The provisions of Article 72 apply to the officers and employees of a certified association, and to any person that has held any of these positions.
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(Duty of Confidentiality of the Officers and Employees)
It is prohibited for the officer or employee of an authorized association, or for a person that has held any of these positions, to divulge or misappropriate any secret learned in the course of duty.
認可協会の役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者は、その職務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らし、又は盗用してはならない。
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「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
certified association
「認定協会」
In Chapter IV, short for certified financial instruments business association (認定金融商品取引業協会): a general incorporated association (一般社団法人) set up by financial instruments business operators that the Prime Minister has certified under Article 78, paragraph (1).
Short name set inArticle 78-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter