金融商品取引業者等は、その行う投資運用業に関して、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。ただし、第一号及び第二号に掲げる行為にあつては、投資者の保護に欠け、若しくは取引の公正を害し、又は金融商品取引業の信用を失墜させるおそれのないものとして内閣府令で定めるものを除く。
A financial instruments business operator, etc. must not perform any of the following acts in connection with the investment management business it conducts; provided, however, that this excludes acts set forth in items (i) and (ii) which are specified by Cabinet Office Order as being unlikely to result in insufficient investor protection, harm the fairness of transactions, or cause the financial instruments business to lose credibility: