If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister may order the major shareholder of a financial instruments exchange holding company (meaning a person that has obtained the authorization referred to in Article 106-17, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this Division) to submit reports or materials of reference in connection with the business or assets of the financial instruments exchange holding company or an incorporated financial instruments exchange that is its subsidiary company, or may have the relevant officials inspect the documents and other articles of such a major shareholder (but only as is necessary in connection with the business or assets of the financial instruments exchange holding company or an incorporated financial instruments exchange that is its subsidiary company).
内閣総理大臣は、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、金融商品取引所持株会社の主要株主（第百六条の十七第一項の認可を受けた者をいう。以下この目において同じ。）に対し当該金融商品取引所持株会社若しくはその子会社である株式会社金融商品取引所の業務若しくは財産に関し参考となる報告若しくは資料の提出を命じ、又は当該職員に当該主要株主の書類その他の物件の検査（当該金融商品取引所持株会社又はその子会社である株式会社金融商品取引所の業務又は財産に関し必要な検査に限る。）をさせることができる。
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a commodity exchange that holds a number of subject voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange which is equal to or greater than the threshold holding ratio.
前項の規定は、金融商品取引所持株会社の保有基準割合以上の数の対象議決権を保有する商品取引所について準用する。
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(Authorization as a Major Shareholder)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 106-14, paragraph (1), with the authorization of the Prime Minister, a local government, etc. may acquire or hold a number of subject voting rights that is…
地方公共団体等は、第百六条の十四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、金融商品取引所持株会社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、又は保有することができる。
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If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister may order the major shareholder of a financial instruments…
内閣総理大臣は、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、金融商品取引所持株会社の主要株主（第百六条の十七第一項の認可を受けた者をいう。以下この目において同じ。）に対し当該金融商品取引所持株会社若しくはその子会社である株式会社金融商品取引所の業務若しくは財産に関し参考となる報告若しくは資料の提出を命じ…
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「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
subsidiary company
「子会社」
A subsidiary company (子会社) as defined in Article 87-3, paragraph (3): a company in which a corporation holds a majority of the voting rights of all its shareholders, etc., including one in which the corporation and its subsidiary companies, or those subsidiary companies alone, hold such a majority.
Defined inArticle 102-23, paragraph (3)· applies only in this chapter
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
major shareholder
「主要株主」
In Chapter 5, Section 2, Subsection 2, Division 4, a local government or other person a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies that has the Prime Minister's authorization under Article 106-17, paragraph (1) to acquire or hold, in a financial instruments exchange holding company (金融商品取引所持株会社), subject voting rights (対象議決権) from the threshold holding ratio (保有基準割合) up to 50 percent of all shareholders' voting rights.
Defined inArticle 106-20, paragraph (1)· applies only in this division
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.