Article 10Order to Submit an Amended Statement and Order Suspending the Validity of a Notification Due to a False Statement

①If the Prime Minister discovers that a securities registration statement contains a false statement regarding a material particular, lacks a statement of a material particular that is required to be stated, or lacks a statement of a material fact that is necessary to prevent it from being misleading, the Prime Minister, at any time, may order the person submitting the securities registration statement to submit an amended statement, and if the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary, the Prime Minister may order the suspension of the validity of a notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3). In such a case, irrespective of the category of proceeding for hearing statements of opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Prime Minister must conduct a hearing.

②The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (6) through (8) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a statement-filing foreign company submits an amendment of the foreign company statements under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

③The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if an order to submit an amended statement under paragraph (1) is issued before the notification under Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) comes into effect.