Article 20Prescription of the Right to Claim Compensation from the Person Submitting a Securities Registration Statement That Contains a False Statement
第二十条（虚偽記載のある届出書の届出者等に対する賠償請求権の時効）
A claim for compensation under the provisions of Article 18 extinguishes by prescription in the following cases:
第十八条の規定による賠償の請求権は、次に掲げる場合には、時効によつて消滅する。
when compensation is not claimed for three years sarting from the time when the claimant comes to know, or in exercise of reasonable care could have come to know, that the securities registration statement or the prospectus includes 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; or
when compensation is not claimed for seven years (excluding, if an order for suspension under Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1) has been issued, the period from the day on which the order for suspension is issued to the day on which the order is canceled) from the time when the notification under the provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) for the public offering or secondary distribution of the securities becomes effective or the prospectus is delivered.
当該有価証券の募集又は売出しに係る第四条第一項から第三項までの規定による届出がその効力を生じた時又は当該目論見書の交付があつた時から七年間（第十条第一項又は第十一条第一項の規定による停止命令があつた場合には、当該停止命令があつた日からその解除があつた日までの期間は、算入しない。）行使しないとき。
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(Order to Submit an Amended Statement and Order Suspending the Validity of a Notification Due to a False Statement)
If 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…
内閣総理大臣は、有価証券届出書のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき重要な事項若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けていることを発見したときは、いつでも、届出者に対し、訂正届出書の提出を命じ、必要があると認めるときは…
Open this provision(Suspension of the Validity of Notifications Made Within One Year After the Submission of a Securities Registration Statement Containing a False Statement)
If a securities registration statement contains a false statement regarding a material particular and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the…
内閣総理大臣は、有価証券届出書のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載がある場合において、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、当該有価証券届出書又はその届出者がこれを提出した日から一年以内に提出する第五条第一項に規定する届出書若しくは第二十三条の三第一項に規定する発行登録書若しくは第二十三条の八第一…
Open this provision(Compensatory Liability of the Person Submitting a Securities Registration Statement Containing a False Statement)
If 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…
有価証券届出書のうちに、重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき重要な事項若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けているときは、当該有価証券届出書の届出者は、当該有価証券を当該募集又は売出しに応じて取得した者に対し、損害賠償の責めに任ずる。
Open this provision(Notification of Public Offering or Secondary Distribution)
It is not permitted for a person to conduct a public offering of securities (including specified procedures related to the issuance of securities during a corporate reorganization; the same applies…
有価証券の募集（特定組織再編成発行手続を含む。第十三条及び第十五条第二項から第六項までを除き、以下この章及び次章において同じ。）又は有価証券の売出し（次項に規定する適格機関投資家取得有価証券一般勧誘及び第三項に規定する特定投資家等取得有価証券一般勧誘に該当するものを除き、特定組織再編成交付手続を含む。以下この項におい…
Open this provision(Notification of Public Offering or Secondary Distribution)
It is not permitted for a person to issue a solicitation with a view to delivering existing securities (meaning a solicitation for selling, etc. or procedures related to the delivery of securities…
その有価証券発行勧誘等（取得勧誘及び組織再編成発行手続をいう。以下同じ。）又は有価証券交付勧誘等（売付け勧誘等及び組織再編成交付手続をいう。以下同じ。）が次に掲げる場合に該当するものであつた有価証券（第二号に掲げる場合にあつては第二条第三項第一号の規定により多数の者から除かれた適格機関投資家が取得した有価証券に限り、…
Open this provision(Notification of Public Offering or Secondary Distribution)
It is not permitted for a person to issue a solicitation with a view to delivering existing securities that involves securities falling under any of the following items…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する有価証券（第二十四条第一項各号のいずれかに該当するもの又は多数の特定投資家に所有される見込みが少ないと認められるものとして政令で定めるものを除く。以下「特定投資家向け有価証券」という。）の有価証券交付勧誘等で…
Open this provisionpublic offering of securities
「有価証券の募集」
A public offering of securities: a solicitation of applications to acquire newly issued securities (取得勧誘) that, for paragraph (1) securities (第一項有価証券), is made to many persons as a Cabinet Order (政令) sets or falls under none of the exemptions for solicitations made only to qualified institutional investors, only to professional investors, or to a small number of persons, and that, for paragraph (2) securities (第二項有価証券), will lead a fairly large number of persons, as a Cabinet Order sets, to hold the securities.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (3)
securities registration statement
「有価証券届出書」
A securities registration statement: the statement filed under Article 5, paragraph (1) (including as applied under paragraph (5) of that Article) for a public offering or secondary distribution of securities, the documents attached to it under paragraph (13) of that Article, and any amended statement filed under Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 10, paragraph (1).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law
prospectus
「目論見書」
A document setting out an explanation of the issuer's business and other matters, for a public offering or secondary distribution of securities, or for a general solicitation of securities acquired by qualified institutional investors (適格機関投資家取得有価証券一般勧誘) under Article 4, paragraph (2) or of securities acquired by professional investors, etc. (特定投資家等取得有価証券一般勧誘) under Article 4, paragraph (3) that is not a secondary distribution, which is delivered to the other party, or delivered when the other party asks for it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (10)· applies throughout the law