Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29 and Article 58-2, with the permission of the Prime Minister, a foreign securities services provider may engage in the purchase and sale of securities and market derivatives transactions on a financial instruments exchange (including if that foreign securities services provider conducts these transactions on behalf of a person that provides brokerage for clearing of securities, etc. (limited to brokerage to which Article 2, paragraph (27), item (i) pertains; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) as an entruster of brokerage for clearing of securities, etc.; such a transaction is hereinafter collectively referred to as an "on-exchange transaction") on a regular basis (hereinafter referred to as the "on-exchange transaction services")
第二項
内閣総理大臣は、前項の許可に条件を付することができる。
The Prime Minister may attach conditions to the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph.
第三項
前項の条件は、公益又は投資者保護のため必要な最小限度のものでなければならない。
The conditions referred to in the preceding paragraph must constitute the minimum level of conditions that are necessary in the public interest and for the protection of investors.
If the Prime Minister decides to attach the conditions referred to in the provisions of paragraph (2), the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for permission of this in writing.
第六十条の二
(取引所取引業務の許可の申請)Application for Permission for On-Exchange Transaction Services
A person seeking to obtain the permission referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must designate a domestic representative and submit a written application for permission to the Prime Minister, in which the person states the following particulars:
一
商号及び本店の所在の場所
its trade name and the location of its head office;
the title and name of the officer (including a representative person in the state where the business offices or offices for on-exchange transaction services are located (excluding the state where its head office is located) (hereinafter referred to as the "on-exchange transaction office"; such a representative is hereinafter referred to as the "representative in the state where the on-exchange transaction office is located" in paragraph (1), item (i), (j) of the following Article));
四
高速取引行為に関する次に掲げる事項
the following particulars concerning high-speed trading:
イ
取引所取引業務として高速取引行為を行う場合にあつては、その旨
if the person conducts high-speed trading as on-exchange transaction services, an indication of this; and
ロ
イに規定する場合のほか、高速取引行為を行う場合にあつては、その旨
beyond the case provided for in (a), if the person conducts high-speed trading, an indication of this;
五
取引所取引店の名称並びにその所在する国及び場所
the name of the on-exchange transaction office and the state and place where it is located;
六
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 business type;
the trade name or name of the foreign financial instruments trading market operator of which the head office and the on-exchange transaction office are members (meaning the person that operates a foreign financial instruments market; hereinafter the same applies in paragraph (1), item (i), (d) and item (iii) of the following Article);
八
国内に事務所その他の施設があるときは、その所在の場所
the location of its domestic offices and other facilities, if any;
九
国内における代表者の氏名及び国内の住所
the name and domestic address of the domestic representative;
十
取引参加者となる金融商品取引所の商号又は名称
the trade name or name of the financial instruments exchange in which the applicant would become a trading participant; and
十一
その他内閣府令で定める事項
other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order.
第二項
前項第二号に規定する資本金の額の計算については、政令で定める。
The calculation of the amount of stated capital provided for in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is specified by Cabinet Order.
第三項
第一項の許可申請書には、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 permission referred to in paragraph (1):
一
次条第一項第一号イからチまで及びヌ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 the purview of paragraph (1), item (i), (a) through (h), or (j) of the following Article;
二
取引所取引店における取引所取引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面
a document stating the things specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the business outline and business methods for on-exchange transaction services at the on-exchange transaction office;
the articles of incorporation and the certificate of registered information of the applicant for permission (including any document equivalent to these), and a document giving its business outline and stating its business methods;
四
国内における許可申請者の登記事項証明書
the certificate of registered information in Japan of the applicant for permission;
五
直近三年間に終了した各事業年度に関する貸借対照表及び損益計算書
the balance sheets and profit and loss statements for each business year ending during the latest three years; and
六
その他内閣府令で定める書類
other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order.
第六十条の三
(取引所取引業務の許可の拒否要件)Requirement to Refuse Permission for On-Exchange Transaction Services
The Prime Minister must refuse permission if the application for permission referred to in the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article falls under any of the following items:
一
許可申請者が次のいずれかに該当するとき。
the applicant for permission falls under any of the following:
イ
取締役会設置会社と同種類の法人でないとき。
it is not a corporation of the same type as a company with board of directors;
ロ
本店又は取引所取引店が所在するいずれかの国において登録等を受けていないとき。
it has not obtained registration, etc. in the state where its head office is located or in any state in which its on-exchange transaction offices are located;
it has not continuously conducted business that involves the same type of transactions as the on-exchange transaction in any of its on-exchange transaction offices, for at least the period specified by Cabinet Order (unless this falls under a case specified by Cabinet Order);
none of its on-exchange transaction offices is the member of a foreign financial instruments trading market operator (limited one that has obtained the same kind of license as the license referred to in Article 80, paragraph (1), or a permission or other administrative disposition similar to this, in the relevant state; hereinafter the same applies in item (iii)) in a state where those on-exchange transaction offices are located;
it is a corporation whose stated capital as provided for in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article is less than the amount that is specified by Cabinet Order as being necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors;
ヘ
純財産額がホに規定する金額に満たない法人であるとき。
it is a corporation whose net assets are less than the amount prescribed in (e);
it is a person who has had the registration referred to in Article 29 or Article 33-2 rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (1) or Article 52-2, paragraph (1); has had the permission referred to in Article 60, paragraph (1) rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 60-8, paragraph (1); has had the permission under Article 60-14, paragraph (1) rescinded under the provisions of Article 60-8, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 60-14, paragraph (2); has had the registration referred to in Article 66 rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 66-20, paragraph (1); has had the registration referred to in Article 66-27 rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 66-42, paragraph (1); has had the registration referred to in Article 66-50 rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 66-63, paragraph (1); or has had the registration referred to in Article 66-71 rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 66-85, paragraph (1); or has had the registration referred to in Article 12 of the Act on the Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto (limited to the registration related to the type of securities, etc. intermediary business operations; the same applies in (g)) rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) of that Act (excluding items (ii), (iii), and (v)); or a person who has had a registration of the same kind as the registration referred to in Article 29, Article 66, Article 66-27, Article 66-50, or Article 66-71 or the registration referred to in Article 12 of the Act on the Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto obtained in the country where its head office or an on-exchange transaction office is located (including permission or any other administrative disposition similar to the registration) rescinded pursuant to a foreign law or regulation that is equivalent to this Act or the Act on the Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto; for whom five years have not passed since the date of rescission;
it is a person who has been sentenced to a fine (including an equivalent sentence under foreign laws and regulations) for violating the provisions of any of the Acts prescribed in Article 59-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) or for violating the provisions of a foreign law or regulation that is equivalent to any of those laws, and five years have not passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
リ
他に行つている事業が公益に反すると認められる者であるとき。
its other business is found to be contrary to the public interest;
it is a corporation whose officer, representative in the country where the on-exchange transaction office is located, or domestic representative falls under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) through (i); or
ル
取引所取引業務を適確に遂行するに足りる人的構成を有しない者であるとき。
it does not have the sufficient personnel structure to perform on-exchange transaction services in an appropriate manner;
the foreign regulatory authority for financial instruments provided for in Article 189, paragraph (1), in the state where the head office or any of the on-exchange transaction offices of the applicant for permission is located has not given the assurance prescribed in Article 189, paragraph (2), item (i);
the foreign financial instruments trading market operator of which the on-exchange transaction office of the applicant for permission is a member and the financial instruments exchange in which the applicant for permission would become a trading participant have not concluded any agreement concerning the provision of information, and no other measures are in place for the financial instruments exchange to exercise the authority accorded to it under this Act, an order issued based on this Act, or its articles of incorporation or other rules; or
四
許可申請書若しくはその添付書類のうちに虚偽の記載があり、又は重要な事実の記載が欠けているとき。
the written application for permission or an accompanying document includes a false statement or lacks a statement of material fact.
Before seeking to refuse the permission referred to in Article 60, paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for permission and have the relevant officials conduct a hearing regarding the applicant for permission.
Upon deciding to grant or not to grant the permission referred to in Article 60, paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for permission of this in writing.
If there is a vacant position for the domestic representative of a foreign securities services provider that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 60, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as an "authorized firm for on-exchange transactions"), and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary, the Prime Minister may appoint a person to temporarily perform the duties of the domestic representative (referred to as the "acting representative" in the following paragraph). In such a case, the authorized firm for on-exchange transactions must register that person in connection with the domicile of the domestic representative from before the position of domestic representative became vacant.
If the Prime Minister appoints an acting representative pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may order the authorized firm for on-exchange transactions to pay a reasonable amount of remuneration to the acting representative.
第六十条の五
(基本事項の変更の届出等)Notification of a Change to Basic Particulars
If any particular set forth in the items of Article 60-2, paragraph (1) changes, the authorized firm for on-exchange transactions must notify the Prime Minister of this within two weeks from the day of the change.
If the business outline or business methods for on-exchange transaction services which an authorized firm for on-exchange transactions has stated in a document set forth in Article 60-2, paragraph (3), item (ii) change, or in any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order, the authorized firm for on-exchange transactions must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
The provisions of Article 46-2, Article 46-3, and Article 49-3 apply mutatis mutandis to the on-exchange transaction services of an authorized firm for on-exchange transactions. In this case, in Article 46-3, paragraph (1), the phrase "within three months" is deemed to be replaced with "within the period specified by Cabinet Order".