Section 1 General Provisions
第一節 総則
第六十六条の五十(登録)
A person other than a financial instruments business operator, etc. and authorized firm for on-exchange transactions (limited to a person engaging in or seeking to engage in high-speed trading as financial instruments business, services of a registered financial institution, or on-exchange transaction services) must be registered by the Prime Minister if the person seeks to perform high-speed trading.
Article 66-51Application for Registration
第六十六条の五十一(登録の申請)
A person seeking the registration referred to in the preceding Article must submit a written application for registration to the Prime Minister, in which it states the following particulars:
前条の登録を受けようとする者は、次に掲げる事項を記載した登録申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
the person's trade name or name;
商号、名称又は氏名
the amount of stated capital or the total amount of contributions, if it is a corporation;
法人であるときは、資本金の額又は出資の総額
the name and location of the person's principal business office or office;
主たる営業所又は事務所の名称及び所在地
the name and location of the business office or office for services related to high-speed trading;
高速取引行為に係る業務を行う営業所又は事務所の名称及び所在地
if the person engages in other business, the business type; and
他に事業を行つているときは、その事業の種類
other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order.
その他内閣府令で定める事項
The following documents must accompany the written application for registration referred to in the preceding paragraph:
前項の登録申請書には、次に掲げる書類を添付しなければならない。
a document pledging that the person does not fall under any of the items of Article 66-53 (excluding items (ii) through (iv), item (v), (d), and item (vi), (c));
第六十六条の五十三各号(第二号から第四号まで、第五号ニ及び第六号ハを除く。)のいずれにも該当しないことを誓約する書面
a document stating the things specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the business outline and business methods for services related to high-speed trading;
高速取引行為に係る業務の内容及び方法として内閣府令で定めるものを記載した書類
if it is a corporation, the articles of incorporation and the corporation's certificate of registered information (including anything equivalent to these); and
法人である場合においては、定款及び法人の登記事項証明書(これらに準ずるものを含む。)
other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order.
その他内閣府令で定める書類
In attaching the documents set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph to the written application for registration, if the articles of incorporation have been prepared as electronic or magnetic records, the electronic or magnetic records (limited to those specified by Cabinet Office Order) may be attached to that written application in lieu of written documents.
Article 66-52Registration in the Register
第六十六条の五十二(登録簿への登録)
When an application is filed for the registration referred to in Article 66-50, unless the Prime Minister refuses the registration pursuant to the provisions of the following Article, the Prime Minister must register the following particulars in the high-speed traders register:
the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; and
前条第一項各号に掲げる事項
the date of registration and the registration number.
登録年月日及び登録番号
The Prime Minister must make the high-speed traders register available for public inspection.
内閣総理大臣は、高速取引行為者登録簿を公衆の縦覧に供しなければならない。
Article 66-53Refusal of Registration
第六十六条の五十三(登録の拒否)
If the applicant for registration falls under any of the following items, or if a written application for registration or an accompanying document, or electronic or magnetic record includes a false statement or record or lacks a statement or record of a material fact, the Prime Minister must refuse that registration:
内閣総理大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は登録申請書若しくはこれに添付すべき書類若しくは電磁的記録のうちに虚偽の記載若しくは記録があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載若しくは記録が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。
a person that falls under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) through (c);
第二十九条の四第一項第一号イからハまでのいずれかに該当する者
a person that conducts another business which is found to be contrary to the public interest;
他に行う事業が公益に反すると認められる者
a person that does not have a personnel structure sufficient to perform the services related to high-speed trading in an appropriate manner;
高速取引行為に係る業務を適確に遂行するに足りる人的構成を有しない者
a person that is found not to have in place the necessary system for performing services related to high-speed trading in an appropriate manner;
高速取引行為に係る業務を適確に遂行するための必要な体制が整備されていると認められない者
if the applicant is a corporation, a person that falls under any of the following:
法人である場合においては、次のいずれかに該当する者
a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as being unable to properly perform services related to high-speed trading due to a mental or physical disorder;
心身の故障により高速取引行為に係る業務を適正に行うことができない者として内閣府令で定める者
a person falling under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b) through (i);
第二十九条の四第一項第二号ロからリまでのいずれかに該当する者
a person whose stated capital or total amount of contributions are less than the amount of money that is specified by Cabinet Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors;
資本金の額又は出資の総額が、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして政令で定める金額に満たない者
a foreign corporation that has not designated a domestic representative or a domestic agent; or
外国法人であつて国内における代表者又は国内における代理人を定めていない者
a foreign corporation that has not been given the assurance referred to in Article 189, paragraph (2), item (i) by the foreign regulatory authority for financial instruments prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article in a foreign country where its principal business office or office or its business office or office for services related to high-speed trading is located;
外国法人であつてその主たる営業所若しくは事務所又は高速取引行為に係る業務を行う営業所若しくは事務所の所在するいずれかの外国の第百八十九条第一項に規定する外国金融商品取引規制当局の同条第二項第一号の保証がない者
if the applicant is an individual, a person that falls under any of the following persons:
個人である場合においては、次のいずれかに該当する者
a person that falls under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b) through (h), or (i) (excluding the part that involves the provisions of Acts prescribed in item (i), (c) of that paragraph) or (a), 1. of the preceding item;
第二十九条の四第一項第二号ロからチまで若しくはリ(同項第一号ハに規定する法律の規定に係る部分を除く。)又は前号イ(1)のいずれかに該当する者
an individual domiciled in a foreign country that has not designated a domestic agent; or
外国に住所を有する個人であつて国内における代理人を定めていない者
an individual domiciled in a foreign country that has not been given the assurance referred to in Article 189, paragraph (2), item (i) by the foreign regulatory authority for financial instruments defined in paragraph (1) of that Article in a foreign country where the individual's principal business office or office or the individual's business office or office for conducting services related to high-speed trading is located;
外国に住所を有する個人であつてその主たる営業所若しくは事務所又は高速取引行為に係る業務を行う営業所若しくは事務所の所在するいずれかの外国の第百八十九条第一項に規定する外国金融商品取引規制当局の同条第二項第一号の保証がない者
a person whose net assets (meaning the figure arrived at when the total amount of liabilities is deducted from the total amount of assets pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order) are less than the amount of money that is specified by Cabinet Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors.
純財産額(内閣府令で定めるところにより、資産の合計金額から負債の合計金額を控除して算出した額をいう。)が、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして政令で定める金額に満たない者
Article 66-54Notification of a Change
第六十六条の五十四(変更の届出)
If any particular set forth in the items of Article 66-51, paragraph (1) changes, the high-speed trader must notify the Prime Minister of this within two weeks from the day of the change.
高速取引行為者は、第六十六条の五十一第一項各号に掲げる事項について変更があつたときは、その日から二週間以内に、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
Upon accepting a notification under the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must register the particulars given in the notification in a high-speed traders register.
内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による届出を受理したときは、届出があつた事項を高速取引行為者登録簿に登録しなければならない。
If the business outline or business methods that a high-speed trader has stated in the documents set forth in Article 66-51, paragraph (2), item (ii) change, the high-speed trader must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
高速取引行為者は、第六十六条の五十一第二項第二号に掲げる書類に記載した業務の内容又は方法について変更があつたときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、遅滞なく、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
Section 2 Services
第二節 業務
Article 66-55Establishment of an Operational Control System
第六十六条の五十五(業務管理体制の整備)
A high-speed trader must establish an operational control system for the appropriate performance of its services related to high-speed trading, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
Article 66-56Prohibition of Lending One's Name
第六十六条の五十六(名義貸しの禁止)
A high-speed trader must not allow another person to engage in high-speed trading using the name of the high-speed trader.
Article 66-57Regulation on Business Operations
第六十六条の五十七(業務の運営に関する規制)
A high-speed trader must conduct its business in such a manner that the state of its business operations does not fall under any of the following items:
高速取引行為者は、業務の運営の状況が次の各号のいずれかに該当することのないように、その業務を行わなければならない。
the electronic data processing system or any other equipment related to high-speed trading is in such a state that its management for preventing grounds such as abnormal operation of the electronic data processing system from compromising the full utilization of the functions of the financial instruments market is found to be insufficient; or
beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, the business operations are in a state specified by Cabinet Office Order as one that is contrary to the public interest or that is likely to compromise the protection of investors.
前号に掲げるもののほか、業務の運営の状況が公益に反し、又は投資者の保護に支障を生ずるおそれがあるものとして内閣府令で定める状況にあること。
Section 3 Accounting
第三節 経理
Article 66-58Books and Documents Concerning Business
第六十六条の五十八(業務に関する帳簿書類)
A high-speed trader must prepare and preserve books and documents concerning its business pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
高速取引行為者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その業務に関する帳簿書類を作成し、これを保存しなければならない。
Article 66-59Submission of Business Reports
第六十六条の五十九(事業報告書の提出)
Each business year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a high-speed trader must prepare a business report and submit it to the Prime Minister within three months after the end of the business year.
高速取引行為者は、事業年度ごとに、内閣府令で定めるところにより、事業報告書を作成し、毎事業年度経過後三月以内に、これを内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
(Providing Investigatory Cooperation to a Foreign Regulatory Authority for Financial Instruments)
If the Prime Minister receives a request for cooperation from the foreign authority that is responsible for the enforcement of a foreign law or regulation that is equivalent to this Act…
内閣総理大臣は、この法律に相当する外国の法令を執行する当局(以下この条において「外国金融商品取引規制当局」という。)から、その所掌に属する当該この法律に相当する外国の法令を執行するために行う行政上の調査に関し、協力の要請があつた場合において、当該要請に応ずることが相当と認めるときは…
Open this provision(Providing Investigatory Cooperation to a Foreign Regulatory Authority for Financial Instruments)
the foreign regulatory authority for financial instruments has not given its assurance that the authority will accommodate similar requests from Japan;
我が国が行う同種の要請に応ずる旨の当該外国金融商品取引規制当局の保証がないとき。
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
a person falling under any of the following:
次のいずれかに該当する者
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
if the person is a corporation, a person that has an officer, or an employee specified by Cabinet Order, who falls under any of the following:
法人である場合においては、役員又は政令で定める使用人のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある者
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A person other than a financial instruments business operator, etc. and authorized firm for on-exchange transactions…
金融商品取引業者等及び取引所取引許可業者(金融商品取引業若しくは登録金融機関業務又は取引所取引業務として高速取引行為を行い、又は行おうとする者に限る。)以外の者は、高速取引行為を行おうとするときは、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けなければならない。
Open this provision(Application for Registration)
A person seeking the registration referred to in the preceding Article must submit a written application for registration to the Prime Minister, in which it states the following particulars:
前条の登録を受けようとする者は、次に掲げる事項を記載した登録申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
Open this provision(Application for Registration)
a document stating the things specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the business outline and business methods for services related to high-speed trading;
高速取引行為に係る業務の内容及び方法として内閣府令で定めるものを記載した書類
Open this provision(Application for Registration)
if it is a corporation, the articles of incorporation and the corporation's certificate of registered information (including anything equivalent to these); and
法人である場合においては、定款及び法人の登記事項証明書(これらに準ずるものを含む。)
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
If the applicant for registration falls under any of the following items, or if a written application for registration or an accompanying document, or electronic or magnetic record includes a false…
内閣総理大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は登録申請書若しくはこれに添付すべき書類若しくは電磁的記録のうちに虚偽の記載若しくは記録があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載若しくは記録が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
a person that conducts another business which is found to be contrary to the public interest;
他に行う事業が公益に反すると認められる者
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
a person that does not have a personnel structure sufficient to perform the services related to high-speed trading in an appropriate manner;
高速取引行為に係る業務を適確に遂行するに足りる人的構成を有しない者
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
a person that is found not to have in place the necessary system for performing services related to high-speed trading in an appropriate manner;
高速取引行為に係る業務を適確に遂行するための必要な体制が整備されていると認められない者
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
if the applicant is a corporation, a person that falls under any of the following:
法人である場合においては、次のいずれかに該当する者
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
if the applicant is an individual, a person that falls under any of the following persons:
個人である場合においては、次のいずれかに該当する者
Open this provision(Notification of a Change)
If any particular set forth in the items of Article 66-51, paragraph (1) changes, the high-speed trader must notify the Prime Minister of this within two weeks from the day of the change.
高速取引行為者は、第六十六条の五十一第一項各号に掲げる事項について変更があつたときは、その日から二週間以内に、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
Open this provision(Regulation on Business Operations)
the electronic data processing system or any other equipment related to high-speed trading is in such a state that its management for preventing grounds such as abnormal operation of the electronic…
高速取引行為に係る電子情報処理組織その他の設備について、電子情報処理組織の異常な動作その他の事由により金融商品市場の機能の十全な発揮に支障を及ぼさないようにするための管理が十分でないと認められる状況にあること。
Open this provisionfinancial instruments business
「金融商品取引業」
Carrying on as a business any of the acts listed in Article 2, paragraph (8) — such as trading and brokering securities and derivatives, underwriting, handling public offerings and private placements, giving investment advice, managing investments and holding customers' money or securities — other than acts a Cabinet Order (政令) excludes as posing no risk to investor protection, and certain of those acts when banks, cooperative financial institutions (協同組織金融機関) and other financial institutions a Cabinet Order specifies carry them out.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (8)· applies throughout the law
financial instruments market
「金融商品市場」
A market for buying and selling securities or for market derivatives transactions (市場デリバティブ取引), other than one dealing only in commodity-related market derivatives transactions (商品関連市場デリバティブ取引).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (14)· applies throughout the law
high-speed trading
「高速取引行為」
Buying and selling securities or conducting market derivatives transactions, entrusting either to another, or a similar act a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, where the decision to do it is made automatically by an electronic data processing system and the information needed to carry it out is sent to a financial instruments exchange or other recipient a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies by a method that Order sets for shortening the time sending it would normally take, other than acts a Cabinet Order exempts as posing no risk to the protection of investors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (41)· applies throughout the law
high-speed trader
「高速取引行為者」
A person registered by the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) under Article 66-50 to carry on high-speed trading (高速取引行為).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (42)· applies throughout the law
electronic or magnetic recordmachine translation
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 13, paragraph (5)
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
registered financial institution businessmachine translation
「登録金融機関業務」
The business a registered financial institution (登録金融機関) carries on under its registration under Article 33-2.
Defined inArticle 33-3, paragraph (1), item (vi), (a)
financial instruments business operator, etc.machine translation
「金融商品取引業者等」
A financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) or a registered financial institution (登録金融機関).
Defined inArticle 34, paragraph (1)
on-exchange transaction services
「取引所取引業務」
Carrying out on-exchange transactions (取引所取引), as a business, which a foreign securities firm (外国証券業者) may do with the Prime Minister's permission under Article 60, paragraph (1).
Short name set inArticle 60, paragraph (1)
authorized firm for on-exchange transactions
「取引所取引許可業者」
A foreign securities firm (外国証券業者) that holds the Prime Minister's permission under Article 60, paragraph (1) to carry on on-exchange transaction services (取引所取引業務).
Short name set inArticle 60-4, paragraph (1)
foreign regulatory authority for financial instruments
「外国金融商品取引規制当局」
In Article 189, an authority of a foreign state that enforces that state's laws corresponding to this Act.
Short name set inArticle 189, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
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.