# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百二条の十六 (Article 102-16) - Law: 金融商品取引法 (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二十五号 - English title "Financial Instruments and Exchange Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百二条の十六 (Article 102-16)（認可の基準） — address `art-102-16` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百二条の十六（認可の基準） — (Criteria for Authorization) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-102-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、前条第一項の規定による認可の申請があつた場合においては、その申請が次に掲げる基準に適合するかどうかを審査しなければならない。 art-102-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16/par-1 When an application for authorization under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is filed, the Prime Minister must examine whether the application conforms to the following criteria: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 定款及び業務規程の規定が法令に適合し、かつ、自主規制業務を適切に運営するために十分であること。 art-102-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16/par-1/item-1 the provisions of the articles of incorporation and the operational rules conform to laws and regulations, and are sufficient to allow the proper operation of self-regulatory services; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 認可申請者が自主規制業務を適切に運営するに足りる人的構成を有するものであること。 art-102-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16/par-1/item-2 the applicant for authorization has a sufficient personnel structure to administer self-regulatory services in an appropriate manner; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 認可申請者が自主規制法人としてこの法律の規定に適合するように組織されるものであること。 art-102-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16/par-1/item-3 the applicant for authorization is organized as a self-regulatory organization in a manner that conforms to the provisions of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第八十二条第二項の規定は、前項の認可の申請について準用する。この場合において、同条第二項第二号中「第百六条の二十八第一項」とあるのは「第百六条の二十八第一項、第百五十三条の四において準用する第百四十八条若しくは第百五十二条第一項」と、同項第三号ロ中「第百四十八条若しくは第百五十二条第一項の規定により免許を取り消された場合」とあるのは「第百四十八条若しくは第百五十二条第一項の規定により免許を取り消された場合、第百五十三条の四において準用する第百四十八条若しくは第百五十二条第一項の規定により認可を取り消された場合」と、同号ホ中「第百五十条、第百五十二条第一項」とあるのは「第百五十条若しくは第百五十二条第一項（第百五十三条の四において準用する場合を含む。）」と読み替えるものとするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 art-102-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16/par-2 The provisions of Article 82, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the application for authorization referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, in Article 82, paragraph (2), item (ii), the phrase "Article 106-28, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 106-28, paragraph (1), or Article 148, or Article 152, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 153-4, paragraph (1)"; in Article 82, paragraph (2), item (iii), (b), the phrase "has had its license rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 148 or Article 152, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "has had its license rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 148 or Article 152, paragraph (1) or has had its authorization rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 148 or Article 152, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 153-4"; in Article 82, paragraph (2), item (ii), (e), the phrase "Article 150; Article 152, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 150 or Article 152, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 153-4)"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-102-16/par-1: 前条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百二条の十五第一項 (Article 102-15, paragraph (1)), art-102-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-15/par-1 - art-102-16/par-2: 第八十二条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-82/par-2 - art-102-16/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百二条の十六第一項 (Article 102-16, paragraph (1)), art-102-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16/par-1 - art-102-16/par-2: 同条第二項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第八十二条第二項第二号 (Article 82, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-82/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-82/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-82/par-2/item-2 - art-102-16/par-2: 第百六条の二十八第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百六条の二十八第一項 (Article 106-28, paragraph (1)), art-106-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-106-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-106-28/par-1 - art-102-16/par-2: 第百五十三条の四 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十三条の四 (Article 153-4), art-153-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-153-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-153-4 - art-102-16/par-2: 第百四十八条 → 金融商品取引法 第百四十八条 (Article 148), art-148 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-148 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-148 - art-102-16/par-2: 第百五十二条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十二条第一項 (Article 152, paragraph (1)), art-152/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-152/par-1 - art-102-16/par-2: 同項第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第八十二条第二項第三号 (Article 82, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-82/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-82/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-82/par-2/item-3 - art-102-16/par-2: 第百五十条 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十条 (Article 150), art-150 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-150 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百二条の十六第二項（認可の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-16/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十四条の二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-154-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-154-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 金融商品取引法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000025/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-22 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), retrieved 2026-10-22 - This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22