Article 79-28Withdrawal

①A financial instruments business operator that is a member of a fund is withdrawn from the fund to which it belongs by operation of law for the following reasons:

②A person that is withdrawn from a fund pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to continue to be a financial instruments business operator and a member of that fund for the purpose of the application of Articles 79-52 through 79-61.

③A financial instruments business operator may not withdraw from the fund to which it belongs unless the withdrawal is for a cause set forth in any of the items of paragraph (1) or unless it becomes the member of another fund with the approval of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance.

④Even if a financial instruments business operator withdraws from the fund to which it belongs (excluding a case of withdrawal pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1)), it incurs the obligation to pay the amount calculated by the fund pursuant to the provisions of its operational rules as burden charge, for the amount of costs that the withdrawn financial instruments business operator is required to bear out of the amount of the costs required for the services the fund provides for the financial instruments business operator in connection with any notice under the provisions of Article 79-53, paragraph (1) or paragraphs (3) through (5), that the relevant fund receives up until the operator's withdrawal from the fund.

⑤When an application is filed for the approval referred to in paragraph (3), the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance must not grant that approval unless the following requirements are satisfied: