Supplementary Provisions, Article 3-3Special Provisions on Specially Permitted Services for the Transitional Period
第三条の三(移行期間特例業務に関する特例)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29 and Article 58-2, a person other than a financial instruments business operator, a financial institution prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1), a notifier of specially permitted services, and a notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. who engages in investment management business (meaning the investment management business prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (4); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) in a foreign country based on foreign laws and regulations (hereinafter referred to as a "foreign investment management business operator" in this Article) may engage in specially permitted services for the transitional period" by notifying the Prime Minister of the following particulars in advance pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order; provided, however, that this does not apply if a period of five years that starts on the date of notification (if the person has become a financial instruments business operator, etc. (limited to one that conducts investment management business), a notifier of specially permitted services, or a notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. during the five-year period, at the time when the person has become the financial instruments business operator, etc., the notifier of specially permitted services, or the notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc.), or if the person comes to fall under Article 63-10, paragraph (3), item (ii) as applied pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4).
金融商品取引業者、第三十三条第一項に規定する金融機関、特例業務届出者及び海外投資家等特例業務届出者以外の者で、外国の法令に準拠し、外国において投資運用業(第二十八条第四項に規定する投資運用業をいう。以下この条において同じ。)を行う者(以下この条において「外国投資運用業者」という。)は、第二十九条及び第五十八条の二の規定にかかわらず、あらかじめ、内閣府令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を内閣総理大臣に届け出て、移行期間特例業務を行うことができる。ただし、その届出の日から五年を経過したとき(当該期間が経過するまでの間に、金融商品取引業者等(投資運用業を行う者に限る。)、特例業務届出者又は海外投資家等特例業務届出者となつたときは、当該金融商品取引業者等、特例業務届出者又は海外投資家等特例業務届出者となつたとき)、又は第四項の規定により適用される第六十三条の十第三項第二号に該当することとなつたときは、この限りでない。
the person's trade name or name;
商号、名称又は氏名
the amount of stated capital or 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 names of its officers, if it is a corporation (including the domestic representative, if it is a foreign corporation);
法人であるときは、役員(外国法人にあつては、国内における代表者を含む。)の氏名又は名称
if the person has an employee specified by Cabinet Order, the name of that employee;
政令で定める使用人があるときは、その者の氏名
the type of business (meaning the type of business related to the acts set forth in the items of paragraph (5));
業務の種別(第五項各号に掲げる行為に係る業務の種別をいう。)
the name and location of the person's principal business office or office (if it is a foreign corporation, including the principal business office or office in Japan);
主たる営業所又は事務所(外国法人にあつては、国内における主たる営業所又は事務所を含む。)の名称及び所在地
the name and location of the business office or office for performing specially permitted services for the transitional period;
移行期間特例業務を行う営業所又は事務所の名称及び所在地
if it entrusts investment management-related services, that fact, the trade name, name, or personal name of the entrustee and the content of the investment management-related services entrusted to that entrustee, and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order;
投資運用関係業務を委託する場合においては、その旨並びに委託先の商号、名称又は氏名及び当該委託先に委託する投資運用関係業務の内容その他内閣府令で定める事項
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 notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made by the day on which a period of five years have elapsed starts to run from the day on which the Act Partially Amending the Banking Act and Other Acts for Ensuring Reinforcement and Stability of Financial Functions in Response to Socioeconomic Changes due to the Impact of the COVID-19 Infection (Act No. 46 of 2021) comes into effect.
前項の規定による届出は、新型コロナウイルス感染症等の影響による社会経済情勢の変化に対応して金融の機能の強化及び安定の確保を図るための銀行法等の一部を改正する法律(令和三年法律第四十六号)の施行の日から起算して五年を経過する日までにしなければならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a person that falls under any of the following items must not perform specially permitted services for the transitional period:
a person falling under any of the following sub-items:
次のいずれかに該当する者
a person that has not obtained the registration of the same kind as the registration referred to in Article 29 (including permission or any other administrative disposition similar to such a registration) for conducting investment management business in a foreign country (limited to a foreign country specified by Cabinet Office Order as a country or region that has a system concerning persons engaging in investment management business that is found to be at a level equivalent to that of Japan in protecting investors; the same applies in (b) of this item, (d) of the following item, and paragraph (5), item (i)) pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations of that foreign country;
a person for whom the period specified by Cabinet Order that starts to run from the time investment management business has been commenced in a foreign country based on foreign laws and regulations has not passed (excluding a person falling under a case specified by Cabinet Order);
外国の法令に準拠し、当該外国において投資運用業を開始してから政令で定める期間を経過するまでの者(政令で定める場合に該当する者を除く。)
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 falling under any of the following:
次のいずれかに該当する者
a person that is found likely to damage the credibility of specially permitted services for the transitional period in light of the person's relationship with an organized crime group prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members or a member of an organized crime group prescribed in item (vi) of that Article, or other circumstances;
暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律第二条第二号に規定する暴力団又は同条第六号に規定する暴力団員との関係その他の事情に照らし、移行期間特例業務の信用を失墜させるおそれがあると認められる者
any other person that falls under the criteria specified by Cabinet Office Order as a person that does not have a sufficient personnel structure to perform specially permitted services for the transitional period in an appropriate manner;
その他移行期間特例業務を適確に遂行するに足りる人的構成を有しない者として内閣府令で定める基準に該当する者
a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as a person that is found not to have in place the necessary system for performing specially permitted services for the transitional period in an appropriate manner; or
移行期間特例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として内閣府令で定める者
a person mainly engaged in investing property subject to investment (meaning money and other property invested by that person on behalf of a right holder prescribed in Article 42, paragraph (1)) as an investment in securities set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) and other securities specified by Cabinet Order;
if the person is a corporation, a person that falls under any of the following sub-items:
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 that falls under Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii);
第二十九条の四第一項第二号に該当する者
a person that does not have a business office or office in Japan;
国内に営業所又は事務所を有しない者
a foreign corporation that has not designated a domestic representative;
外国法人であつて国内における代表者を定めていない者
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 performing investment management business 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投資運用業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 that has a person falling under Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (v), (d) 1. or 2. among their major shareholders that is an individual (meaning the major shareholders prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article; if the corporation is a subsidiary company of a holding company (meaning the subsidiary company prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article; the same applies in paragraph (7)), including the major shareholders of the holding company; the same applies in (f)); or
a person that has a person falling under one of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (v), (e) 1. through 3. among their major shareholders that are corporations; or
法人である主要株主のうちに第二十九条の四第一項第五号ホ(1)から(3)までのいずれかに該当する者のある者
a person that is found not to have secured, for each of the specially permitted services for the transitional period subject to the notification, officers (including a person that is found to have at least the same amount of authority as a director, executive officer, or person equivalent thereto over the corporation, irrespective of whether the person is an advisor, consultant, or holds any other title; the same applies in (g)) or employees who have the sufficient knowledge and experience necessary for its execution; provided, however, that with regard to investment management-related services in the case where the person making the notification entrusts those investment management-related services to an investment management-related services contractor (limited to one that has been registered as referred to in Article 66-71 or has had a change registered as referred to in Article 66-75, paragraph (4) for conducting those investment management-related services), it is sufficient to have secured officers or employees who have the ability to appropriately supervise those services.
届出の対象となる移行期間特例業務のそれぞれにつき、その執行について必要となる十分な知識及び経験を有する役員(相談役、顧問その他いかなる名称を有する者であるかを問わず、当該法人に対し取締役、執行役又はこれらに準ずる者と同等以上の支配力を有するものと認められる者を含む。トにおいて同じ。)又は使用人を確保していないと認められる者。ただし、届出を行う者が投資運用関係業務を投資運用関係業務受託業者(当該投資運用関係業務を行うことにつき第六十六条の七十一の登録又は第六十六条の七十五第四項の変更登録を受けている者に限る。)に委託する場合における当該投資運用関係業務については、その業務の監督を適切に行う能力を有する役員又は使用人を確保していれば足りるものとする。
if the person is an individual, a person that falls under any of the following sub-items:
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 Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (iii), (b); or
第二十九条の四第一項第三号ロに該当する者
a person that has an address in a foreign country.
外国に住所を有する者
a person that is found not to have the sufficient knowledge and experience necessary for the execution of each of the specially permitted services for the transitional period subject to the notification; provided, however, that with regard to investment management-related services in the case where the person making the notification entrusts those investment management-related services to an investment management-related services contractor (limited to one that has been registered as referred to in Article 66-71 or has had a change registered as referred to in Article 66-75, paragraph (4) for conducting those investment management-related services), it is sufficient to be a person who has the ability to appropriately supervise those services.
届出の対象となる移行期間特例業務のそれぞれにつき、その執行について必要となる十分な知識及び経験を有していないと認められる者。ただし、届出を行う者が投資運用関係業務を投資運用関係業務受託業者(当該投資運用関係業務を行うことにつき第六十六条の七十一の登録又は第六十六条の七十五第四項の変更登録を受けている者に限る。)に委託する場合における当該投資運用関係業務については、その業務の監督を適切に行う能力を有する者であることをもつて足りるものとする。
If a foreign investment management business operator performs specially permitted services for the transitional period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the provisions of this Act (excluding Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i), (b), (7) and item (ii), (f), (7), Article 63-9, paragraphs (1) and (6), and Article 63-11), the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 81 of 1967), the Act on the Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto, and the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds (Act No. 22 of 2007) (including provisions of orders based on those provisions) apply by deeming the notification under the provisions of that paragraph to be a notification under the provisions of Article 63-9, paragraph (1) and deeming those specially permitted services for the transitional period to be specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. prescribed in Article 63-8, paragraph (1). In this case, in Article 2, paragraph (43), the phrase "item (i) of that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 3-3, paragraph (5), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions"; in Article 63-9, paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii), the phrase "paragraph (6), item (i)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 3-3, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions"; in paragraph (8) of that Article, the phrase "Article 39" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 38-2, Article 39" and the phrase "Article 42-7" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 42-7, Article 42-8"; in paragraph (9) of that Article, the phrase "the right set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v) or (vi) connected with an act set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article which a notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. has commenced as specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. no longer falls under the right prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article, or the money invested or contributed by foreign investors, etc. (meaning the foreign investors, etc. prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article) that hold that right no longer falls under the money that has been mainly invested or contributed by non-residents" is deemed to be replaced with "the discretionary investment contract connected with an act set forth in Article 3-3, paragraph (5), item (i), (a) of the Supplementary Provisions which a notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. has commenced as specially permitted services for the transitional period no longer falls under the discretionary investment contract prescribed in (a) of that item, the right represented in beneficiary certificates of foreign investment trusts connected with an act set forth in (b) of that item no longer falls under the right represented in beneficiary certificates of foreign investment trusts prescribed in (b) of that item, or the right set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (vi) connected with an act set forth in (c) of that item no longer falls under the right prescribed in Article 3-3, paragraph (5), item (i), (c) of the Supplementary Provisions"; in Article 63-13, paragraph (2), item (i), the phrase "or a disposition made by a government agency which is based on a law or regulation" is deemed to be replaced with "(including foreign laws and regulations) or a disposition made by a government agency which is based on that law or regulation"; in Article 194-7, paragraph (2), item (ii)-3, the phrase "the items of Article 63-8, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "the items of Article 3-3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
第一項の規定により外国投資運用業者が移行期間特例業務を行う場合においては、同項の規定による届出を第六十三条の九第一項の規定による届出と、当該移行期間特例業務を第六十三条の八第一項に規定する海外投資家等特例業務とみなして、この法律(第二十九条の四第一項第一号ロ(7)及び第二号ヘ(7)、第六十三条の九第一項及び第六項並びに第六十三条の十一を除く。)並びに住民基本台帳法(昭和四十二年法律第八十一号)、金融サービスの提供及び利用環境の整備等に関する法律及び犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律(平成十九年法律第二十二号)の規定(これらの規定に基づく命令の規定を含む。)を適用する。この場合において、第二条第四十三項中「同項第一号」とあるのは「附則第三条の三第五項第一号」と、第六十三条の九第二項第一号及び第二号中「第六項第一号」とあるのは「附則第三条の三第三項第一号」と、同条第八項中「第三十九条」とあるのは「第三十八条の二、第三十九条」と、「第四十二条の七」とあるのは「第四十二条の七、第四十二条の八」と、同条第九項中「海外投資家等特例業務として開始した前条第一項第一号に掲げる行為に係る第二条第二項第五号若しくは第六号に掲げる権利が前条第一項第一号」とあるのは「移行期間特例業務として開始した附則第三条の三第五項第一号イに掲げる行為に係る投資一任契約が同号イに規定する投資一任契約に該当しなくなつたとき、同号ロに掲げる行為に係る外国投資信託の受益証券に表示される権利が同号ロに規定する外国投資信託の受益証券に表示される権利に該当しなくなつたとき、又は同号ハに掲げる行為に係る第二条第二項第六号に掲げる権利が附則第三条の三第五項第一号ハ」と、「とき、又は当該権利を有する海外投資家等(同条第二項に規定する海外投資家等をいう。)から出資され、若しくは拠出された金銭が主として非居住者から出資若しくは拠出を受けた金銭に該当しなくなつたときは」とあるのは「ときは」と、第六十三条の十三第二項第一号中「又は」とあるのは「(外国の法令を含む。)又は当該」と、第百九十四条の七第二項第二号の三中「第六十三条の八第一項各号」とあるのは「附則第三条の三第五項各号」とするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
The term "specially permitted services for the transitional period" as used in paragraph (1) and the preceding two paragraphs means the performance of any of the following acts on a regular basis by a foreign investment management business operator at its business office or office established in Japan:
the following acts connected with the investment management business conducted in a foreign country based on foreign laws and regulations:
外国の法令に準拠し、当該外国において行う投資運用業に係る次に掲げる行為
the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xii) performed based on a discretionary investment contract (limited to those concluded only with foreign investors, etc. (limited to those that do not fall under any of the following persons)) (excluding acts specified by Cabinet Office Order as those likely to compromise the protection of investors):
投資一任契約(その相手方が海外投資家等(次のいずれにも該当しないものに限る。)のみであるものに限る。)に基づき行う第二条第八項第十二号に掲げる行為(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ものを除く。)
a special purpose company (meaning a special purpose company prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Securitization of Assets) that issues asset backed securities (meaning asset backed securities prescribed in paragraph (11) of that Article) which have been acquired by persons other than foreign investors, etc.;
その発行する資産対応証券(資産の流動化に関する法律第二条第十一項に規定する資産対応証券をいう。)を海外投資家等以外の者が取得している特定目的会社(同条第三項に規定する特定目的会社をいう。)
the business operator or a person seeking to become a business operator in a silent partnership agreement (meaning a silent partnership agreement prescribed in Article 535 of the Commercial Code) that concerns the rights set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v) or (vi) and that has a person other than a foreign investor, etc. as a silent partner; and
a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as a person equivalent to the persons set forth in (1) or (2);
(1)又は(2)に掲げる者に準ずる者として内閣府令で定める者
the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xiv), which is to invest money contributed by a foreign investor, etc. that holds rights indicated on the beneficiary certificates of a foreign investment trust prescribed in paragraph (1), item (x) of that Article (limited to rights held only by foreign investors, etc. (limited to those that do not fall under any of sub-item (a) 1. through 3.; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph)) (excluding acts specified by Cabinet Office Order as those likely to compromise the protection of investors);
the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xv), which is to invest money (including things specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to money) that has been invested or contributed by a foreign investor, etc. that holds rights set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (vi) (limited to rights related to the same business subject to investment (meaning a business subject to investment provided for in item (v) of that paragraph) in which foreign investors, etc. are the only holders of those rights) (excluding the acts specified by Cabinet Office Order as those likely to compromise the protection of investors); or
the following acts connected with the acts set forth in the preceding item:
前号に掲げる行為に関する次に掲げる行為
the handling of public offering or handling of private placement related to beneficiary certificates of a foreign investment trust prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (x), foreign investment securities prescribed in item (xi) of that paragraph, or rights set forth in paragraph (2), item (vi) of that Article, which is carried out with foreign investors, etc. in connection with an act set forth in (a) of the preceding item performed by a person (limited to handling of public offering or handling of private placement specified by Cabinet Order as having little likelihood of persons that are not foreign investors, etc. to acquire those securities and excluding handling specified by Cabinet Office Order as that likely to compromise the protection of investors);
the public offering or private placement of beneficiary certificates of a foreign investment trust prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (x), which is carried out with foreign investors, etc. in connection with an act set forth in (b) of the preceding item performed by a person (limited to public offering or private placement specified by Cabinet Order as having little likelihood of allowing persons that are not foreign investors, etc. to acquire the beneficiary certificates and excluding offering or placement specified by Cabinet Office Order as that likely to compromise the protection of investors); and
the public offering or private placement of rights set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (vi), which is carried out with foreign investors, etc. in connection with an act set forth in (c) of the preceding item performed by a person (limited to public offering or private placement specified by Cabinet Order as having little likelihood of allowing persons that are not foreign investors, etc. to acquire the rights and excluding those specified by Cabinet Office Order as being likely to compromise the protection of investors).
The term "foreign investor, etc." as used in the preceding paragraph means one of the following persons:
前項の「海外投資家等」とは、次に掲げる者をいう。
a foreign corporation or an individual that has an address in a foreign country;
外国法人又は外国に住所を有する個人
in addition to the persons set forth in the preceding item, a person specified by Cabinet Order as being closely related to a foreign investment management business operator; and
a person that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a person equivalent to the persons set forth in the preceding two items.
前二号に掲げる者に準ずる者として内閣府令で定める者
The provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) (excluding (a) and (b) of item (i), and item (iii)), and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a subsidiary company of a foreign investment management business operator (excluding a person that falls under paragraph (3), item (i) or item (ii) (excluding (b) and (c))) engages, as a business, in the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xii) (excluding those specified by Cabinet Office Order as being likely to impede the protection of investors) at a business office or office it establishes in Japan, based on a discretionary investment contract (limited to those whose counterparty is only that foreign investment management business operator). In this case, in these provisions, the phrase "specially permitted services for the transitional period" is deemed to be replaced with "services related to the act prescribed in paragraph (7)"; in paragraph (1), item (v), the phrase "the type of business related to the acts set forth in the items of paragraph (5)" is deemed to be replaced with "the business related to the act prescribed in paragraph (7)"; in paragraph (4), the phrase "that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1)", the phrase "item (i) of that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. (meaning the specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. prescribed in Article 63-8, paragraph (1), limited to those that perform the act set forth in item (i) of that paragraph)", and the phrase "Article 3-3, paragraph (5), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions" is deemed to be replaced with "services related to the act prescribed in Article 3-3, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
第一項、第二項、第三項(第一号イ及びロ並びに第三号を除く。)及び第四項の規定は、外国投資運用業者(第三項第一号又は第二号(ロ及びハを除く。)に該当する者を除く。)の子会社が国内に設ける営業所又は事務所において投資一任契約(その相手方が当該外国投資運用業者のみであるものに限る。)に基づき第二条第八項第十二号に掲げる行為(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ものを除く。)を業として行う場合について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「移行期間特例業務」とあるのは「第七項に規定する行為に係る業務」と、第一項第五号中「第五項各号に掲げる行為に係る業務の種別」とあるのは「第七項に規定する行為に係る業務」と、第四項中「同項の」とあるのは「第一項の」と、「同項第一号」とあるのは「海外投資家等特例業務(第六十三条の八第一項に規定する海外投資家等特例業務をいい、同項第一号に掲げる行為を行うものに限る。)」と、「附則第三条の三第五項第一号」」とあるのは「附則第三条の三第七項に規定する行為に係る業務」」と読み替えるものとするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
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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…
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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。
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the authority under the provisions of Article 63-14 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 63-11, paragraph (2))…
第六十三条の十四(第六十三条の十一第二項において準用する場合を含む。)の規定による権限(第六十三条の八第一項各号に掲げる行為の公正の確保に係る規定として政令で定める規定に関するものに限る。)
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beneficiary certificates of an investment trust or foreign investment trust which are prescribed in the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations (Act No. 198 of 1951);
投資信託及び投資法人に関する法律(昭和二十六年法律第百九十八号)に規定する投資信託又は外国投資信託の受益証券
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investment securities, investment equity subscription right certificates, or investment corporation bond certificates or foreign investment securities prescribed in the Act on Investment Trusts and…
投資信託及び投資法人に関する法律に規定する投資証券、新投資口予約権証券若しくは投資法人債券又は外国投資証券
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share certificates and share option certificates;
株券又は新株予約権証券
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among the rights based on a partnership contract provided for in Article 667, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896), a silent partnership agreement provided for in Article 535 of the…
民法(明治二十九年法律第八十九号)第六百六十七条第一項に規定する組合契約、商法(明治三十二年法律第四十八号)第五百三十五条に規定する匿名組合契約、投資事業有限責任組合契約に関する法律(平成十年法律第九十号)第三条第一項に規定する投資事業有限責任組合契約又は有限責任事業組合契約に関する法律(平成十七年法律第四十号)第三…
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rights based on foreign laws and regulations which are similar to those specified in the preceding item; or
外国の法令に基づく権利であつて、前号に掲げる権利に類するもの
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The term "investment management-related services" as used in this Act means the following services performed in relation to investment management business…
この法律において「投資運用関係業務」とは、投資運用業等(投資運用業(第二十八条第四項に規定する投資運用業をいう。)、適格機関投資家等特例業務(第六十三条第二項に規定する適格機関投資家等特例業務をいい、同条第一項第二号に掲げる行為を行うものに限る。)又は海外投資家等特例業務(第六十三条の八第一項に規定する海外投資家等特…
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conclusion of the following contracts, and the management of money or any other property (including instructions for that management; the same applies hereinafter), based on such contract…
次に掲げる契約を締結し、当該契約に基づき、金融商品の価値等の分析に基づく投資判断に基づいて有価証券又はデリバティブ取引に係る権利に対する投資として、金銭その他の財産の運用(その指図を含む。以下同じ。)を行うこと。
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the management (excluding management that falls under the category of act set forth in item (xii)) of money or other property contributed by a person that holds rights indicated on the securities…
金融商品の価値等の分析に基づく投資判断に基づいて有価証券又はデリバティブ取引に係る権利に対する投資として、第一項第十号に掲げる有価証券に表示される権利その他の政令で定める権利を有する者から拠出を受けた金銭その他の財産の運用を行うこと(第十二号に掲げる行為に該当するものを除く。)。
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the management (excluding management that falls under the category of act set forth in item (xii) or the preceding item) of money or other property invested or contributed by a person that holds the…
金融商品の価値等の分析に基づく投資判断に基づいて主として有価証券又はデリバティブ取引に係る権利に対する投資として、次に掲げる権利その他政令で定める権利を有する者から出資又は拠出を受けた金銭その他の財産の運用を行うこと(第十二号及び前号に掲げる行為に該当するものを除く。)。
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この章において「投資運用業」とは、金融商品取引業のうち、次に掲げる行為のいずれかを業として行うことをいい、銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関が、当該行為のいずれかを業として行うことを含むものとする。
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A person may not engage in financial instruments business if that person has not been registered by the Prime Minister.
金融商品取引業は、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けた者でなければ、行うことができない。
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a person falling under any of the following:
次のいずれかに該当する者
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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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if the person 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
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a person falling under any of the following and seeking to engage in type-I financial instruments business or investment management business:
第一種金融商品取引業又は投資運用業を行おうとする場合にあつては、次のいずれかに該当する者
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The term "major shareholder" as used in item (v), (d) through (f) of the preceding paragraph means a person that holds voting rights…
前項第五号ニからヘまでの「主要株主」とは、会社の総株主等の議決権(総株主、総社員、総会員、総組合員又は総出資者の議決権をいい、株式会社にあつては、株主総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない株式についての議決権を除き、会社法第八百七十九条第三項の規定により議決権を有するものとみ…
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The term "subsidiary company" as used in paragraph (1), item (v), (d) and the preceding paragraph means a second company in which a first company holds the majority of the voting rights held by all…
第一項第五号ニ及び前項の「子会社」とは、会社がその総株主等の議決権の過半数を保有する他の会社をいう。この場合において、会社及びその一若しくは二以上の子会社又は当該会社の一若しくは二以上の子会社がその総株主等の議決権の過半数を保有する他の会社は、当該会社の子会社とみなす。
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It is prohibited for a bank or cooperative financial institution, or for any other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order…
銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関(以下この条及び次条において「金融機関」という。)は、有価証券関連業又は投資運用業を行つてはならない。ただし、有価証券関連業については、金融機関が他の法律の定めるところにより投資の目的をもつて…
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金融商品取引業者等は、その行う投資助言・代理業又は投資運用業に関して、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。
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A financial instruments business operator, etc. must not engage in any of the following acts:
金融商品取引業者等は、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。
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With regard to investment property, a financial instruments business operator, etc., pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, must periodically provide the known right holders of that…
金融商品取引業者等は、運用財産について、内閣府令で定めるところにより、定期に、当該運用財産に係る知れている権利者に対し、当該運用財産に関する運用の状況その他の内閣府令で定める事項に係る情報を提供しなければならない。
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The provisions of Chapter IV of the Trust Business Act do not apply if a financial instruments business operator, etc. engages in investment management business.
信託業法第四章の規定は、金融商品取引業者等が投資運用業を行う場合については、適用しない。
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A financial instruments business operator, etc. must work faithfully on behalf of right holders (meaning persons prescribed in the following items in accordance with the category of business set…
金融商品取引業者等は、権利者(次の各号に掲げる業務の区分に応じ当該各号に定める者をいう。以下この款において同じ。)のため忠実に投資運用業を行わなければならない。
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A foreign securities services provider must not perform any act set forth in the items of Article 28, paragraph (8) with a person in Japan as the counterparty; provided, however…
外国証券業者は、国内にある者を相手方として第二十八条第八項各号に掲げる行為を行つてはならない。ただし、金融商品取引業者のうち、有価証券関連業を行う者を相手方とする場合(当該外国証券業者がその店頭デリバティブ取引等の業務の用に供する電子情報処理組織を使用して特定店頭デリバティブ取引又はその媒介、取次ぎ(有価証券等清算取…
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the notifier discontinues specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc.; or
海外投資家等特例業務を廃止したとき。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29, a financial instruments business operator (excluding one that has obtained the registration referred to in Article 29 for performing an act set forth in…
金融商品取引業者(第六十三条の八第一項各号の行為を業として行うことについて第二十九条の登録を受けている者を除く。)は、同条の規定にかかわらず、あらかじめ、内閣府令で定めるところにより、海外投資家等特例業務を行う旨、第六十三条の九第一項第五号及び第七号に掲げる事項その他内閣府令で定める事項を内閣総理大臣に届け出て…
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the notifier violates a law or regulation or a disposition made by a government agency which is based on a law or regulation, in connection with specially permitted services for foreign investors…
海外投資家等特例業務に関し法令又は法令に基づいてする行政官庁の処分に違反したとき。
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The term "specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc." as used in this Section means performing any of the following acts on a regular basis:
この節において「海外投資家等特例業務」とは、次に掲げる行為のいずれかを業として行うことをいう。
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the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xv), of investing money (including anything specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to money; the same applies in this item and paragraph (9)…
第二条第二項第五号又は第六号に掲げる権利(同一の出資対象事業(同項第五号に規定する出資対象事業をいう。)に係る当該権利を有する者が海外投資家等(次のいずれにも該当しないものに限る。)のみであるものに限る。)を有する海外投資家等から出資され…
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The term "foreign investor, etc." as used in the preceding paragraph means one of the following persons:
前項の「海外投資家等」とは、次に掲げる者をいう。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29, a person other than a financial instruments business operator and a financial institution prescribed in Article 33…
金融商品取引業者及び第三十三条第一項に規定する金融機関以外の者は、第二十九条の規定にかかわらず、あらかじめ、内閣府令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を内閣総理大臣に届け出て、海外投資家等特例業務を行うことができる。ただし、次条第三項第二号に該当することとなつたときは、この限りでない。
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if the person is a corporation, a document pledging that the person does not fall under paragraph (6), item (i) or (ii) (excluding (d)), the articles of incorporation…
法人である場合においては、第六項第一号及び第二号(ニを除く。)に該当しないことを誓約する書面、定款(これに準ずるものを含む。)並びに法人の登記事項証明書(これに準ずるものを含む。)
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if the person is an individual, a document pledging that the person does not fall under paragraph (6), item (i) or (iii); and
個人である場合においては、第六項第一号及び第三号に該当しないことを誓約する書面
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Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a person that falls under any of the following items (excluding a financial instruments business operator, etc.) must not conduct specially permitted…
第一項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者(金融商品取引業者等を除く。)は、海外投資家等特例業務(特例業務届出者が適格機関投資家等特例業務として行うものを除く。)を行つてはならない。
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a person that falls under any of the following persons:
次のいずれかに該当する者
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If a notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. conducts specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc., the notifier of specially permitted services for foreign…
海外投資家等特例業務届出者が海外投資家等特例業務を行う場合においては、当該海外投資家等特例業務届出者を金融商品取引業者とみなして、第一節第五款、第三十五条の三、第三十六条の三、第三十七条、第三十七条の三、第三十七条の四、第三十八条(第一号、第二号及び第九号に係る部分に限る。)、第三十九条(第四項及び第六項を除く。)…
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If the right set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v) or (vi) connected with an act set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article which a notifier of specially permitted…
内閣総理大臣は、海外投資家等特例業務届出者が海外投資家等特例業務として開始した前条第一項第一号に掲げる行為に係る第二条第二項第五号若しくは第六号に掲げる権利が前条第一項第一号に規定する権利に該当しなくなつたとき、又は当該権利を有する海外投資家等(同条第二項に規定する海外投資家等をいう。)から出資され…
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A person that conducts investment management-related services contracting business may be registered by the Prime Minister.
投資運用関係業務受託業を行う者は、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けることができる。
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If an investment management-related services contractor seeks to change the particular set forth in Article 66-72, paragraph (1), item (vi), it must obtain the registration of a change made by the…
投資運用関係業務受託業者は、第六十六条の七十二第一項第六号に掲げる事項について変更をしようとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、内閣総理大臣の行う変更登録を受けなければならない。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29 and Article 58-2, a person other than a financial instruments business operator, a financial institution prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1)…
金融商品取引業者、第三十三条第一項に規定する金融機関、特例業務届出者及び海外投資家等特例業務届出者以外の者で、外国の法令に準拠し、外国において投資運用業(第二十八条第四項に規定する投資運用業をいう。以下この条において同じ。)を行う者(以下この条において「外国投資運用業者」という。)は…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29 and Article 58-2, a person other than a financial instruments business operator, a financial institution prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1)…
金融商品取引業者、第三十三条第一項に規定する金融機関、特例業務届出者及び海外投資家等特例業務届出者以外の者で、外国の法令に準拠し、外国において投資運用業(第二十八条第四項に規定する投資運用業をいう。以下この条において同じ。)を行う者(以下この条において「外国投資運用業者」という。)は…
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the type of business (meaning the type of business related to the acts set forth in the items of paragraph (5));
業務の種別(第五項各号に掲げる行為に係る業務の種別をいう。)
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The notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made by the day on which a period of five years have elapsed starts to run from the day on which the Act Partially Amending…
前項の規定による届出は、新型コロナウイルス感染症等の影響による社会経済情勢の変化に対応して金融の機能の強化及び安定の確保を図るための銀行法等の一部を改正する法律(令和三年法律第四十六号)の施行の日から起算して五年を経過する日までにしなければならない。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a person that falls under any of the following items must not perform specially permitted services for the transitional period:
第一項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、移行期間特例業務を行つてはならない。
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a person falling under any of the following sub-items:
次のいずれかに該当する者
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if the person is a corporation, a person that falls under any of the following sub-items:
法人である場合においては、次のいずれかに該当する者
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if the person is an individual, a person that falls under any of the following sub-items:
個人である場合においては、次のいずれかに該当する者
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If a foreign investment management business operator performs specially permitted services for the transitional period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1)…
第一項の規定により外国投資運用業者が移行期間特例業務を行う場合においては、同項の規定による届出を第六十三条の九第一項の規定による届出と、当該移行期間特例業務を第六十三条の八第一項に規定する海外投資家等特例業務とみなして…
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The term "specially permitted services for the transitional period" as used in paragraph (1) and the preceding two paragraphs means the performance of any of the following acts on a regular basis by…
第一項及び前二項の「移行期間特例業務」とは、外国投資運用業者が国内に設ける営業所又は事務所において次に掲げる行為のいずれかを業として行うことをいう。
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the following acts connected with the investment management business conducted in a foreign country based on foreign laws and regulations:
外国の法令に準拠し、当該外国において行う投資運用業に係る次に掲げる行為
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a foreign corporation or an individual that has an address in a foreign country;
外国法人又は外国に住所を有する個人
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in addition to the persons set forth in the preceding item, a person specified by Cabinet Order as being closely related to a foreign investment management business operator; and
前号に掲げる者のほか、外国投資運用業者と密接な関係を有する者として政令で定める者
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The provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) (excluding (a) and (b) of item (i), and item (iii)), and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a subsidiary company of a foreign investment…
第一項、第二項、第三項(第一号イ及びロ並びに第三号を除く。)及び第四項の規定は、外国投資運用業者(第三項第一号又は第二号(ロ及びハを除く。)に該当する者を除く。)の子会社が国内に設ける営業所又は事務所において投資一任契約(その相手方が当該外国投資運用業者のみであるものに限る。)に基づき第二条第八項第十二号に掲げる行為…
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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
business subject to investment
「出資対象事業」
In Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v), the business carried on with the money (or similar things a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies) that the holders of rights such as partnership interests contribute, from whose profits or property they receive dividends or distributions.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (2), item (v)· applies only in this item
discretionary investment contract
「投資一任契約」
A contract under which one party is entrusted by the other with all or part of its investment decisions (投資判断) based on an analysis of the value, etc. of financial instruments, and is given the authority needed to invest for the other on those decisions — other than an asset management entrustment contract with a registered investment corporation (登録投資法人) under Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xii), (a).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (8), item (xii), (b)
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
investment management-related servicesmachine translation
「投資運用関係業務」
Services carried out in connection with investment management business, etc. (投資運用業等): calculating the value of the property under management (運用対象財産) from the securities and other assets in it, the interest or dividends they yield and the fees for managing it; and guiding compliance with laws and regulations, administrative dispositions under them, and articles of incorporation and other rules (法令等).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (43)· applies throughout the law
investment management-related services contractormachine translation
「投資運用関係業務受託業者」
A person registered with the Prime Minister under Article 66-71 to carry on investment management-related services contracting business (投資運用関係業務受託業).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (45)· 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
major shareholder
「主要株主」
A person holding 20 percent or more (15 percent or more where a fact a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies suggests material influence over its financial and business policies) of the voting rights of all shareholders, etc. (総株主等の議決権) of a company, counting voting rights on shares that cannot be asserted against the issuer under Article 147, paragraph (1) or Article 148, paragraph (1) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares and leaving out those the Order excludes, as Article 29-4, paragraph (2) defines it.
Defined inArticle 29-4, paragraph (2)
holding company
「持株会社」
A holding company as defined in Article 29-4, paragraph (3): a company for which the total acquisition value (or the value given on its latest balance sheet) of the shares or equity interests (持分) it holds in its domestic subsidiary companies (子会社) exceeds 50% of its total assets, calculated as a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets, less the assets a Cabinet Office Order specifies.
Defined inArticle 32-4, paragraph (1)
financial institutionmachine translation
「金融機関」
In Articles 33 and 33-2, a bank, a cooperative financial institution (協同組織金融機関) or another financial institution a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies; such institutions may not carry on securities-related business (有価証券関連業) or investment management business (投資運用業), with the exceptions those Articles set out.
Short name set inArticle 33, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Article 33-2
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)
right holdermachine translation
「権利者」
In the subsection on investment management business that begins with Article 42, the persons for whom that business is carried on: the counterparty to a contract for managing a registered investment corporation's assets or to a discretionary investment contract (投資一任契約); holders of investment trust beneficiary certificates or other rights a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, whose contributed money is being invested; and holders of trust beneficial interests, partnership-type rights or other rights a Cabinet Order specifies, whose contributed money is being invested mainly in securities or derivatives.
Defined inArticle 42, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
notifier of specially permitted servicesmachine translation
「特例業務届出者」
A person that has notified the Prime Minister under Article 63, paragraph (2) that it will carry on specially permitted services for qualified institutional investors, etc. (適格機関投資家等特例業務), other than one that has since given notice under Article 63-2, paragraph (3), item (ii) that it has discontinued them.
Defined inArticle 63, paragraph (5)
specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc.
「海外投資家等特例業務」
Carrying on as a business either of these: managing money contributed by foreign investors, etc. (海外投資家等) who are the only holders of partnership-type rights (Article 2, paragraph (2), items (v) and (vi)) in an investment business — leaving out special purpose companies, silent partnership operators and similar persons with other investors — where that money comes mainly from non-residents; or, in connection with that management, offering or privately placing such rights to those foreign investors, etc. in ways a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as unlikely to let anyone else acquire them.
Defined inArticle 63-8, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
foreign investor, etc.
「海外投資家等」
In Article 63-8, paragraph (1), any of these: a foreign corporation, or an individual domiciled abroad, that meets requirements a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets in view of its knowledge, experience and assets; a qualified institutional investor (or a person that Order treats as equivalent); or another person a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as closely related to the person carrying on the acts in that paragraph.
Defined inArticle 63-8, paragraph (2)
notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc.machine translation
「海外投資家等特例業務届出者」
A person that has notified the Prime Minister under Article 63-9, paragraph (1) that it will carry on specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. (海外投資家等特例業務), other than one that has since given notice under Article 63-10, paragraph (3), item (ii) that it has discontinued them.
Defined inArticle 63-9, paragraph (4)
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
foreign investment management business operator
「外国投資運用業者」
In Article 3-3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of this Act, a person that carries on investment management business (投資運用業) abroad under foreign laws, other than a financial instruments business operator, a financial institution under Article 33, paragraph (1), or a person that has given notice of specially permitted business (特例業務届出者 or 海外投資家等特例業務届出者).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
investment management business
「投資運用業」
Investment management business as defined in Article 28, paragraph (4): the part of financial instruments business (金融商品取引業) that consists in carrying on as a business the acts in Article 2, paragraph (8), items (xii), (xiv) and (xv) — managing money or other property, on investment decisions (投資判断) based on an analysis of the value, etc. of financial instruments, as an investment in securities or in rights under derivatives transactions, whether under a discretionary investment contract (投資一任契約) or an asset management contract with a registered investment corporation (登録投資法人), or for the holders of the rights items (xiv) and (xv) list who contributed it — including where a bank, a cooperative financial institution or another financial institution a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies carries them on.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
subsidiary company
「子会社」
A subsidiary company (子会社) as defined in Article 29-4, paragraph (4): another company in which a company holds a majority of the voting rights of all its shareholders, etc., including one in which the company and its subsidiary companies, or those subsidiary companies alone, hold such a majority.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3-3, paragraph (3), item (ii), (e)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 3-3, paragraph (7)
specially permitted services for the transitional period
「移行期間特例業務」
In Article 3-3, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) of the supplementary provisions (附則), business carried on at an office in Japan of a foreign investment management business operator (外国投資運用業者) that consists of investment management under foreign law conducted abroad for overseas investors, etc. (海外投資家等) only, and related public offerings and private placements to them, of the kinds paragraph (5) lists.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3-3, paragraph (5)
foreign investor, etc.
「海外投資家等」
In Article 3-3, paragraph (5) of this Act's supplementary provisions (附則), any of these: a foreign corporation or an individual domiciled abroad; a person a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as closely related to the foreign investment management business operator (外国投資運用業者); or a person a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies as equivalent to either.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3-3, paragraph (6)
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 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.