A certified association must establish rules concerning the following particulars and must obtain the authorization of the Prime Minister for the same. The same applies if the certified association seeks to change the rules:
認定協会は、次に掲げる事項に関する規程を定め、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
the particulars of the services prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (2); and
第七十八条第二項に規定する業務に関する事項
the particulars of the classes of share certificates, corporate bond certificates with share options, or securities specified by Cabinet Office Order (excluding securities listed on a financial instruments exchange and over-the-counter traded securities) with no prohibition on solicitation being carried out in respect of purchase and sales and other transactions.
A certified association must notify the Prime Minister of any change in its officers or members without delay.
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(Certification of Certified Financial Instruments Business Associations)
A general incorporated association certified pursuant to the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "certified financial instruments business association" in this paragraph and the…
前項の規定により認定された一般社団法人（以下この項及び次条において「認定金融商品取引業協会」という。）は、次に掲げる業務を行うものとする。
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「有価証券」
Securities as this Act defines them: the instruments listed in Article 2, paragraph (1), among them national government and local government bonds, corporate bonds, share certificates and share option certificates, preferred equity investment certificates, beneficiary certificates of investment trusts and other trusts, investment securities, certain promissory notes, mortgage securities, option certificates and depositary receipts, foreign instruments of the same nature, and other instruments a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
over-the-counter traded securities
「店頭売買有価証券」
Securities registered under Article 67-11, paragraph (1) by an authorized financial instruments firms association (認可金融商品取引業協会) for trading on the over-the-counter securities market it opens.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (8), item (x), (c)
financial instruments exchange
「金融商品取引所」
A membership corporation (金融商品会員制法人) or stock company (株式会社) licensed by the Prime Minister under Article 80, paragraph (1) to open a financial instruments market (金融商品市場).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (16)· 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
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
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.