金融商品取引業者等は、特定投資家等向け有価証券について、一般投資家(特定投資家等、非居住者、当該特定投資家等向け有価証券の発行者その他内閣府令で定める者以外の者をいう。以下この条において同じ。)を相手方とし、又は一般投資家のために、第二条第八項第一号から第四号まで及び第十号に掲げる行為を行つてはならない。ただし、当該特定投資家等向け有価証券に関して開示が行われている場合(第四条第七項に規定する開示が行われている場合をいう。次条第一項及び第六十六条の十四の二において同じ。)、一般投資家に対する勧誘に基づかないで一般投資家のために売付けの媒介を行う場合その他投資者の保護に欠けるおそれが少ない場合として内閣府令で定める場合は、この限りでない。
A financial instruments business operator, etc. must not perform any of the acts set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), items (i) through (iv) and (x) in connection with the securities for professional investors , etc. with a general investor (meaning a person other than a professional investor, etc. or , a non-resident, the issuer of securities for professional investors, etc., or any other person specified by Cabinet Office Order; hereinafter the same applies in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply in a case in which disclosure has been made (meaning a case in which disclosure has been made as prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (7); the same applies in Article 40-5, paragraph (1) and Article 66-14-2) with regard to the relevant securities for professional investors, etc., nor does it apply in a case in which the financial instruments business operator, etc. intermediates a sale for the general investor without having solicited the general investors, nor does it in any case specified by Cabinet Office Order as one in which there is little likelihood of this resulting in insufficient investor protection.