The purpose of an investor protection fund (hereinafter referred to as a "fund" in this Chapter and the Supplementary Provisions) is to ensure the protection of investors through payments to general customers pursuant to the provisions of Article 79-56, paragraph (1) and through other services, thereby maintaining the credibility of securities transactions or commodity-related market derivatives transactions.
投資者保護基金（以下この章及び附則において「基金」という。）は、第七十九条の五十六第一項の規定による一般顧客に対する支払その他の業務を行うことにより投資者の保護を図り、もつて証券取引又は商品関連市場デリバティブ取引に対する信頼性を維持することを目的とする。
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(Payment of Claims to Be Compensated)
At the request of the general customer of a distressed financial instruments business operator, the fund is to pay the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order and…
基金は、認定金融商品取引業者の一般顧客の請求に基づいて、前条第一項の規定により公告した日において現に当該一般顧客が当該認定金融商品取引業者に対して有する債権（当該一般顧客の顧客資産に係るものに限る。）であつて基金が政令で定めるところにより当該認定金融商品取引業者による円滑な弁済が困難であると認めるもの（以下「補償対象…
Open this provisioncommodity-related market derivatives transactions
「商品関連市場デリバティブ取引」
A market derivatives transaction (市場デリバティブ取引) on the commodities listed in Article 2, paragraph (24), item (iii)-3, or on financial indicators limited to their prices and figures calculated from them.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (8), item (i)
general customer
「一般顧客」
In Chapter 4-2, a customer of the head office or another office in Japan of a financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) that carries on securities-related business (有価証券関連業) or commodity derivatives-related business (商品デリバティブ取引関連業務), who carries out covered securities-related transactions (対象有価証券関連取引) or covered commodity derivatives-related transactions (対象商品デリバティブ取引関連取引) with it, other than qualified institutional investors (適格機関投資家), the State, local governments and others a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 79-20, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
fund
「基金」
An investor protection fund (投資者保護基金): a body that protects investors by making payments to general customers under Article 79-56, paragraph (1) and carrying on its other business, so as to maintain confidence in securities transactions and commodity-related market derivatives transactions.
Short name set inArticle 79-21, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter