Article 33-5Refusal to Register a Financial Institution
第三十三条の五（金融機関の登録の拒否等）
The Prime Minister must refuse to effect a registration if the applicant for registration falls under any of the following items, or if the written application for registration or a document or electronic or magnetic record that is required to accompany it contains a false statement or record or omits a statement or record of a material fact:
内閣総理大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は登録申請書若しくはこれに添付すべき書類若しくは電磁的記録のうちに虚偽の記載若しくは記録があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載若しくは記録が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。
a person that has had the registration referred to in Article 33-2 rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-2, paragraph (1), has had the registration referred to in Article 66 rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 66-20, paragraph (1), has had the registration referred to in Article 66-27 rescinded pursuant to Article 66-42, paragraph (1), has had the registration referred to in Article 66-50 rescinded pursuant to Article 66-63, paragraph (1), or has had the registration referred to in Article 66-71 rescinded pursuant to Article 66-85, paragraph (1), or that has had the registration referred to in Article 12 of the Act on the Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto (limited to the registration related to the type of securities, etc. intermediary business operations) rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) of that Act (excluding items (ii), (iii), and (v)), for whom five years have not passed since the date of that rescission; or a person that had a registration of the same kind (including permission or any other administrative disposition similar to the registration) obtained in a foreign state rescinded pursuant to the provisions of a law or regulation of that foreign state that is equivalent to this Act or the Act on the Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto, for whom five years have not passed since the date of the rescission;
第五十二条の二第一項の規定により第三十三条の二の登録を取り消され、第六十六条の二十第一項の規定により第六十六条の登録を取り消され、第六十六条の四十二第一項の規定により第六十六条の二十七の登録を取り消され、第六十六条の六十三第一項の規定により第六十六条の五十の登録を取り消され、若しくは第六十六条の八十五第一項の規定により第六十六条の七十一の登録を取り消され、若しくは金融サービスの提供及び利用環境の整備等に関する法律第三十八条第一項（第二号、第三号及び第五号を除く。）の規定により同法第十二条の登録（有価証券等仲介業務の種別に係るものに限る。）を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しない者又はこの法律若しくは金融サービスの提供及び利用環境の整備等に関する法律に相当する外国の法令の規定により当該外国において受けている同種類の登録（当該登録に類する許可その他の行政処分を含む。）を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しない者
a person that has been sentenced to a fine (including an equivalent sentence under a law or regulation of a foreign state) for violating the provisions of this Act; the Secured Bond Trust Act; the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions; the Commodity Derivatives Transaction Act; the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations; the Real Estate Brokerage Act; the Act Regulating the Receipt of Contributions, the Receipt of Deposits, and Interest Rates; the Installment Sales Act; the Money Lending Business Act; the Act on Deposit Transactions; the Act on Regulation of Commodity Investment; the Act on Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures; the Act on the Securitization of Assets; the Act on Issuance, etc. of Bonds for Financial Corporations' Loan Business; the Act on the Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto; the Trust Business Act; the Payment Services Act; the Act on the Promotion of Business Financing, etc.; or any other laws specified by Cabinet Order, or for violating the provisions of a law or regulation of a foreign state that is equivalent to any of these laws, and five years have not passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
この法律、担保付社債信託法、金融機関の信託業務の兼営等に関する法律、商品先物取引法、投資信託及び投資法人に関する法律、宅地建物取引業法、出資の受入れ、預り金及び金利等の取締りに関する法律、割賦販売法、貸金業法、預託等取引に関する法律、商品投資に係る事業の規制に関する法律、不動産特定共同事業法、資産の流動化に関する法律、金融業者の貸付業務のための社債の発行等に関する法律、金融サービスの提供及び利用環境の整備等に関する法律、信託業法、資金決済に関する法律、事業性融資の推進等に関する法律その他政令で定める法律又はこれらに相当する外国の法令の規定に違反し、罰金の刑（これに相当する外国の法令による刑を含む。）に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者
a person falling under any of the following:
次のいずれかに該当する者
a person found not to have secured, for each registered financial institution business, officers or employees who have sufficient knowledge and experience necessary for its execution;
a person found likely to cause registered financial institution business to lose credibility, in light of the person's relationship with an organized crime group prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members or an organized crime group member prescribed in item (vi) of that Article, and other circumstances;
暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律第二条第二号に規定する暴力団又は同条第六号に規定する暴力団員との関係その他の事情に照らし、登録金融機関業務の信用を失墜させるおそれがあると認められる者
any other person that falls under the criteria specified by Cabinet Office Order as a person that does not have a personnel structure sufficient to perform registered financial institution business appropriately;
その他登録金融機関業務を適確に遂行するに足りる人的構成を有しない者として内閣府令で定める基準に該当する者
a person that has not joined an association and that has not prepared internal rules (meaning rules with which that person or its officers or employees should comply) that have contents equivalent to the articles of incorporation or other rules (limited to those for ensuring fair and smooth purchase and sales and other transactions of securities or ensuring fair and smooth derivatives transactions, etc. or for protecting investors) of the association or that has not established a system for complying with the relevant internal rules;
a person that is found not to have in place the necessary system for performing services of a registered financial institution in an appropriate manner.
登録金融機関業務を適確に遂行するための必要な体制が整備されていると認められない者
If the Prime Minister registers that a bank or cooperative financial institution, or any other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order, performs the act specified in Article 33, paragraph (2), item (v) in connection with transactions set forth in that item on a regular basis, the Prime Minister must add the conditions specified by Cabinet Office Order within the necessary scope for ensuring fair transactions in connection with share certificates.
内閣総理大臣は、銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関に、第三十三条第二項第五号に掲げる取引について、同号に定める行為を業として行うことを登録する場合には、株券に係る取引の公正の確保のため必要な範囲内において内閣府令で定める条件を付してするものとする。
Article 33-6Notification of a Change
第三十三条の六（変更の届出）
If the particulars set forth in the items of Article 33-3, paragraph (1) changes, the registered financial institution must notify the Prime Minister of this within two weeks from the day of the change.
登録金融機関は、第三十三条の三第一項各号に掲げる事項について変更があつたときは、その日から二週間以内に、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
Upon accepting a notification under the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must register the particulars given in the notification in a financial institutions register.
内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による届出を受理したときは、届出があつた事項を金融機関登録簿に登録しなければならない。
If a registered financial institution seeks to change a part of the business outline or business method that it has stated in the documents set forth in Article 33-3, paragraph (2), item (ii) and that constitutes a specified part of the business outline or business method, the registered financial institution must notify the Prime Minister of this in advance, and if a part of the business outline or business method other than a specified part of the business outline or business method changes, the registered financial institution must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
登録金融機関は、第三十三条の三第二項第二号に掲げる書類に記載した業務の内容又は方法のうち、特定業務内容等について変更をしようとするときはあらかじめ、特定業務内容等以外のものについて変更があつたときは遅滞なく、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
Article 33-7Provisions on Interpretation
第三十三条の七（解釈規定）
The provisions of Article 33 do not preclude the Prime Minister from granting the registration referred to in Article 29 or the authorization referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) to a person in which a bank or cooperative financial institution, or any other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order, holds the majority of the voting rights held by all the shareholders, etc.
Article 33-8Special Provisions on Cases in Which Trust Business Is Conducted
第三十三条の八（信託業務を営む場合等の特例等）
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 33, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 33-2, Article 33-3, paragraph (1), Article 33-4, paragraph (1), item (i), Article 33-5, paragraph (1), item (iii), (a), Article 33-6, paragraph (1), Article 52-2, paragraph (1), item (iv), and Article 194-6, paragraph (2), if a bank or cooperative financial institution, or any other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order, is a financial institution that has obtained the authorization referred to in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions, in Article 33, paragraph (1), the phrase "securities services or investment management business" is deemed to be replaced with "securities services"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the phrase "transactions conducted based on its solicitation of a customer for such an order and transactions conducted upon the receipt of an order from the customer in connection with the financial institution's investment advisory business" is deemed to be replaced with "transactions conducted based on its solicitation of a customer for such an order"; in Article 33-2, the phrase "investment advisory and agency business or securities, etc. management" is deemed to be replaced with "investment advisory and agency business, investment management business (excluding the business of performing the acts set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xiv) or (xv) (limited to acts performed by holding the money or other property referred to in these provisions as trust property); the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter), or securities, etc. management"; in Article 33-3, paragraph (1), the phrase "the following particulars" is deemed to be replaced with "the following particulars and, in the case where investment management-related services are entrusted, an indication of this, the trade name, name, or personal name of the entrustee, the details of the investment management-related services to be entrusted to that entrustee, and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order"; in Article 33-4, paragraph (1), item (i), the phrase "set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" is deemed to be replaced with "prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article"; in Article 33-5, paragraph (1), item (iii), (a), the phrase "a person found not to have secured, for each registered financial institution business, officers or employees who have sufficient knowledge and experience necessary for its execution" is deemed to be replaced with "a person found not to have secured, for each registered financial institution business, officers or employees who have sufficient knowledge and experience necessary for its execution; provided, however, that with regard to investment management-related services, in the case where the applicant for registration entrusts those investment management-related services to an investment management-related services contractor (limited to a person that has obtained the registration referred to in Article 66-71 or the registration of a change referred to in Article 66-75, paragraph (4) for performing those investment management-related services), it is to be sufficient if the applicant has secured officers or employees with the ability to appropriately supervise that business"; in Article 33-6, paragraph (1), the phrase "set forth in the items of Article 33-3, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "prescribed in Article 33-3, paragraph (1)"; in Article 52-2, paragraph (1), item (iv), the phrase "investment advisory and agency business" is deemed to be replaced with "investment advisory and agency business or investment management business"; and in Article 194-6, paragraph (2), the phrase "set forth" is deemed to be replaced with "prescribed".
銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関が金融機関の信託業務の兼営等に関する法律第一条第一項の認可を受けた金融機関である場合における第三十三条第一項及び第二項、第三十三条の二、第三十三条の三第一項、第三十三条の四第一項第一号、第三十三条の五第一項第三号イ、第三十三条の六第一項、第五十二条の二第一項第四号並びに第百九十四条の六第二項の規定の適用については、第三十三条第一項中「有価証券関連業又は投資運用業」とあるのは「有価証券関連業」と、同条第二項中「行われるもの及び当該金融機関が行う投資助言業務に関しその顧客から注文を受けて行われるもの」とあるのは「行われるもの」と、第三十三条の二中「投資助言・代理業若しくは有価証券等管理業務」とあるのは「投資助言・代理業、投資運用業（第二条第八項第十四号又は第十五号に掲げる行為（これらの規定の金銭その他の財産を信託財産として所有して行うものに限る。）を行う業務を除く。以下この章において同じ。）若しくは有価証券等管理業務」と、第三十三条の三第一項中「事項を」とあるのは「事項並びに投資運用関係業務を委託する場合においては、その旨並びに委託先の商号、名称又は氏名及び当該委託先に委託する投資運用関係業務の内容その他内閣府令で定める事項を」と、第三十三条の四第一項第一号中「前条第一項各号に掲げる」とあるのは「前条第一項に規定する」と、第三十三条の五第一項第三号イ中「認められる者」とあるのは「認められる者。ただし、登録申請者が投資運用関係業務を投資運用関係業務受託業者（当該投資運用関係業務を行うことにつき第六十六条の七十一の登録又は第六十六条の七十五第四項の変更登録を受けている者に限る。）に委託する場合における当該投資運用関係業務については、その業務の監督を適切に行う能力を有する役員又は使用人を確保していれば足りるものとする。」と、第三十三条の六第一項中「第三十三条の三第一項各号に掲げる」とあるのは「第三十三条の三第一項に規定する」と、第五十二条の二第一項第四号中「投資助言・代理業」とあるのは「投資助言・代理業又は投資運用業」と、第百九十四条の六第二項中「掲げる事項」とあるのは「規定する事項」とする。
The provisions of Article 29 do not apply if a person set forth in any of the following items acts as the agent for a registered financial institution in providing the services prescribed in the relevant item (hereinafter referred to as "specified financial instruments business" in this Article) pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In this case, the person that provides specified financial instruments business is deemed to be an employee of the registered financial institution that the person acts as the agent for, and the provisions of this Act apply:
a person that acts as the agent for a registered financial institution and that is specified by Cabinet Order:the business of performing acts specified in Article 33, paragraph (2), item (ii) with regard to securities set forth in that item;
登録金融機関の代理を行う者のうち政令で定める者 第三十三条第二項第二号に掲げる有価証券につき同号に定める行為を行う業務
a person that acts as agent for a registered financial institution and that is set forth in the following: among transactions set forth in Article 2, paragraph (22), item (ii) that are connected with the financial indexes set forth in Article 2, paragraph (25), item (ii), the business of performing acts in which the registered financial institution promises to receive money from the other party to a transaction and to pay the other party the amount of money calculated based on the difference between the agreed figure and the actual figure (but only if that other party has no risk of incurring a loss exceeding the amount of money the other party has paid in advance due to the fluctuation of a financial index set forth in Article 2, paragraph (25), item (ii)):
登録金融機関の代理を行う者のうち次に掲げる者 第二条第二十五項第二号に掲げる金融指標に係る同条第二十二項第二号に掲げる取引のうち、当該登録金融機関が当該取引の相手方から金銭を受領し、これに対して約定数値と現実数値の差に基づいて算出される金銭を支払うことを約する行為（同条第二十五項第二号に掲げる金融指標に係る変動により当該相手方があらかじめ支払つた金銭の額を上回る損失を受けるおそれがないものに限る。）を行う業務
a non-life insurance agent (meaning a non-life insurance agent as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (21) of the Insurance Business Act; hereinafter the same applies in this item) that is an individual;
個人である損害保険代理店（保険業法第二条第二十一項に規定する損害保険代理店をいう。以下この号において同じ。）
the employee of an individual non-life insurance agent, for which the notification under the provisions of Article 302 of the Insurance Business Act has been made;
個人である損害保険代理店の使用人のうち保険業法第三百二条の規定による届出が行われているもの
the officer or employee of a corporate non-life insurance agent, for which a notification under the provisions of Article 302 of the Insurance Business Act has been made; and
an officer that holds the authority of representation for a corporate non-life insurance agent.
A registered financial institution for which a person that provides specified financial instruments business acts as an agent is liable for the damages that the person causes to a customer in connection with specified financial instruments transaction services; provided, however, that this does not apply if the registered financial institution exercises due care in appointing the person, and endeavors to prevent the damage that the person causes to a customer in connection with the specified financial instruments business that the person performs.
特定金融商品取引業務を行う者が代理する登録金融機関は、その者が特定金融商品取引業務につき顧客に加えた損害を賠償する責任を負う。ただし、当該登録金融機関がその者の選任につき相当の注意をし、かつ、その者の行う特定金融商品取引業務につき顧客に加えた損害の発生の防止に努めたときは、この限りでない。
Subsection 5 Professional Investors
第五款 特定投資家
Article 34Obligation to Notify Professional Investors
第三十四条（特定投資家への告知義務）
If a financial instruments business operator, etc. (meaning a financial instruments business operator or registered financial institution; the same applies hereinafter) receives an offer from a professional investor (limited to one set forth in Article 2, paragraph (31), item (iv)) for a contract for the financial instruments business operator, etc. to perform an act that constitutes a financial instruments transaction (meaning an act as set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (8); the same applies hereinafter) with the customer as the other party or on behalf of the customer (hereinafter the contract is referred to as a "financial instruments transaction contract"), and has never in the past concluded a financial instruments transaction contract with that professional investor of a type specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the same contract type as the financial instruments transaction contract to which the offer concerns (hereinafter referred to as a "contract type" in this Subsection), the financial instruments business operator, etc., before concluding the financial instruments transaction contract to which the offer concerns, must notify that professional investor that the professional investor may make a request under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article.
金融商品取引業者等（金融商品取引業者又は登録金融機関をいう。以下同じ。）は、顧客を相手方とし、又は顧客のために金融商品取引行為（第二条第八項各号に掲げる行為をいう。以下同じ。）を行うことを内容とする契約（以下「金融商品取引契約」という。）の申込みを特定投資家（同条第三十一項第四号に掲げる者に限る。）から受けた場合であつて、当該申込みに係る金融商品取引契約と同じ金融商品取引契約の種類として内閣府令で定めるもの（以下この款において「契約の種類」という。）に属する金融商品取引契約を過去に当該特定投資家との間で締結したことがない場合には、当該申込みに係る金融商品取引契約を締結するまでに、当該特定投資家に対し、当該特定投資家が次条第一項の規定による申出ができる旨を告知しなければならない。
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If the Prime Minister makes the registration referred to in Article 29 or Article 33-2 or accepts a notification referred to in Article 31, paragraph (1) or Article 33-6…
内閣総理大臣は、次の各号に掲げる行為を業として行おうとする者について、第二十九条若しくは第三十三条の二の登録を行い、又は第三十一条第一項若しくは第三十三条の六第一項の届出を受理した場合には、当該者に係る第二十九条の二第一項又は第三十三条の三第一項に掲げる事項を経済産業大臣に通知するものとする。
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a transaction comprising the parties' promises to pay and receive an amount of money calculated based on the difference between the agreed figure…
約定数値（第二十四項第三号の三又は第五号に掲げる金融商品に係る金融指標の数値を除く。）と現実数値（これらの号に掲げる金融商品に係る金融指標の数値を除く。）の差に基づいて算出される金銭の授受を約する取引又はこれに類似する取引
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the numerical values associated with the results of meteorological observations published by the meteorological agency and others;
気象庁その他の者が発表する気象の観測の成果に係る数値
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investor protection funds prescribed in Article 79-21 and other corporations specified by Cabinet Office Order beyond those set forth in the preceding three items.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、第七十九条の二十一に規定する投資者保護基金その他の内閣府令で定める法人
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The term "financial instruments business" as used in this Act means performance of any of the following acts (excluding those that are specified by Cabinet Order as acts which, in consideration of…
この法律において「金融商品取引業」とは、次に掲げる行為（その内容等を勘案し、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令で定めるもの及び銀行、優先出資法第二条第一項に規定する協同組織金融機関（以下「協同組織金融機関」という。）その他政令で定める金融機関が行う第十二号、第十四号、第十五号又は第二十…
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the management (excluding management that falls under the category of act set forth in item (xii)) of money or other property contributed by a person that holds rights indicated on the securities…
金融商品の価値等の分析に基づく投資判断に基づいて有価証券又はデリバティブ取引に係る権利に対する投資として、第一項第十号に掲げる有価証券に表示される権利その他の政令で定める権利を有する者から拠出を受けた金銭その他の財産の運用を行うこと（第十二号に掲げる行為に該当するものを除く。）。
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the management (excluding management that falls under the category of act set forth in item (xii) or the preceding item) of money or other property invested or contributed by a person that holds the…
金融商品の価値等の分析に基づく投資判断に基づいて主として有価証券又はデリバティブ取引に係る権利に対する投資として、次に掲げる権利その他政令で定める権利を有する者から出資又は拠出を受けた金銭その他の財産の運用を行うこと（第十二号及び前号に掲げる行為に該当するものを除く。）。
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A person may not engage in financial instruments business if that person has not been registered by the Prime Minister.
金融商品取引業は、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けた者でなければ、行うことができない。
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A financial instruments business operator must obtain the authorization of the Prime Minister when it intends to conduct, as a business, the acts set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (x)…
金融商品取引業者は、第二条第八項第十号に掲げる行為を業として行おうとするときは、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。ただし、当該行為を次に掲げる有価証券のみについて行う場合であつて、当該行為に係る有価証券の売買高の合計額が…
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It is prohibited for a bank or cooperative financial institution, or for any other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order…
銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関（以下この条及び次条において「金融機関」という。）は、有価証券関連業又は投資運用業を行つてはならない。ただし、有価証券関連業については、金融機関が他の法律の定めるところにより投資の目的をもつて…
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A financial institution must be registered by the Prime Minister if it seeks to perform any of the following acts on a regular basis, or if it seeks to provide investment advisory and agency business…
金融機関は、次に掲げる行為のいずれかを業として行おうとするとき、又は投資助言・代理業若しくは有価証券等管理業務を行おうとするときは、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けなければならない。
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A person seeking the registration referred to in the preceding Article must submit a written application for registration to the Prime Minister, in which it states the following particulars:
前条の登録を受けようとする者は、次に掲げる事項を記載した登録申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
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a document stating the person's way of managing the risk of loss, the way that duties are divided, and the other things specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the business outline and…
損失の危険の管理方法、業務分掌の方法その他の業務の内容及び方法として内閣府令で定めるものを記載した書類
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the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; and
前条第一項各号に掲げる事項
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a person falling under any of the following:
次のいずれかに該当する者
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If the particulars set forth in the items of Article 33-3, paragraph (1) changes, the registered financial institution must notify the Prime Minister of this within two weeks from the day of the…
登録金融機関は、第三十三条の三第一項各号に掲げる事項について変更があつたときは、その日から二週間以内に、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
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With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 33, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 33-2, Article 33-3, paragraph (1), Article 33-4, paragraph (1), item (i), Article 33-5, paragraph (1)…
銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関が金融機関の信託業務の兼営等に関する法律第一条第一項の認可を受けた金融機関である場合における第三十三条第一項及び第二項、第三十三条の二、第三十三条の三第一項、第三十三条の四第一項第一号、第三十三条の五第一項第三号イ、第三十三条の六第一項…
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a person that acts as agent for a registered financial institution and that is set forth in the following: among transactions set forth in Article 2, paragraph (22)…
登録金融機関の代理を行う者のうち次に掲げる者 第二条第二十五項第二号に掲げる金融指標に係る同条第二十二項第二号に掲げる取引のうち、当該登録金融機関が当該取引の相手方から金銭を受領し…
Open this provision(Prohibition on Engagement in Securities Services by Financial Institutions)
It is prohibited for a bank or cooperative financial institution, or for any other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order…
銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関（以下この条及び次条において「金融機関」という。）は、有価証券関連業又は投資運用業を行つてはならない。ただし、有価証券関連業については、金融機関が他の法律の定めるところにより投資の目的をもつて…
Open this provision(Prohibition on Engagement in Securities Services by Financial Institutions)
The provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph do not apply if a financial institution conducts brokerage with written orders…
前項本文の規定は、金融機関が、書面取次ぎ行為（顧客の書面による注文を受けてその計算において有価証券の売買又は有価証券関連デリバティブ取引を行うことをいい、当該注文に関する顧客に対する勧誘に基づき行われるもの及び当該金融機関が行う投資助言業務に関しその顧客から注文を受けて行われるものを除く。次条第一号において同じ。）又…
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securities set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (x) and (xi) (excluding short-term investment corporation bonds, etc.):acts set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), items (i) through (iii)…
第二条第一項第十号及び第十一号に掲げる有価証券（短期投資法人債等を除く。） 同条第八項第一号から第三号までに掲げる行為及び同項第九号に掲げる行為（有価証券の売出しの取扱い及び特定投資家向け売付け勧誘等の取扱いを除く。）
Open this provision(Prohibition on Engagement in Securities Services by Financial Institutions)
the following transactions: acts set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (iv) (with regard to transactions set forth in (b), excluding those that fall under the category of cases specified by…
次に掲げる取引 第二条第八項第四号に掲げる行為（ロに掲げる取引については、多数の者を相手方として行う場合として政令で定める場合に該当するものを除く。）
Open this provision(Cases in Which a Professional Investor Is Deemed to Be a Customer Other Than a Professional Investor)
For each contract type, a professional investor (limited to one as set forth in Article 2, paragraph (31), item (iv)) may request a financial instruments business operator…
特定投資家（第二条第三十一項第四号に掲げる者に限る。）は、金融商品取引業者等に対し、契約の種類ごとに、当該契約の種類に属する金融商品取引契約に関して自己を特定投資家以外の顧客として取り扱うよう申し出ることができる。
Open this provision(Supervisory Measures for Registered Financial Institutions)
If a registered financial institution falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may rescind its registration under Article 33-2, or order the suspension of all or part of business…
内閣総理大臣は、登録金融機関が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該登録金融機関の第三十三条の二の登録を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めて業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
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a fact has occurred in connection with the operation of its investment advisory and agency business, which is detrimental to the investors' interests; or
投資助言・代理業の運営に関し、投資者の利益を害する事実があるとき。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29, a person other than a bank, a cooperative financial institution, or a financial institution specified by Cabinet Order…
銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関以外の者（第一種金融商品取引業（第二十八条第一項に規定する第一種金融商品取引業をいう。以下この章において同じ。）を行う者及び登録金融機関の役員及び使用人を除く。）は、第二十九条の規定にかかわらず、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けて、金融商品仲介業を行うことができる。
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If a financial instruments intermediary service provider falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may rescind its Article 66 registration…
内閣総理大臣は、金融商品仲介業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該金融商品仲介業者の第六十六条の登録を取り消し、六月以内の期間を定めて業務の全部又は一部の停止を命じ、業務の方法の変更を命じ、その他監督上必要な事項を命ずることができる。
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A corporation engaged in credit rating services (including an organization without legal personality whose representative or administrator has been designated; hereinafter the same applies in this…
信用格付業を行う法人（法人でない団体で代表者又は管理人の定めのあるものを含む。次条第一項第二号及び第六十六条の四十七を除き、以下この章において同じ。）は、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けることができる。
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If a credit rating agency falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may rescind its Article 66-27 registration, or may order the suspension of all or part of the business during a…
内閣総理大臣は、信用格付業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該信用格付業者の第六十六条の二十七の登録を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めて信用格付業の業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
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A person other than a financial instruments business operator, etc. and authorized firm for on-exchange transactions…
金融商品取引業者等及び取引所取引許可業者（金融商品取引業若しくは登録金融機関業務又は取引所取引業務として高速取引行為を行い、又は行おうとする者に限る。）以外の者は、高速取引行為を行おうとするときは、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けなければならない。
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If a high-speed trader falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may rescind its registration referred to in Article 66-50 or order the suspension of all or part of the business…
内閣総理大臣は、高速取引行為者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該高速取引行為者の第六十六条の五十の登録を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めて業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
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A person that conducts investment management-related services contracting business may be registered by the Prime Minister.
投資運用関係業務受託業を行う者は、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けることができる。
Open this provisionRegistration of a Change
If an investment management-related services contractor seeks to change the particular set forth in Article 66-72, paragraph (1), item (vi), it must obtain the registration of a change made by the…
投資運用関係業務受託業者は、第六十六条の七十二第一項第六号に掲げる事項について変更をしようとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、内閣総理大臣の行う変更登録を受けなければならない。
Open this provisionSupervisory Dispositions
In the case where an investment management-related services contractor falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may rescind the Article 66-71 registration of that investment…
内閣総理大臣は、投資運用関係業務受託業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該投資運用関係業務受託業者の第六十六条の七十一の登録を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めて投資運用関係業務受託業の業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
Open this provisionsecurities
「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
cooperative financial institution
「協同組織金融機関」
A cooperative financial institution as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Preferred Equity Investment by Cooperative Structured Financial Institution: the Norinchukin Bank (農林中央金庫), credit cooperatives (信用協同組合), shinkin banks (信用金庫) and labour banks (労働金庫), and agricultural, fishery and fishery processing cooperatives that carry on credit business, together with their federations.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (8)
financial instruments business operator
「金融商品取引業者」
A person registered by the Prime Minister under Article 29 to carry on financial instruments business (金融商品取引業).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (9)· applies throughout the law
registered financial institutionmachine translation
「登録金融機関」
A bank, cooperative financial institution (協同組織金融機関) or other financial institution a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies that is registered under Article 33-2.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (11)
actual figure
「現実数値」
The actual value of a financial index (金融指標) at a set time in the future, in a transaction in which the parties exchange money worked out from the difference between it and the figure they agreed in advance (約定数値).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (21), item (ii)
agreed figure
「約定数値」
The figure the parties agree in advance as the value of a financial index (金融指標), compared with the actual figure (現実数値) of that index at a set future time to work out the money exchanged in the transaction.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (21), item (ii)
financial index
「金融指標」
Prices of financial instruments (金融商品), and interest rates, etc. on financial instruments other than currencies and commodities; figures from weather observations published by the Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁) or others; indicators that cannot practically be influenced and that greatly affect businesses, or socio-economic statistics, that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, with exclusions; and figures calculated from any of these.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (25)· applies throughout the law
professional investor
「特定投資家」
A professional investor: a qualified institutional investor (適格機関投資家), the State, the Bank of Japan, or an investor protection fund (投資者保護基金) or other corporation a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (31)· applies throughout the law
investment management-related servicesmachine translation
「投資運用関係業務」
Services carried out in connection with investment management business, etc. (投資運用業等): calculating the value of the property under management (運用対象財産) from the securities and other assets in it, the interest or dividends they yield and the fees for managing it; and guiding compliance with laws and regulations, administrative dispositions under them, and articles of incorporation and other rules (法令等).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (43)· applies throughout the law
investment management-related services contractormachine translation
「投資運用関係業務受託業者」
A person registered with the Prime Minister under Article 66-71 to carry on investment management-related services contracting business (投資運用関係業務受託業).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (45)· applies throughout the law
electronic or magnetic recordmachine translation
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 13, paragraph (5)
securities, etc. intermediary businessmachine translation
「有価証券等仲介業務」
Securities, etc. intermediary business as defined in Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Provision of Financial Services and the Development of the Accessible Environment Thereto (Act No. 101 of 2000); in this Act a financial service intermediary (金融サービス仲介業者) is counted only where it carries on this business.
Defined inArticle 15, paragraph (1)
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
investment advisory and agency business
「投資助言・代理業」
In Chapter III, the part of financial instruments business (金融商品取引業) that consists in carrying on as a business either giving advice under an investment advisory contract (投資顧問契約) (Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xi)) or acting as agent or intermediary in concluding an investment advisory contract or a discretionary investment contract (投資一任契約) (item (xiii)).
Defined inArticle 28, paragraph (3)· applies only in this chapter
investment management business
「投資運用業」
Investment management business as defined in Article 28, paragraph (4): the part of financial instruments business (金融商品取引業) that consists in carrying on as a business the acts in Article 2, paragraph (8), items (xii), (xiv) and (xv) — managing money or other property, on investment decisions (投資判断) based on an analysis of the value, etc. of financial instruments, as an investment in securities or in rights under derivatives transactions, whether under a discretionary investment contract (投資一任契約) or an asset management contract with a registered investment corporation (登録投資法人), or for the holders of the rights items (xiv) and (xv) list who contributed it — including where a bank, a cooperative financial institution or another financial institution a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies carries them on.
Defined inArticle 28, paragraph (4)· applies only in this chapter
securities, etc. management
「有価証券等管理業務」
In Chapter III, the part of type-I financial instruments business made up of the acts in Article 28, paragraph (1), item (v): taking deposits of money, securities or electronically recorded transferable rights from customers in connection with one's dealings in securities and derivatives (Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xvi)), and transferring corporate bonds, shares and the like through book-entry accounts (item (xvii) of that paragraph).
Defined inArticle 28, paragraph (5)· applies only in this chapter
investment advisory business
「投資助言業務」
Within investment advisory and agency business (投資助言・代理業), the services connected with giving advice under an investment advisory contract (投資顧問契約) — the act in Article 28, paragraph (3), item (i).
Defined inArticle 28, paragraph (6)· applies only in this chapter
securities services
「有価証券関連業」
In Chapter III, carrying on as a business any of these: buying and selling securities, or intermediating, brokering (other than brokerage for clearing of securities, etc.) or acting as agent in such trades; intermediating, brokering or acting as agent for entrustments of securities trades on a financial instruments exchange market or a foreign financial instruments market; securities-related market and over-the-counter derivatives transactions, similar transactions on foreign markets, and intermediation, brokerage or agency for them; brokerage for clearing of securities trades and securities-related derivatives transactions; and underwriting, secondary distributions, and handling public offerings, secondary distributions and private placements of securities (Article 28, paragraph (8), items (i) to (viii)).
Defined inArticle 28, paragraph (8)· applies only in this chapter
associationmachine translation
「協会」
In Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (iv) and Article 33-5, paragraph (1), item (iv), an authorized financial instruments firms association (認可金融商品取引業協会) or a certified financial instruments business association (認定金融商品取引業協会), limited to one whose main members carry on the business that the applicant for registration intends to carry on.
Defined inArticle 29-4, paragraph (1), item (iv), (d)· applies only in this item and in Article 33-5, paragraph (1), item (iv)
voting rightsmachine translation
「議決権」
From Article 29-4, paragraph (2) on, the voting rights of all the shareholders, partners, members, cooperative members or contributors of an entity (総株主等の議決権); for a stock company, not counting votes on shares that cannot be voted on any matter a shareholders' meeting may resolve, and counting votes on shares deemed to carry voting rights under Article 879, paragraph (3) of the Companies Act.
Defined inArticle 29-4, paragraph (2)
specified part of the business outline or business method
「特定業務内容等」
In Article 31, paragraph (3) and Article 33-6, paragraph (3), the part of the business content or methods stated in the document under Article 29-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) that concerns the acts referred to in Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (viii) or (ix) and that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies as especially necessary for the public interest or investor protection.
Short name set inArticle 31, paragraph (3)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 33-6, paragraph (3)
derivatives transactions, etc.machine translation
「デリバティブ取引等」
In Article 33, the acts its paragraph (3) lists: market derivatives transactions (市場デリバティブ取引) and the intermediation, brokerage or agency in them (or in entrusting them) listed in Article 2, paragraph (8), items (ii) and (iii); over-the-counter derivatives transactions, etc. (店頭デリバティブ取引等); and foreign market derivatives transactions (外国市場デリバティブ取引) together with the same acts in relation to them.
Short name set inArticle 33, paragraph (3)
registered financial institution businessmachine translation
「登録金融機関業務」
The business a registered financial institution (登録金融機関) carries on under its registration under Article 33-2.
Defined inArticle 33-3, paragraph (1), item (vi), (a)
specified financial instruments business
「特定金融商品取引業務」
The business that the persons set out in the items of Article 33-8, paragraph (2) — persons a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies among those acting as agent of a registered financial institution (登録金融機関), and non-life insurance agents (損害保険代理店) and certain of their officers and employees — carry on as agent of a registered financial institution: acts concerning the securities of Article 33, paragraph (2), item (ii), and transactions on a financial index of Article 2, paragraph (25), item (ii) in which the customer cannot lose more than the money it paid in advance.
Short name set inArticle 33-8, paragraph (2)· applies only in this article
non-life insurance agent
「損害保険代理店」
In Article 33-8, paragraph (2), item (ii), a non-life insurance agent as defined in Article 2, paragraph (21) of the Insurance Business Act.
Defined inArticle 33-8, paragraph (2), item (ii), (a)· applies only in this item
contract type
「契約の種類」
A type of financial instruments transaction contract (金融商品取引契約), as a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) classifies them, used to decide when a professional investor (特定投資家) must be told it may ask to be treated as a customer other than a professional investor, and for what such requests cover.
Short name set inArticle 34, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
financial instruments transaction contract
「金融商品取引契約」
A contract under which a financial instruments business operator, etc. (金融商品取引業者等) carries out financial instruments transactions (金融商品取引行為) — the acts listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (8) — with a customer as the other party or on the customer's behalf.
Short name set inArticle 34, paragraph (1)
financial instruments business operator, etc.machine translation
「金融商品取引業者等」
A financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) or a registered financial institution (登録金融機関).
Defined inArticle 34, paragraph (1)
act that constitutes a financial instruments transactionmachine translation
「金融商品取引行為」
Any of the acts listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (8): the acts that, carried on as a business, make up financial instruments business (金融商品取引業).
Defined inArticle 34, paragraph (1)
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
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.