The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to the following securities:
この章の規定は、次に掲げる有価証券については、適用しない。
securities set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii);
securities set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (iii), (vi), and (xii) (excluding securities that are specified by Cabinet Order as securities with regard to which the public interest or the protection of investors makes it necessary and appropriate for corporate affairs to be disclosed); and
rights set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (2) which are deemed to be securities pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (2) (excluding the following rights):
the following rights (excluding those that fall under the category specified in (b); referred to as "rights in a securities investment business, etc." in Article 24, paragraph (1)):
次に掲げる権利（ロに掲げるものに該当するものを除く。第二十四条第一項において「有価証券投資事業権利等」という。）
among the rights set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v), those specified by Cabinet Order as rights for which the business subject to investment related to the right (meaning the business subject to investment prescribed in that item) is a business that primarily makes investments in securities;
among the rights set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), items (i) through (iv), (vi) or (vii), those specified by Cabinet Order as rights similar to the rights set forth in (1);
第二条第二項第一号から第四号まで、第六号又は第七号に掲げる権利のうち、（１）に掲げる権利に類する権利として政令で定めるもの
other rights specified by Cabinet Order.
その他政令で定めるもの
corporate bond certificates for which the government guarantees the redemption of the principal or the payment of interest; and
政府が元本の償還及び利息の支払について保証している社債券
securities specified by Cabinet Order other than those set forth in the preceding items.
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national government bonds;
国債証券
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beneficiary certificates of loan trusts;
貸付信託の受益証券
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municipal bonds;
地方債証券
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debentures issued by a corporation pursuant to a special Act (excluding those set forth in the following item and item (xi));
特別の法律により法人の発行する債券（次号及び第十一号に掲げるものを除く。）
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investment securities issued by a corporation incorporated pursuant to a special Act (excluding those set forth in the following item, item (viii) and item (xi));
特別の法律により設立された法人の発行する出資証券（次号、第八号及び第十一号に掲げるものを除く。）
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The rights that must be indicated on securities set forth in items (i) through (xv) of the preceding paragraph, on securities set forth in item (xvii) of that paragraph…
前項第一号から第十五号までに掲げる有価証券、同項第十七号に掲げる有価証券（同項第十六号に掲げる有価証券の性質を有するものを除く。）及び同項第十八号に掲げる有価証券に表示されるべき権利（同項第十四号に掲げる有価証券及び同項第十七号に掲げる有価証券（同項第十四号に掲げる有価証券の性質を有するものに限る。）に表示されるべき…
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a beneficial interest in a trust (excluding a beneficial interest that must be indicated on the beneficiary certificates of an investment trust specified in item (x) of the preceding paragraph and a…
信託の受益権（前項第十号に規定する投資信託の受益証券に表示されるべきもの及び同項第十二号から第十四号までに掲げる有価証券に表示されるべきもの並びに資金決済に関する法律第二条第五項第三号又は第四号に掲げるものに該当するもので有価証券とみなさなくても公益又は投資者の保護のため支障を生ずることがないと認められるものとして政…
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rights that are claimable against a foreign person and which have the nature of the rights specified in the preceding item…
外国の者に対する権利で前号に掲げる権利の性質を有するもの（前項第十号に規定する外国投資信託の受益証券に表示されるべきもの並びに同項第十七号及び第十八号に掲げる有価証券に表示されるべきものに該当するものを除く。）
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the membership rights of a general partnership company or limited partnership company (limited to rights specified by Cabinet Order) or membership rights of a limited liability company;
合名会社若しくは合資会社の社員権（政令で定めるものに限る。）又は合同会社の社員権
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the membership rights of a foreign corporation which have the nature of rights specified in the preceding item;
外国法人の社員権で前号に掲げる権利の性質を有するもの
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among the rights based on a partnership contract provided for in Article 667, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896), a silent partnership agreement provided for in Article 535 of the…
民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第六百六十七条第一項に規定する組合契約、商法（明治三十二年法律第四十八号）第五百三十五条に規定する匿名組合契約、投資事業有限責任組合契約に関する法律（平成十年法律第九十号）第三条第一項に規定する投資事業有限責任組合契約又は有限責任事業組合契約に関する法律（平成十七年法律第四十号）第三…
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rights based on foreign laws and regulations which are similar to those specified in the preceding item; or
外国の法令に基づく権利であつて、前号に掲げる権利に類するもの
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rights other than specified electronically recorded monetary claims and the rights set forth in the preceding items, which are specified by Cabinet Order as rights in connection with which it is…
特定電子記録債権及び前各号に掲げるもののほか、前項に規定する有価証券及び前各号に掲げる権利と同様の経済的性質を有することその他の事情を勘案し、有価証券とみなすことにより公益又は投資者の保護を確保することが必要かつ適当と認められるものとして政令で定める権利
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If securities issued by a company (excluding regulated securities; hereinafter the same applies in this Article, except in the following items) fall under any of the categories set forth in the…
有価証券の発行者である会社は、その会社が発行者である有価証券（特定有価証券を除く。次の各号を除き、以下この条において同じ。）が次に掲げる有価証券のいずれかに該当する場合には、内閣府令で定めるところにより、事業年度ごとに、当該会社の商号…
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securities set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii);
第二条第一項第一号及び第二号に掲げる有価証券
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securities set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (iii), (vi), and (xii) (excluding securities that are specified by Cabinet Order as securities with regard to which the public interest or the…
第二条第一項第三号、第六号及び第十二号に掲げる有価証券（企業内容等の開示を行わせることが公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして政令で定めるものを除く。）
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rights set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (2) which are deemed to be securities pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (2) (excluding the following rights):
第二条第二項の規定により有価証券とみなされる同項各号に掲げる権利（次に掲げるものを除く。）
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corporate bond certificates for which the government guarantees the redemption of the principal or the payment of interest; and
政府が元本の償還及び利息の支払について保証している社債券
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「有価証券」
Securities as this Act defines them: the instruments listed in Article 2, paragraph (1), among them national government and local government bonds, corporate bonds, share certificates and share option certificates, preferred equity investment certificates, beneficiary certificates of investment trusts and other trusts, investment securities, certain promissory notes, mortgage securities, option certificates and depositary receipts, foreign instruments of the same nature, and other instruments a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
business subject to investment
「出資対象事業」
In Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v), the business carried on with the money (or similar things a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies) that the holders of rights such as partnership interests contribute, from whose profits or property they receive dividends or distributions.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (2), item (v)· applies only in this item
electronically recorded transferable rights
「電子記録移転権利」
Rights deemed to be securities under the items of Article 2, paragraph (2), such as beneficial interests in trusts and rights under partnership and similar contracts, where they are represented by property value that can be transferred using an electronic data processing system (limited to value recorded electronically on an electronic device or other object), except in cases a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets in view of their transferability and other circumstances.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (3)
rights in a securities investment business, etc.
「有価証券投資事業権利等」
In Article 24, paragraph (1), rights deemed securities that are not electronically recorded transferable rights (電子記録移転権利): rights under Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v) whose investment business a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as investing mainly in securities, rights under items (i) to (iv), (vi) or (vii) of that paragraph that a Cabinet Order specifies as similar to them, and other rights a Cabinet Order specifies.
Short name set inArticle 3, paragraph (1), item (iii), (a)· applies only in this provision and in Article 24, paragraph (1)