Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29, a person other than a bank, a cooperative financial institution, or a financial institution specified by Cabinet Order (but not a person engaged in type-I financial instruments business (meaning type-I financial instruments business as prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) and not the officer or employee of a registered financial institution) may be registered by the Prime Minister and engage in financial instruments intermediary service.
A person seeking to obtain the registration referred to in the preceding Article must submit a written application for registration that states the following particulars to the Prime Minister:
一
商号、名称又は氏名
the trade name or name;
二
法人であるときは、その役員の氏名又は名称
the names of its officers, if it is a corporation;
三
金融商品仲介業を行う営業所又は事務所の名称及び所在地
the name and location of the business office or office for conducting financial instruments intermediary services;
the trade name or name of the financial instruments business operator (limited to one engaged in type-I financial instruments business or investment management business (meaning investment management business as prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (4); the same applies in Article 66-14, item (i), (d))) or registered financial institution entrusting the applicant (hereinafter referred to as the "entrusting financial instruments business operator, etc." in this Chapter and Chapter IV);
五
他に事業を行つているときは、その事業の種類
if the person engages in other business, the type of that business; and
六
その他内閣府令で定める事項
other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order.
第二項
前項の登録申請書には、次に掲げる書類を添付しなければならない。
The following documents must accompany the written application for registration referred to in the preceding paragraph:
一
第六十六条の四第一号又は第二号に該当しないことを誓約する書面
a document pledging that the applicant does not fall under Article 66-4, item (i) or (ii);
二
金融商品仲介業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
a document stating the things specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the business outline and business methods for financial instruments intermediary service;
三
法人であるときは、定款及び会社の登記事項証明書(これらに準ずるものを含む。)
its articles of incorporation and the certificate of registered information for the company (including documents equivalent to these), if it is a corporation; and
四
その他内閣府令で定める書類
other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order.
In the case referred to in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation have been prepared as electronic or magnetic records, electronic or magnetic records (limited to those specified by Cabinet Office Order) may accompany a written application for registration lieu of written documents.
When an application is filed for the registration referred to in Article 66, unless the Prime Minister refuses the registration pursuant to the provisions of the following Article, the Prime Minister must register the following particulars in a financial instruments intermediary service providers register:
一
前条第一項各号に掲げる事項
the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; and
二
登録年月日及び登録番号
the date of registration and registration number.
第二項
内閣総理大臣は、金融商品仲介業者登録簿を公衆の縦覧に供しなければならない。
The Prime Minister must make the financial instruments intermediary service providers register available for public inspection.
The Prime Minister must refuse a registration if the applicant for registration falls under any of the following items, if the written application for registration or a document or electronic or magnetic record that is required to accompany it contains a false statement or record, or if it omits a statement or record of a material fact:
一
登録申請者が個人であるときは、第二十九条の四第一項第二号イからリまでのいずれかに該当する者
the applicant for registration is an individual that falls under any of the categories in Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) through (i);
二
登録申請者が法人であるときは、次のいずれかに該当する者
the applicant for registration is a corporation that falls under any of the following categories:
イ
第二十九条の四第一項第一号イからハまでのいずれかに該当する者
a person that falls under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) through (c); or
ロ
役員のうちに第二十九条の四第一項第二号イからリまでのいずれかに該当する者のある者
a person that has a person falling under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) through (i) as an officer;
三
他に行つている事業が公益に反すると認められる者
a person whose other business is found to be contrary to the public interest;
四
金融商品仲介業を適確に遂行することができる知識及び経験を有しないと認められる者
a person that is found not to have the knowledge or experience to perform financial instruments intermediary service in an appropriate manner; or
the applicant for registration has an entrusting financial instruments business operator, etc. that is not a member of an association (meaning an authorized financial instruments firms association or a certified financial instruments firms association as prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (2)).
If any particular set forth in the items of Article 66-2, paragraph (1) changes, the financial instruments intermediary service provider must notify the Prime Minister of this within two weeks from the day of the change.
Upon accepting a notification under the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must register the particulars given in the notification in a financial instruments intermediary service providers register.
If the business outline or business methods that a financial instruments intermediary service provider has stated in a document set forth in Article 66-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) change, the financial instruments intermediary service provider must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
A person that is not a financial instruments intermediary service provider must not use a trade name or name that refers to them as a financial instruments intermediary service provider, and must not use any trade name or name that is confusingly similar to this.
A financial instruments intermediary service provider must post a sign in the format specified by Cabinet Office Order in a place that is accessible to the public at each of its business offices or other offices.
A financial instruments intermediary service provider must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, make its trade name or name, and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order available for public inspection by automatic public transmission performed by connection to telecommunication lines; provided, however, that this does not apply where the scale of its business is extremely small or in other cases specified by Cabinet Office Order.
第三項
金融商品仲介業者以外の者は、第一項の標識又はこれに類似する標識を掲示してはならない。
A person other than a financial instruments intermediary service provider must not post the sign referred to in paragraph (1) or a sign similar thereto.
第六十六条の九
(名義貸しの禁止)Prohibition of Lending One's Name
第一項
金融商品仲介業者は、自己の名義をもつて、他人に金融商品仲介業を行わせてはならない。
A financial instruments intermediary service provider must not allow another person to engage in financial instruments intermediary services using the name of the relevant financial instruments intermediary service provider.
When advertising the contents of its financial instruments intermediary service or performing any similar act specified by Cabinet Office Order, a financial instruments intermediary service provider must give the following particulars, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order:
一
当該金融商品仲介業者の商号、名称又は氏名
the trade name or name of the financial instruments intermediary service provider;
二
金融商品仲介業者である旨及び当該金融商品仲介業者の登録番号
an indication that the financial instruments intermediary service provider is a financial instruments intermediary service provider, and its registration number; and
the particulars of the contents of the financial instruments intermediary service that the financial instruments intermediary service provider engages in, which is specified by Cabinet Order as material particulars that may have an impact on customers' judgment.
When advertising the contents of its financial instruments intermediary service or engaging in any similar act specified by Cabinet Office Order, a financial instruments intermediary service provider must not make a representation that significantly conflicts with the fact of the matter or that could cause a person to have a serious misconception about the prospect of profiting from the performance of an act that constitutes a financial instruments transaction, or about any other matter that is specified by Cabinet Office Order.
If a financial instruments intermediary service provider seeks to perform an act set forth in any of the items of Article 2, paragraph (11) (hereinafter referred to as the "intermediation for financial instruments" in this Chapter), it must clearly indicate the following particulars to customers in advance:
一
所属金融商品取引業者等の商号又は名称
the trade name or the name of the entrusting financial instruments business operator, etc.;
二
所属金融商品取引業者等の代理権がない旨
that the financial instruments intermediary service provider does not have authority of representation in respect of the entrusting financial instruments business operator, etc.;
三
第六十六条の十三の規定の趣旨
the import of the provisions of Article 66-13; and
四
その他内閣府令で定める事項
other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order.
第六十六条の十二
(金融商品仲介業者に係る制限)Limitations on Financial Instruments Intermediary Service Providers
A financial instruments intermediary service provider (excluding a person that is a financial instruments business operator) must not engage in any act set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (8), except for the intermediation for financial instruments to which a customer of its financial instruments intermediary service is the other party, as entrusted by the entrusting financial instruments business operator, etc.
A financial instruments intermediary service provider must not, for any reason, receive a deposit of money or securities from a customer, or have a person specified by Cabinet Order as being closely related to that financial instruments intermediary service provider deposit a customer's money or securities, in connection with the financial instruments intermediary service it conducts.