Supplementary Provisions, Article 22
第二十二条
A deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator that, at the time this Act comes into effect, has received authorization under Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act and is actually conducting the business set forth in item (iii) of that paragraph is deemed to have received, on the effective date, registration under Article 29 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (limited to registration in which the deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator deemed to have received that registration conducts business pertaining to the acts set forth in Article 28, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) and authorization under Article 30, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. In this case, the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (3) and Article 194-4, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act do not apply.
みなし登録第一種業者でこの法律の施行の際現に旧証券取引法第二十九条第一項の認可を受けて同項第三号に掲げる業務を行っている者は、施行日において新金融商品取引法第二十九条の登録(当該登録を受けたものとみなされるみなし登録第一種業者が新金融商品取引法第二十八条第一項第四号に掲げる行為に係る業務を行うものに限る。)及び新金融商品取引法第三十条第一項の認可を受けたものとみなす。この場合において、新金融商品取引法第五十七条第三項及び第百九十四条の四第一項の規定は、適用しない。
A person deemed to have received authorization under Article 30, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must submit to the Prime Minister, within three months from the effective date, a document stating the particulars set forth in Article 30-3, paragraph (1), item (i) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and the document prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article.
前項の規定により新金融商品取引法第三十条第一項の認可を受けたものとみなされる者は、施行日から起算して三月以内に新金融商品取引法第三十条の三第一項第一号に掲げる事項を記載した書類及び同条第二項に規定する書類を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
When the Prime Minister has received the submission of documents under the provisions of the preceding paragraph from a person prescribed in that paragraph, the Prime Minister is to note, in the person's financial instruments business operator's registration, that the person has received authorization under Article 30, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
内閣総理大臣は、前項に規定する者から同項の規定による書類の提出があったときは、新金融商品取引法第三十条第一項の認可を受けた旨をその者の金融商品取引業者の登録に付記するものとする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 23
第二十三条
A condition imposed on a deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator pursuant to the provisions of Article 29-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act is deemed to have been imposed on the effective date pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-2, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. In this case, the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (3) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act do not apply.
旧証券取引法第二十九条の二第一項の規定によりみなし登録第一種業者に付された条件は、施行日において新金融商品取引法第三十条の二第一項の規定により付されたものとみなす。この場合において、新金融商品取引法第五十七条第三項の規定は、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 24
第二十四条
The provisions of Article 31, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act do not apply to a deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator until the day on which that deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator submits the documents prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.
新金融商品取引法第三十一条第一項から第三項までの規定は、みなし登録第一種業者については、当該みなし登録第一種業者が附則第十八条第二項の規定により同項に規定する書類を提出する日までの間は、適用しない。
The provisions of Article 31, paragraph (6) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act do not apply to a person deemed to have received authorization under Article 30, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions until the day on which that person submits the documents prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.
新金融商品取引法第三十一条第六項の規定は、附則第二十二条第一項の規定により新金融商品取引法第三十条第一項の認可を受けたものとみなされる者については、その者が附則第二十二条第二項の規定により同項に規定する書類を提出する日までの間は、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 25
第二十五条
A deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator must use the Japanese word for "securities" in its trade name.
みなし登録第一種業者は、その商号中に証券という文字を用いなければならない。
A person other than a deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator that uses the Japanese word for "securities" in its trade name pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following Article referred to as a "special securities company") (excluding a person who conducts securities-related services (meaning securities-related services prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (8) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) on or after the effective date) must not use in its trade name or name any word that could give rise to the misconception that it is a special securities company.
前項の規定によりその商号中に証券という文字を用いるみなし登録第一種業者(以下この項及び次条において「特例証券会社」という。)以外の者(施行日以後に有価証券関連業(新金融商品取引法第二十八条第八項に規定する有価証券関連業をいう。以下同じ。)を行う者を除く。)は、その商号又は名称中に、特例証券会社であると誤認されるおそれのある文字を用いてはならない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 26
第二十六条
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a special securities company may change its trade name to a trade name that does not use the Japanese word for "securities".
Supplementary Provisions, Article 27
第二十七条
With regard to a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually using the name or trade name "financial instruments business operator" or a name or trade name confusingly similar thereto, the provisions of Article 31-3 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act do not apply for six months after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行の際現に金融商品取引業者という名称若しくは商号又はこれに紛らわしい名称若しくは商号を用いている者については、新金融商品取引法第三十一条の三の規定は、この法律の施行後六月間は、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 28
第二十八条
If a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is a director, accounting advisor (or, if the accounting advisor is a corporation, a staff member who is to perform those duties), company auditor or executive officer of a financial instruments business operator (limited to a person engaged in securities-related services; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph through paragraph (3)) and who concurrently serves as a director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer (including a board member, auditor and any other person equivalent thereto; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) or employee of the parent bank, etc. of that financial instruments business operator (meaning the parent bank, etc. prescribed in Article 31-4, paragraph (5) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) makes a notification to the Prime Minister within one month from the effective date pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31-4, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the person may continue to concurrently serve as the director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer, or employee of that parent bank, etc. pertaining to that notification until the day on which one year has passed counting from the effective date.
この法律の施行の際現に金融商品取引業者(有価証券関連業を行う者に限る。以下この項から第三項までにおいて同じ。)の取締役、会計参与(会計参与が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき社員)、監査役又は執行役である者で当該金融商品取引業者の親銀行等(新金融商品取引法第三十一条の四第五項に規定する親銀行等をいう。以下この項において同じ。)の取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役(理事、監事その他これに準ずる者を含む。以下この項において同じ。)又は使用人を兼ねている者が、施行日から一月以内に内閣府令で定めるところにより内閣総理大臣に届出をしたときは、同条第一項の規定にかかわらず、施行日から起算して一年を経過する日までの間は、引き続き当該届出に係る当該親銀行等の取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役又は使用人を兼ねることができる。
If a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is a director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer, or employee of a financial instruments business operator and who concurrently serves as a director, accounting advisor (or, if the accounting advisor is a corporation, a staff member who is to perform those duties; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), company auditor or executive officer (including a board member, auditor and any other person equivalent thereto; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) of the subsidiary bank, etc. of that financial instruments business operator (meaning the subsidiary bank, etc. prescribed in Article 31-4, paragraph (6) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) makes a notification to the Prime Minister within one year from the effective date pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, then, until the day on which one year has passed counting from the effective date, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 31-4, paragraph (2) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the person may continue to concurrently serve as the director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer of that subsidiary bank, etc. pertaining to that notification.
この法律の施行の際現に金融商品取引業者の取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役又は使用人である者で当該金融商品取引業者の子銀行等(新金融商品取引法第三十一条の四第六項に規定する子銀行等をいう。以下この項において同じ。)の取締役、会計参与(会計参与が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき社員。以下この項において同じ。)、監査役又は執行役(理事、監事その他これに準ずる者を含む。以下この項において同じ。)を兼ねている者が、施行日から一年以内に内閣府令で定めるところにより内閣総理大臣に届出をしたときは、施行日から起算して一年を経過する日までの間は、同条第二項の規定にかかわらず、引き続き当該届出に係る当該子銀行等の取締役、会計参与、監査役又は執行役を兼ねることができる。
If a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is a director (in the case of a company with committees, an executive officer) engaged in the ordinary business of a financial instruments business operator and who is engaged in the ordinary business of a bank, cooperative financial institution or any other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order makes a notification to the Prime Minister within one year from the effective date pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, excluding a case where the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply, then, until the day on which one year has passed counting from the effective date, the person may continue to be engaged in the ordinary business of that bank, cooperative financial institution or other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order pertaining to that notification.
A notification made by a director or executive officer of a securities company (meaning a securities company prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (4) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act before the effective date is deemed to be a notification made pursuant to the provisions of Article 31-4, paragraph (4) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
証券会社(旧証券取引法第二条第九項に規定する証券会社をいう。以下同じ。)の取締役又は執行役が施行日前に旧証券取引法第三十二条第四項の規定により行った届出は、新金融商品取引法第三十一条の四第四項の規定により行った届出とみなす。
If a person who is a director or executive officer of a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is continuing to engage in financial instruments business on or after the effective date pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to a person engaged in type-I financial instruments business (meaning the type-I financial instruments business prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) or investment management business (meaning the investment management business prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (4) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter), and excluding a deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator) has assumed the position of director, accounting advisor (or, if the accounting advisor is a corporation, a staff member who is to perform those duties; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), company auditor or executive officer of another company (including a case where a director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer of another company concurrently serves as a director or executive officer of a financial instruments business operator), the person must notify the Prime Minister of that fact and the date of that assumption without delay on or after the effective date.
この法律の施行の際現に附則第十七条第一項の規定により施行日以後引き続き金融商品取引業を行っている者(第一種金融商品取引業(新金融商品取引法第二十八条第一項に規定する第一種金融商品取引業をいう。以下同じ。)又は投資運用業(新金融商品取引法第二十八条第四項に規定する投資運用業をいう。以下同じ。)を行う者に限り、みなし登録第一種業者を除く。)の取締役又は執行役である者で他の会社の取締役、会計参与(会計参与が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき社員。以下この項において同じ。)、監査役又は執行役に就任している場合(他の会社の取締役、会計参与、監査役又は執行役が金融商品取引業者の取締役又は執行役を兼ねている場合を含む。)には、施行日以後、遅滞なく、その旨及び当該就任をした日を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 29
第二十九条
A statement of holding subject voting rights submitted by a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is a major shareholder (meaning a major shareholder prescribed in Article 29-4, paragraph (2) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) of a deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator, pursuant to the provisions of Article 33-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act before the effective date, is deemed to have been submitted on the effective date pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
この法律の施行の際現にみなし登録第一種業者の主要株主(新金融商品取引法第二十九条の四第二項に規定する主要株主をいう。以下同じ。)である者が施行日前に旧証券取引法第三十三条の二第一項の規定により提出した対象議決権保有届出書は、施行日において新金融商品取引法第三十二条第一項の規定により提出したものとみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 30
第三十条
A disposition made pursuant to the provisions of Article 33-3 of the Former Securities and Exchange Act before the effective date is deemed to be a disposition made pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-2 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
施行日前にされた旧証券取引法第三十三条の三の規定による処分は、新金融商品取引法第三十二条の二の規定による処分とみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 31
第三十一条
A statement of holding subject voting rights that a person who, at the time of enforcement of this Act, is a major shareholder of a holding company (meaning a holding company prescribed in Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (v), (d) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) that has a deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator as its subsidiary company (meaning a subsidiary company prescribed in Article 29-4, paragraph (3) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter, except in Articles 123 and 124 of the Supplementary Provisions) submitted before the effective date pursuant to the provisions of Article 33-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33-5 of the Former Securities and Exchange Act is deemed to have been submitted on the effective date pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 32-4 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
この法律の施行の際現にみなし登録第一種業者を子会社(新金融商品取引法第二十九条の四第三項に規定する子会社をいう。附則第百二十三条及び第百二十四条を除き、以下同じ。)とする持株会社(新金融商品取引法第二十九条の四第一項第五号ニに規定する持株会社をいう。以下同じ。)の主要株主である者が施行日前に旧証券取引法第三十三条の五において準用する旧証券取引法第三十三条の二第一項の規定により提出した対象議決権保有届出書は、施行日において新金融商品取引法第三十二条の四において準用する新金融商品取引法第三十二条第一項の規定により提出したものとみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 32
第三十二条
A disposition made before the effective date pursuant to the provisions of Article 33-3 of the Former Securities and Exchange Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33-5 of the Former Securities and Exchange Act is deemed to be a disposition made pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-2 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 32-4 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
施行日前にされた旧証券取引法第三十三条の五において準用する旧証券取引法第三十三条の三の規定による処分は、新金融商品取引法第三十二条の四において準用する新金融商品取引法第三十二条の二の規定による処分とみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 33
第三十三条
If a financial instruments business operator first receives, after the enforcement of this Act, an application for a financial instruments transaction contract (meaning a financial instruments transaction contract prescribed in Article 34 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) from a customer (limited to a person set forth in Article 2, paragraph (31), item (iv) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act), and, before the enforcement of this Act, has notified that customer, in the manner provided for in Article 34 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, that after the enforcement of this Act the customer may make a request under Article 34-2, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the operator is deemed to have given that customer the notice prescribed in that Article.
金融商品取引業者は、この法律の施行後最初に金融商品取引契約(新金融商品取引法第三十四条に規定する金融商品取引契約をいう。以下同じ。)の申込みを顧客(新金融商品取引法第二条第三十一項第四号に掲げる者に限る。)から受けた場合であって、この法律の施行前に、当該顧客に対し、この法律の施行後に当該顧客が新金融商品取引法第三十四条の二第一項の規定による申出ができる旨を新金融商品取引法第三十四条の例により告知しているときには、当該顧客に対し、同条に規定する告知をしたものとみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 34
第三十四条
A deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator that, at the time of enforcement of this Act, has made the notification under Article 34, paragraph (3) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act and is conducting the business set forth in Article 34, paragraph (2), item (iv), (v) or (vii) of that Act is deemed to have made the notification under Article 35, paragraph (3) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act on the effective date for the business set forth in Article 35, paragraph (2), items (i) through (iii) of that Act, respectively.
みなし登録第一種業者でこの法律の施行の際現に旧証券取引法第三十四条第三項の規定による届出をして同条第二項第四号、第五号又は第七号に掲げる業務を行っている者は、それぞれ施行日において新金融商品取引法第三十五条第二項第一号から第三号までに掲げる業務につき同条第三項の届出をしたものとみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 35
第三十五条
A deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator that, at the time of enforcement of this Act, has obtained the approval under Article 34, paragraph (4) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act and is conducting business that falls under none of financial instruments business, the business prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and the business set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to have obtained the approval under paragraph (4) of that Article for that business on the effective date. In this case, the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (3) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act do not apply.
みなし登録第一種業者で、この法律の施行の際現に旧証券取引法第三十四条第四項の承認を受けて金融商品取引業並びに新金融商品取引法第三十五条第一項に規定する業務及び同条第二項各号に掲げる業務のいずれにも該当しない業務を行っている者は、施行日において当該業務につき同条第四項の承認を受けたものとみなす。この場合において、新金融商品取引法第五十七条第三項の規定は、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 36
第三十六条
A confirmation under the proviso to Article 42-2, paragraph (3) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act given before the effective date is deemed to be a confirmation under the proviso to Article 39, paragraph (3) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
施行日前にされた旧証券取引法第四十二条の二第三項ただし書の確認は、新金融商品取引法第三十九条第三項ただし書の確認とみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 37
第三十七条
An approval under the proviso to Article 45 of the Former Securities and Exchange Act given before the effective date is deemed to be an approval under the proviso to Article 44-3, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
施行日前にされた旧証券取引法第四十五条ただし書の承認は、新金融商品取引法第四十四条の三第一項ただし書の承認とみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 38
第三十八条
The provisions of Article 46-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act apply to the business report under paragraph (1) of that Article for a business year ending on or after the effective date, and with regard to the business report under Article 49, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act for a business year that ended before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
新金融商品取引法第四十六条の三第一項及び第三項の規定は、施行日以後に終了する事業年度に係る同条第一項の事業報告書について適用し、施行日前に終了した事業年度に係る旧証券取引法第四十九条第一項の営業報告書については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 39
第三十九条
The provisions of Article 46-4 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act apply to the explanatory documents prescribed in that Article for a business year ending on or after the effective date, and with regard to the explanatory documents prescribed in Article 50 of the Former Securities and Exchange Act for a business year that ended before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
新金融商品取引法第四十六条の四の規定は、施行日以後に終了する事業年度に係る同条に規定する説明書類について適用し、施行日前に終了した事業年度に係る旧証券取引法第五十条に規定する説明書類については、なお従前の例による。
(Notice to the Minister of Finance)
Upon rendering any of the following dispositions, the Prime Minister is to promptly notify the Minister of Finance of this; provided, however, that this does not apply if the Prime Minister notifies…
内閣総理大臣は、次に掲げる処分をしたときは、速やかに、その旨を財務大臣に通知するものとする。ただし、第七十九条の五十三第三項の規定により財務大臣に通知したときは、この限りでない。
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investor protection funds prescribed in Article 79-21 and other corporations specified by Cabinet Office Order beyond those set forth in the preceding three items.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、第七十九条の二十一に規定する投資者保護基金その他の内閣府令で定める法人
Open this provisionThe term "type-I financial instruments business" as used in this Chapter means the performance of any of the following acts on a regular basis, as part of financial instruments business:
この章において「第一種金融商品取引業」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う。
Open this provisionan act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (x); or
第二条第八項第十号に掲げる行為
Open this provisionThe term "investment management business" as used in this Chapter means the performance of any of the following acts on a regular basis, within the financial instruments business…
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。
Open this provisionThe term "securities services" as used in this Chapter means the performance of any of the following acts on a regular basis:
この章において「有価証券関連業」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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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 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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The Prime Minister may attach conditions to the authorization referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
内閣総理大臣は、前条第一項の認可に条件を付することができる。
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its trade name; and
商号
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A document stating how the person manages the risk of loss, how duties are divided, and the other things specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the business outline and business methods…
前項の認可申請書には、損失の危険の管理方法、業務分掌の方法その他の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その他内閣府令で定める書類を添付しなければならない。
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A financial instruments business operator must obtain the authorization of the Prime Minister when it intends to conduct, as a business, the acts set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (x)…
金融商品取引業者は、第二条第八項第十号に掲げる行為を業として行おうとするときは、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。ただし、当該行為を次に掲げる有価証券のみについて行う場合であつて、当該行為に係る有価証券の売買高の合計額が…
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A person that is not a financial instruments business operator must not use a trade name or name that refers to it as a financial instruments business operator…
金融商品取引業者でない者は、金融商品取引業者という商号若しくは名称又はこれに紛らわしい商号若しくは名称を用いてはならない。
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If the director or executive officer of a financial instruments business operator (limited to a person engaged in type-I financial instruments business or investment management business; hereinafter…
金融商品取引業者(第一種金融商品取引業又は投資運用業を行う者に限る。以下この項において同じ。)の取締役又は執行役は、他の会社の取締役、会計参与(会計参与が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき社員。以下この項及び次項において同じ。)…
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If the director or executive officer of a financial instruments business operator (limited to a person engaged in securities services other than type-I financial instruments business) assumes the…
金融商品取引業者(第一種金融商品取引業以外の有価証券関連業を行う者に限る。)の取締役又は執行役は、当該金融商品取引業者の親銀行等若しくは子銀行等の取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役に就任した場合(当該親銀行等又は子銀行等の取締役、会計参与、監査役又は執行役が当該金融商品取引業者の取締役又は執行役を兼ねることとなつ…
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The term "subsidiary bank, etc." as used in paragraph (2) means a bank or cooperative financial institution, or an entity that falls under a financial institution specified by Cabinet Order…
第二項の「子銀行等」とは、金融商品取引業者が総株主等の議決権の過半数を保有していることその他の当該金融商品取引業者と密接な関係を有する法人その他の団体として政令で定める要件に該当する者(第三十三条の三第二項第三号及び第四十四条の三において「子法人等」という。)のうち、銀行…
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The necessary particulars for the determination of whether the majority of the voting rights are held by all the shareholders, etc. as prescribed in paragraph (3) are specified by Cabinet Office…
第三項に規定する総株主等の議決権の過半数の保有の判定に関し必要な事項は、その保有の態様その他の事情を勘案して、内閣府令で定める。
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If a particular set forth in the items of Article 29-2, paragraph (1) (excluding items (v) through (vi), item (vii), (b), item (viii), and item (ix)) changes…
金融商品取引業者は、第二十九条の二第一項各号(第五号から第六号まで、第七号ロ、第八号及び第九号を除く。)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。
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Upon accepting a notification under the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must register the particulars given in the notification in the financial instruments business operator 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金融商品取引業者登録簿に登録しなければならない。
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If a financial instruments business operator seeks to change a part of the business outline or business method that it has stated in the documents set forth in Article 29-2, paragraph (2)…
金融商品取引業者は、第二十九条の二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のうち、同条第一項第八号又は第九号に規定する行為に係るものであつて公益又は投資者保護のため特に必要なものとして内閣府令で定めるもの(以下この項及び第三十三条の六第三項において「特定業務内容等」という。)について変更をしようとするとき…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), if a financial instruments business operator that has obtained the authorization referred to in Article 30…
第三十条第一項の認可を受けた金融商品取引業者は、第三項の規定にかかわらず、当該認可を受けた業務に係る損失の危険の管理方法、売買価格の決定方法、受渡しその他の決済の方法その他内閣府令で定める業務の内容及び方法を変更しようとする場合においては、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。
Open this provision(Order for Measures to Be Taken by a Major Shareholder)
If the major shareholder of a financial instruments business operator falls under any of the categories in Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (v), (d), 1. or 2. or (e), 1.
内閣総理大臣は、金融商品取引業者の主要株主が第二十九条の四第一項第五号ニ(1)若しくは(2)又はホ(1)から(3)までのいずれかに該当する場合には、当該主要株主に対し三月以内の期間を定めて当該金融商品取引業者の主要株主でなくなるための措置その他必要な措置をとることを命ずることができる。
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The provisions of Article 32, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 32-2, paragraph (1) and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the shareholders or equity holders of a holding…
第三十二条第一項及び第二項、第三十二条の二第一項並びに前条第一項の規定は、金融商品取引業者を子会社(第二十九条の四第四項に規定する子会社をいう。)とする持株会社(第二十九条の四第三項に規定する持株会社をいう。以下同じ。)の株主又は出資者について準用する。
Open this provision(Submission of a Statement of Holdings in Subject Voting Rights)
A person that has become the major shareholder (meaning a major shareholder as prescribed in Article 29-4, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) of a financial instruments…
金融商品取引業者(第一種金融商品取引業又は投資運用業を行う者に限り、外国法人を除く。以下この款において同じ。)の主要株主(第二十九条の四第二項に規定する主要株主をいう。以下この節において同じ。)となつた者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより…
Open this provision(Obligation to Notify Professional Investors)
If a financial instruments business operator, etc. (meaning a financial instruments business operator or registered financial institution; the same applies hereinafter) receives an offer from a…
金融商品取引業者等(金融商品取引業者又は登録金融機関をいう。以下同じ。)は、顧客を相手方とし、又は顧客のために金融商品取引行為(第二条第八項各号に掲げる行為をいう。以下同じ。)を行うことを内容とする契約(以下「金融商品取引契約」という。)の申込みを特定投資家(同条第三十一項第四号に掲げる者に限る。)から受けた場合であ…
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For each contract type, a professional investor (limited to one as set forth in Article 2, paragraph (31), item (iv)) may request a financial instruments business operator…
特定投資家(第二条第三十一項第四号に掲げる者に限る。)は、金融商品取引業者等に対し、契約の種類ごとに、当該契約の種類に属する金融商品取引契約に関して自己を特定投資家以外の顧客として取り扱うよう申し出ることができる。
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A financial instruments business operator (limited to one engaged in type-I financial instruments business or investment management business; hereinafter the same applies in this Article)…
金融商品取引業者(第一種金融商品取引業又は投資運用業を行う者に限る。以下この条において同じ。)は、金融商品取引業のほか、次に掲げる行為を業として行うことその他の金融商品取引業に付随する業務を行うことができる。
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A financial instruments business operator, beyond the financial instruments business and other services provided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph…
金融商品取引業者は、金融商品取引業及び前項の規定により行う業務のほか、次に掲げる業務を行うことができる。
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services connected with transactions on a commodity market, etc. as defined in Article 2, paragraph (21) of the Commodity Derivatives Transaction Act;
商品先物取引法第二条第二十一項に規定する商品市場における取引等に係る業務
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services connected with transactions conducted by using fluctuations in commodity prices and other indicators, market gaps, etc. as specified by Cabinet Office Order…
商品の価格その他の指標に係る変動、市場間の格差等を利用して行う取引として内閣府令で定めるものに係る業務(前号に掲げる業務を除く。)
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services connected with the money lending business as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Money Lending Business Act or other money loans, or intermediation for the lending and borrowing of…
貸金業法第二条第一項に規定する貸金業その他金銭の貸付け又は金銭の貸借の媒介に係る業務
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If a financial instruments business operator comes to engage in any of the services set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph, it must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay pursuant…
金融商品取引業者は、前項各号に掲げる業務を行うこととなつたときは、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。
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A financial instruments business operator, beyond the financial instruments business and the services provided pursuant to paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)…
金融商品取引業者は、金融商品取引業並びに第一項及び第二項の規定により行う業務のほか、内閣総理大臣の承認を受けた業務を行うことができる。
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The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply if the offer, promise, or provision of an economic benefit as referred to in the items of that paragraph is done in order to cover the whole or a part of…
第一項の規定は、同項各号の申込み、約束又は提供が事故(金融商品取引業者等又はその役員若しくは使用人の違法又は不当な行為であつて当該金融商品取引業者等とその顧客との間において争いの原因となるものとして内閣府令で定めるものをいう。以下この節及び次節において同じ。)による損失の全部又は一部を補塡するために行うものである場合…
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It is prohibited for a financial instruments business operator, etc. or its officer or employee to perform any of the following acts; provided, however…
金融商品取引業者又はその役員若しくは使用人は、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。ただし、公益又は投資者保護のため支障を生ずることがないと認められるものとして内閣総理大臣の承認を受けたときは、この限りでない。
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Each business year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a financial instruments business operator must prepare a business report and submit it to the Prime Minister within three…
金融商品取引業者は、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。
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If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order…
内閣総理大臣は、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、金融商品取引業者に対し、政令で定めるところにより、第一項の事業報告書の全部又は一部の公告を命ずることができる。
Open this provision(Public Inspection of Explanatory Documents)
Each business year, a financial instruments business operator must prepare explanatory documents stating the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as pertinent to the state of its business…
金融商品取引業者は、事業年度ごとに、業務及び財産の状況に関する事項として内閣府令で定めるものを記載した説明書類を作成し、毎事業年度経過後政令で定める期間を経過した日から一年間、これを全ての営業所若しくは事務所に備え置いて公衆の縦覧に供し、又は内閣府令で定めるところにより…
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Upon deciding to grant or to refuse an Article 29 or Article 33-2 registration, an Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 31, paragraph (6) authorization, an Article 31…
内閣総理大臣は、第二十九条若しくは第三十三条の二の登録、第三十条第一項若しくは第三十一条第六項の認可、同条第四項の変更登録若しくは第三十五条第四項の承認をし、若しくはしないこととしたとき、第三十条の二第一項の規定により条件を付することとしたとき、又は第五十一条、第五十一条の二、第五十二条第一項若しくは第二項…
Open this provisionA deemed licensed exchange that, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, has listed former securities issued by a deemed licensed exchange, for the purpose of their purchase and sale…
この法律の施行の際現にみなし免許取引所が発行者である旧有価証券をその売買のため、又は当該旧有価証券、当該旧有価証券に係る金融指標(新金融商品取引法第二条第二十五項に規定する金融指標をいう。以下同じ。)若しくは当該旧有価証券に係るオプションを市場デリバティブ取引のために取引所金融商品市場(新金融商品取引法第二条第十七項…
Open this provisionA deemed licensed exchange that, at the time of enforcement of this Act, has obtained the approval under Article 110, paragraph (2) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act for listing on the…
この法律の施行の際現に旧証券取引法第百十条第二項第一号から第三号まで又は第五号に掲げる者(当該者がみなし免許取引所の子会社(前条第二項に規定する子会社をいう。)であるみなし免許取引所又はみなし認可取引所持株会社(以下この条において「関連取引所等」という。)である場合に限る。)が発行者である旧有価証券をその売買のためそ…
Open this provisionA person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually engaged in financial instruments business (meaning financial instruments business prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (8) of the New…
この法律の施行の際現に新有価証券(新金融商品取引法第二条第一項各号に掲げる有価証券又は同条第二項の規定により有価証券とみなされる同項各号に掲げる権利(旧有価証券を除く。)をいう。以下同じ。)につき金融商品取引業(新金融商品取引法第二条第八項に規定する金融商品取引業をいう。以下同じ。)を行っている者(次条第一項並びに附…
Open this provisionA person deemed to have received registration under Article 29 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph…
前項の規定により新金融商品取引法第二十九条の登録を受けたものとみなされる者(以下「みなし登録第一種業者」という。)は、施行日から起算して三月以内に新金融商品取引法第二十九条の二第一項各号に掲げる事項を記載した書類及び同条第二項各号に掲げる書類を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
Open this provisionA deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator that, at the time this Act comes into effect, has received authorization under Article 29…
みなし登録第一種業者でこの法律の施行の際現に旧証券取引法第二十九条第一項の認可を受けて同項第三号に掲げる業務を行っている者は、施行日において新金融商品取引法第二十九条の登録(当該登録を受けたものとみなされるみなし登録第一種業者が新金融商品取引法第二十八条第一項第四号に掲げる行為に係る業務を行うものに限る。)及び新金融…
Open this provisionA person deemed to have received authorization under Article 30, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must submit to…
前項の規定により新金融商品取引法第三十条第一項の認可を受けたものとみなされる者は、施行日から起算して三月以内に新金融商品取引法第三十条の三第一項第一号に掲げる事項を記載した書類及び同条第二項に規定する書類を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
Open this provisionA deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator must use the Japanese word for "securities" in its trade name.
みなし登録第一種業者は、その商号中に証券という文字を用いなければならない。
Open this provisionA person other than a deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator that uses the Japanese word for "securities" in its trade name pursuant to the provisions of the preceding…
前項の規定によりその商号中に証券という文字を用いるみなし登録第一種業者(以下この項及び次条において「特例証券会社」という。)以外の者(施行日以後に有価証券関連業(新金融商品取引法第二十八条第八項に規定する有価証券関連業をいう。以下同じ。)を行う者を除く。)は、その商号又は名称中に…
Open this provisionNotwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a special securities company may change its trade name to a trade name that does not use the Japanese word for "securities".
特例証券会社は、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、その商号中に証券という文字を用いない商号の変更をすることができる。
Open this provisionIf a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is a director, accounting advisor (or, if the accounting advisor is a corporation, a staff member who is to perform those duties)…
この法律の施行の際現に金融商品取引業者(有価証券関連業を行う者に限る。以下この項から第三項までにおいて同じ。)の取締役、会計参与(会計参与が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき社員)…
Open this provisionIf a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is a director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer, or employee of a financial instruments business operator and who…
この法律の施行の際現に金融商品取引業者の取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役又は使用人である者で当該金融商品取引業者の子銀行等(新金融商品取引法第三十一条の四第六項に規定する子銀行等をいう。以下この項において同じ。)の取締役、会計参与(会計参与が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき社員。以下この項において同じ。)…
Open this provisionIf a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is a director (in the case of a company with committees, an executive officer) engaged in the ordinary business of a financial instruments…
この法律の施行の際現に金融商品取引業者の常務に従事する取締役(委員会設置会社にあっては、執行役)である者で銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関の常務に従事している者が、前二項の規定の適用がある場合を除き、施行日から一年以内に内閣府令で定めるところにより内閣総理大臣に届出をしたときは…
Open this provisionIf a person who is a director or executive officer of a person who, at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is continuing to engage in financial instruments business on or after the effective…
この法律の施行の際現に附則第十七条第一項の規定により施行日以後引き続き金融商品取引業を行っている者(第一種金融商品取引業(新金融商品取引法第二十八条第一項に規定する第一種金融商品取引業をいう。以下同じ。)又は投資運用業(新金融商品取引法第二十八条第四項に規定する投資運用業をいう。以下同じ。)を行う者に限り、みなし登録…
Open this provisionthe effective datemachine translation
「施行日」
The date Act No. 65 of 2006, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1)
New Financial Instruments and Exchange Actmachine translation
「新金融商品取引法」
This Act as amended by Article 3 of Act No. 65 of 2006.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 14, paragraph (1)
Former Securities and Exchange Actmachine translation
「旧証券取引法」
This Act as it stood before Article 3 of Act No. 65 of 2006 amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 14, paragraph (1)
cooperative financial institution
「協同組織金融機関」
A cooperative financial institution as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Preferred Equity Investment by Cooperative Structured Financial Institution: the Norinchukin Bank (農林中央金庫), credit cooperatives (信用協同組合), shinkin banks (信用金庫) and labour banks (労働金庫), and agricultural, fishery and fishery processing cooperatives that carry on credit business, together with their federations.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17, paragraph (1)
financial instruments business
「金融商品取引業」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, from Article 17 on, financial instruments business as defined in Article 2, paragraph (8) of this Act as amended by that Act.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 17, paragraph (1)
financial instruments business operator
「金融商品取引業者」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, from Article 18 on, a financial instruments business operator as defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of this Act as amended by that Act.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (1)
deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operatormachine translation
「みなし登録第一種業者」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, a person that was registered under Article 28 of this Act as it stood before Act No. 65 of 2006 amended it, under its former title (証券取引法) when that Act came into effect, and that Article 18, paragraph (1) of those supplementary provisions therefore treats as registered under Article 29 of this Act as Act No. 65 of 2006 amended it as a financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) for the businesses that paragraph lists.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (2)
securities-related servicesmachine translation
「有価証券関連業」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, securities-related business as defined in Article 28, paragraph (8) of this Act as that Act amended it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 25, paragraph (2)
special securities companymachine translation
「特例証券会社」
In Article 25, paragraph (2) and Article 26 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, a type-I financial instruments business operator deemed registered (みなし登録第一種業者) that, as paragraph (1) of that Article allows, uses the characters 証券 (securities) in its trade name.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 25, paragraph (2)· applies only in this paragraph and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 26
parent bank, etc.
「親銀行等」
In Article 28, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, a parent bank, etc. as defined in Article 31-4, paragraph (5) of this Act as amended by that Act.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 28, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
subsidiary bank, etc.
「子銀行等」
In Article 28, paragraph (2) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, a subsidiary bank, etc. as defined in Article 31-4, paragraph (6) of this Act as that Act amended it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 28, paragraph (2)· applies only in this paragraph
securities companymachine translation
「証券会社」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, from Article 28, paragraph (4) on, a securities company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of this Act under its former title (証券取引法), as it stood before that Act amended it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 28, paragraph (4)
investment management business
「投資運用業」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, investment management business as defined in Article 28, paragraph (4) of this Act as amended by Article 3 of that Act.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 28, paragraph (5)
type-I financial instruments business
「第一種金融商品取引業」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, type-I financial instruments business as defined in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as amended by that Act.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 28, paragraph (5)
major shareholder
「主要株主」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, a major shareholder as defined in Article 29-4, paragraph (2) of this Act as Act No. 65 of 2006 amended it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 29, paragraph (1)
subsidiary company
「子会社」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, other than Articles 123 and 124, a subsidiary company as defined in Article 29-4, paragraph (3) of this Act as that Act amended it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 31, paragraph (1)· applies from here on, except in Supplementary Provisions, Articles 123 and 124
holding company
「持株会社」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, a holding company as provided in Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (v), (d) of this Act as amended by Article 3 of that Act.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 31, paragraph (1)
financial instruments transaction contract
「金融商品取引契約」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 65 of 2006, from Article 33 on, a financial instruments transaction contract as defined in Article 34 of this Act as amended by that Act.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 33, paragraph (1)
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 as a reference.
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.