人にあつては、国内における営業所若しくは事務所に駐在する役員又は国内における代表者に限る。以下この項において同じ。）が、第六十六条の三十第一項第三号イ若しくはロに該当することとなつたとき、第六十六条の二十七の登録当時既に同号イ若しくはロに該当していたことが判明したとき、又は前項第四号から第六号までのいずれかに該当することとなつたときは、当該信用格付業者に対して、当該役員の解任を命ずることができる。
If the Prime Minister is unable to ascertain the location of the business offices or offices of a credit rating agency or is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the officer representing the credit rating agency, the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, may issue public notice of that fact and rescind the registration of the credit rating agency if no filing is made by the credit rating agency even after 30 days past the day of the public notice.
The provisions of Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act do not apply to a disposition under the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定による処分については、行政手続法第三章の規定は、適用しない。
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(Registration)
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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The Prime Minister must refuse to effect a registration if an applicant for registration falls under any of the following items, if the written application for registration or a document or…
内閣総理大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は登録申請書若しくはこれに添付すべき書類若しくは電磁的記録のうちに虚偽の記載若しくは記録があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載若しくは記録が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。
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a corporation that has a person falling under any of the following persons as an officer;
役員のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある法人
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Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must refuse a registration if the applicant for registration is a foreign corporation and has no business office or office…
内閣総理大臣は、前項に定めるもののほか、登録申請者が外国法人である場合には、国内に営業所又は事務所を有しないときはその登録を拒否しなければならない。ただし、当該登録申請者が信用格付業の業務に相当すると認められる業務を行う者に対する監督を行う外国の行政機関その他これに準ずるものの適切な監督を受けると認められる場合として…
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the credit rating agency violates a law or regulation or a disposition by a government agency which is based on a law or regulation, in connection with its credit rating services;
信用格付業に関し法令又は法令に基づいてする行政官庁の処分に違反したとき。
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a fact has occurred in connection with the operation of its credit rating services, which is detrimental to investors' interests; or
信用格付業の運営に関し、投資者の利益を害する事実があるとき。
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the credit rating agency commits a wrongful or extremely unjust act in connection with credit rating services, and the circumstances surrounding this are especially serious.
信用格付業に関し、不正又は著しく不当な行為をした場合において、その情状が特に重いとき。
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If the officer of a credit rating agency (for a foreign corporation, this is limited to an officer stationed at its domestic business office or office, or its domestic representative; hereinafter the…
内閣総理大臣は、信用格付業者の役員（外国法人にあつては、国内における営業所若しくは事務所に駐在する役員又は国内における代表者に限る。以下この項において同じ。）が、第六十六条の三十第一項第三号イ若しくはロに該当することとなつたとき、第六十六条の二十七の登録当時既に同号イ若しくはロに該当していたことが判明したとき…
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If the Prime Minister is unable to ascertain the location of the business offices or offices of a credit rating agency or is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the officer representing the credit…
内閣総理大臣は、信用格付業者の営業所若しくは事務所の所在地を確知できないとき、又は信用格付業者を代表する役員の所在を確知できないときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その事実を公告し、その公告の日から三十日を経過しても当該信用格付業者から申出がないときは、当該信用格付業者の登録を取り消すことができる。
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「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
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
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.