Article 57-23Collection of Reports and Inspections

When 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 a designated parent company, a person that conducts transactions with a designated parent company, the subsidiary company, etc. of a designated parent company (meaning a subsidiary company, etc. provided for in Article 57-10, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this Article), or the person that a designated parent company has entrusted with its business (including a person that has received entrustment from the person (including entrustment at two or more degrees of separation from the original entrustment); hereinafter the same applies in this Article), to submit reports or materials that should serve as a reference with regard to the business or assets of the subject special financial instruments business operator or the designated parent company (but may only order a subsidiary company, etc. to submit reports or materials that should serve as a reference in connection with the assets of the subject special financial instruments business operator or the designated parent company), and may have the relevant officials inspect the state of the business or assets, books, documents, and any other articles of a designated parent company, a subsidiary company, etc., or the person that a designated parent company has entrusted with its business (but may only have the relevant officials inspect a subsidiary company, etc. as is necessary in connection with the assets of the subject special financial instruments business operator or the designated parent company, and may only have the relevant officials inspect the person that a designated parent company has entrusted with its business as is necessary in connection with the business or assets of the subject special financial instruments business operator or the designated parent company).