It is prohibited for the officer or employee of an authorized association, or for a person that has held any of these positions, to divulge or misappropriate any secret learned in the course of duty.
It is prohibited for the officer or employee of an authorized association, or for a person that has held any of these positions, to use information learned in the course of duty for a purpose other than the business uses of the authorized association for which the information is provided.
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officer
「役員」
A director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer, or a person equivalent to one, in this Act other than Articles 163 to 167.
Defined inArticle 21, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies from here on, except in Articles 163 to 167
authorized association
「認可協会」
In Chapter IV, short for 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 that Chapter, 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.
Short name set inArticle 67, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter