It is prohibited for any person to acquire or hold a number of voting rights (including voting rights pertaining to shares that cannot be asserted against the issuer pursuant to the provisions of Article 147, paragraph (1) or Article 148, paragraph (1) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares, and excluding the voting rights that are specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the manner in which they are acquired or held and any other circumstances; hereinafter referred to as "subject voting rights" in this Chapter) constituting 20 percent or more (or 15 percent or more, if a fact has occurred that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a thing that is presumed to have a material influence on decisions about financial and operational policies; hereinafter referred to as the "threshold holding ratio" in this Chapter) of all shareholders' voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange; provided, however, that this does not apply if an authorized financial instruments firms association, financial instruments exchange, financial instruments exchange holding company, commodity exchange, or commodity exchange holding company acquires or holds subject voting rights.
何人も、株式会社金融商品取引所の総株主の議決権の百分の二十（その財務及び営業の方針の決定に対して重要な影響を与えることが推測される事実として内閣府令で定める事実がある場合には、百分の十五。以下この章において「保有基準割合」という。）以上の数の議決権（社債、株式等の振替に関する法律第百四十七条第一項又は第百四十八条第一項の規定により発行者に対抗することができない株式に係る議決権を含み、取得又は保有の態様その他の事情を勘案して内閣府令で定めるものを除く。以下この章において「対象議決権」という。）を取得し、又は保有してはならない。ただし、認可金融商品取引業協会、金融商品取引所、金融商品取引所持株会社、商品取引所又は商品取引所持株会社が取得し、又は保有する場合は、この限りでない。
If the number of subject voting rights that the person holds does not increase or in any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order, the provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph do not apply to a person acquiring or holding a number of subject voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange which is equal to or greater than the threshold holding ratio of all shareholders' voting rights.
前項本文の規定は、保有する対象議決権の数に増加がない場合その他の内閣府令で定める場合において、株式会社金融商品取引所の総株主の議決権の保有基準割合以上の数の対象議決権を取得し、又は保有することとなるときには、適用しない。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a person that comes to acquire or hold a number of subject voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange which is equal to or greater than the threshold holding ratio of all shareholders' voting rights (hereinafter referred to as a "specified holder" in this Article) must notify the Prime Minister without delay that person has become a specified holder, and of the matters specified by Cabinet Office Order.
前項の場合において、株式会社金融商品取引所の総株主の議決権の保有基準割合以上の数の対象議決権を取得し、又は保有することとなつた者（以下この条において「特定保有者」という。）は、特定保有者になつた旨その他内閣府令で定める事項を、遅滞なく、内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
In the case referred to in paragraph (2), a specified holder must take the necessary measures to become the holder of a number of subject voting rights in the incorporated financial instruments exchange which is less than the threshold holding ratio within three months from the day on which the person becomes a specified holder; provided, however, that this does not apply if the specified holder is a local government, etc. provided for in Article 106-3, paragraph (1) and that local government, etc. has obtained the authorization of the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.
With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs to a case set forth in any of the following items, the relevant person is deemed to acquire or hold the subject voting rights prescribed in the relevant item:
a person has or will have the authority to exercise subject voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange or the authority to give instructions on the exercise of such voting rights, pursuant to the provisions of a money trust contract or other contract or based on the provisions of law:the subject voting rights in question; and
金銭の信託契約その他の契約又は法律の規定に基づき、株式会社金融商品取引所の対象議決権を行使することができる権限又は当該議決権の行使について指図を行うことができる権限を有し、又は有することとなる場合 当該対象議決権
a person that is related to the person in question through a shareholding relationship, familial relationship, or other special relationship specified by Cabinet Order, acquires or holds subject voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange:the subject voting rights acquired or held by the person with the special relationship to the person in question.
株式の所有関係、親族関係その他の政令で定める特別の関係にある者が株式会社金融商品取引所の対象議決権を取得し、又は保有する場合 当該特別の関係にある者が取得し、又は保有する対象議決権
Necessary particulars relevant to the application of the provisions of each of the preceding paragraphs are specified by Cabinet Order.
前各項の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
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(Restrictions on the Holding of Voting Rights)
It is prohibited for any person to acquire or hold a number of voting rights (including voting rights pertaining to shares that cannot be asserted against the issuer pursuant to the provisions of…
何人も、株式会社金融商品取引所の総株主の議決権の百分の二十（その財務及び営業の方針の決定に対して重要な影響を与えることが推測される事実として内閣府令で定める事実がある場合には、百分の十五。以下この章において「保有基準割合」という。）以上の数の議決権（社債、株式等の振替に関する法律第百四十七条第一項又は第百四十八条第一…
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It is prohibited for any person to acquire or hold a number of voting rights (including voting rights pertaining to shares that cannot be asserted against the issuer pursuant to the provisions of…
何人も、株式会社金融商品取引所の総株主の議決権の百分の二十（その財務及び営業の方針の決定に対して重要な影響を与えることが推測される事実として内閣府令で定める事実がある場合には、百分の十五。以下この章において「保有基準割合」という。）以上の数の議決権（社債、株式等の振替に関する法律第百四十七条第一項又は第百四十八条第一…
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If the number of subject voting rights that the person holds does not increase or in any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order, the provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph do…
前項本文の規定は、保有する対象議決権の数に増加がない場合その他の内閣府令で定める場合において、株式会社金融商品取引所の総株主の議決権の保有基準割合以上の数の対象議決権を取得し、又は保有することとなるときには、適用しない。
Open this provision(Restrictions on the Holding of Voting Rights)
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a person that comes to acquire or hold a number of subject voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange which is equal to or…
前項の場合において、株式会社金融商品取引所の総株主の議決権の保有基準割合以上の数の対象議決権を取得し、又は保有することとなつた者（以下この条において「特定保有者」という。）は、特定保有者になつた旨その他内閣府令で定める事項を、遅滞なく、内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
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In the case referred to in paragraph (2), a specified holder must take the necessary measures to become the holder of a number of subject voting rights in the incorporated financial instruments…
第二項の場合において、特定保有者は、特定保有者となつた日から三月以内に、株式会社金融商品取引所の保有基準割合未満の数の対象議決権の保有者となるために必要な措置をとらなければならない。
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With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs to a case set forth in any of the following items, the relevant person is deemed to acquire or hold the subject voting…
次の各号に掲げる場合における前各項の規定の適用については、当該各号に定める対象議決権は、これを取得し、又は保有するものとみなす。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 103-2, paragraph (1), the local government or any other person specified by Cabinet Order…
地方公共団体その他の政令で定める者（以下この条、第百六条の十四及び第百六条の十七において「地方公共団体等」という。）は、第百三条の二第一項の規定にかかわらず、内閣府令で定めるところにより、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けて、株式会社金融商品取引所の総株主の議決権の保有基準割合以上百分の五十以下の数の対象議決権を取得し…
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「発行者」
A person who issues or intends to issue securities, or for securities a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, the person it specifies; for rights treated as securities under Article 2, paragraph (2), the person a Cabinet Office Order specifies for each kind of right is treated as issuing them, at the time it specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (5)
authorized financial instruments firms association
「認可金融商品取引業協会」
An association established under Subsection 1 of Section 1 of Chapter IV, whose purpose is to make the trading of securities and derivatives transactions, etc. fair and smooth and to contribute to the sound development of financial instruments business and to investor protection (Article 67).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (13)· applies throughout the law
financial instruments exchange
「金融商品取引所」
A membership corporation (金融商品会員制法人) or stock company (株式会社) licensed by the Prime Minister under Article 80, paragraph (1) to open a financial instruments market (金融商品市場).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (16)· applies throughout the law
incorporated financial instruments exchange
「株式会社金融商品取引所」
A stock company that operates a financial instruments exchange market.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (18)
financial instruments exchange holding company
「金融商品取引所持株会社」
A stock company that has as its subsidiary company (子会社) a stock company opening a financial instruments exchange market (株式会社金融商品取引所), and that was incorporated with, or has received, the Prime Minister's authorization under Article 106-10, paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (3) of that Article.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (18)· applies throughout the law
commodity exchange
「商品取引所」
A member commodity exchange (会員商品取引所) or an incorporated commodity exchange (株式会社商品取引所) under the Commodity Derivatives Transaction Act — a membership association, or a stock company holding a permit, that opens a market for futures transactions in commodities or commodity indices — the incorporated ones limited to those a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as regulated to a level equal to incorporated financial instruments exchanges.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (38)· applies throughout the law
commodity exchange holding company
「商品取引所持株会社」
A commodity exchange holding company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (11) of the Commodity Derivatives Transaction Act — a stock company that has an incorporated commodity exchange (株式会社商品取引所) as its subsidiary and was set up with, or holds, authorization under Article 96-25 of that Act — limited to those a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as regulated to a level equal to financial instruments exchange holding companies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (39)· applies throughout the law
voting rightsmachine translation
「議決権」
From Article 29-4, paragraph (2) on, the voting rights of all the shareholders, partners, members, cooperative members or contributors of an entity (総株主等の議決権); for a stock company, not counting votes on shares that cannot be voted on any matter a shareholders' meeting may resolve, and counting votes on shares deemed to carry voting rights under Article 879, paragraph (3) of the Companies Act.
Defined inArticle 29-4, paragraph (2)
threshold holding ratio
「保有基準割合」
In Chapter 5, 20 percent of the voting rights of all shareholders of an incorporated financial instruments exchange (株式会社金融商品取引所), or 15 percent where a fact a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies suggests material influence over its financial and business policies.
Short name set inArticle 103-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
subject voting rights
「対象議決権」
In the chapter on shareholders of incorporated financial instruments exchanges, voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange (株式会社金融商品取引所), including those of shares that cannot be asserted against the issuer under Article 147, paragraph (1) or Article 148, paragraph (1) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares, and excluding those a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) excludes in view of how they are acquired or held.
Short name set inArticle 103-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
specified holder
「特定保有者」
A person that has come to acquire or hold subject voting rights (対象議決権) at or above the threshold holding ratio (保有基準割合) of all shareholders' voting rights of an incorporated financial instruments exchange (Article 103-2), a financial instruments exchange holding company (Article 106-14) or a financial instruments clearing organization (Article 156-5-5), in a case a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets, such as where the number of voting rights it holds has not increased, in which the ban on doing so does not apply.
Short name set inArticle 103-2, paragraph (3)· applies only in this article
local government, etc.
「地方公共団体等」
In Articles 106-3, 106-14 and 106-17, a local government (地方公共団体) or another person a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, which may, with the Prime Minister's authorization, acquire or hold voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange from the holding threshold (保有基準割合) up to 50 percent of all shareholders' voting rights.
Short name set inArticle 106-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Articles 106-14 and 106-17
assert against
対抗
To be able to rely on a right, or on a fact about it, against someone who is not a party to it. Acquiring, losing or changing a right in rem (物権) in land or a building cannot be asserted against third parties until it is registered (登記) (Civil Code, Article 177), and a registered lease of land or a building can be asserted against a person who acquires a right in rem in it, such as a buyer, and against other third parties (Article 605). The Act on Land and Building Leases lets a tenant do without registering the lease itself: a right to use land for a building (借地権) can be asserted against third parties once the tenant owns a registered building on the land (Article 10, paragraph (1)), and a building lease takes effect against anyone who later acquires a right in rem in the building, such as a new owner, once the building has been handed over (Article 31). Some rules protect only a third party who did not know: a rescission for fraud cannot be asserted against a third party who did not know of the fraud and was not careless in not knowing (善意でかつ過失がない) (Civil Code, Article 96, paragraph (3)).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 96, 177, 605 and Act on Land and Building Leases, Arts. 10, 31 as a reference.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.