The scope of persons eligible for membership in a fund is limited to financial instruments business operators.
If a financial instruments business operator seeks to join a fund, the fund must not refuse it and must not attach unreasonable conditions to its joining the fund, unless entry into the fund is restricted for a special reason related to business type or for any other legitimate reason.
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financial instruments business operator
「金融商品取引業者」
A person registered by the Prime Minister under Article 29 to carry on financial instruments business (金融商品取引業).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (9)· applies throughout the law
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