# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百四十一条 (Article 141) - 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: 第百四十一条 (Article 141)（認可基準） — address `art-141` - 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-141 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141 - 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. --- ### 第百四十一条（認可基準） — (Criteria for Authorization) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-141 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、前条第二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-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-1 When an application for authorization under paragraph (2) 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** 合併後金融商品取引所の定款、業務規程及び受託契約準則の規定が法令に適合し、かつ、取引所金融商品市場における有価証券の売買及び市場デリバティブ取引を公正かつ円滑にし、並びに投資者を保護するために十分であること。 art-141/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-1/item-1 the provisions of the articles of incorporation, operational rules, and brokerage contract rules of the financial instruments exchange resulting from the merger conform to laws and regulations, and are sufficient for ensuring fair and smooth purchase and sales of securities and market derivatives transactions on the financial instruments exchange market, as well as for protecting investors; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 合併後金融商品取引所が取引所金融商品市場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-141/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-1/item-2 the financial instruments exchange resulting from the merger has a sufficient personnel structure to run a financial instruments exchange market in an appropriate manner; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 合併後金融商品取引所が金融商品取引所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-141/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-1/item-3 the financial instruments exchange resulting from the merger will be organized as a financial instruments exchange in a manner that conforms to the provisions of this Act; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 合併後金融商品取引所において、合併により消滅する金融商品取引所の開設している取引所金融商品市場における有価証券の売買及び市場デリバティブ取引に関する業務の承継が円滑かつ適切に行われる見込みが確実であること。 art-141/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-1/item-4 it is fully expected that the financial instruments exchange resulting from the merger will smoothly and appropriately succeed to business connected with the purchase and sale of securities and market derivatives transactions on the financial instruments exchange markets operated by the financial instruments exchanges that disappear as a result of the merger. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により審査した結果、その申請が同項の基準に適合していると認めたときは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除いて、合併を認可しなければならない。 art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-2 If, as a result of having conducted an examination pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister finds that an application conforms to the criteria in that paragraph, the Prime Minister must authorize the merger, except in a case that falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 役員のうちに第二十九条の四第一項第二号ロからリまで又は会社法第三百三十一条第一項第三号のいずれかに該当する者があるとき。 art-141/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-2/item-1 a person falling under any of the provisions of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), sub-items (b) through (i) of this Act or Article 331, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Companies Act is an officer; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 合併認可申請書又はこれに添付すべき書類若しくは電磁的記録のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載又は記録があるとき。 art-141/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-2/item-2 the written application for authorization of the merger, or a document or electronic or magnetic record that is required to be attached to it contains a false statement or false record regarding a material particular. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-141/par-1: 前条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第百四十条第二項 (Article 140, paragraph (2)), art-140/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-2 - art-141/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百四十一条第一項 (Article 141, paragraph (1)), art-141/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-1 - art-141/par-2/item-1: 第二十九条の四第一項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の四第一項第二号 (Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-29-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-4/par-1/item-2 - art-141/par-2/item-1: 会社法第三百三十一条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第三百三十一条第一項第三号 (Article 331, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-331/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-331/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-331/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百四十一条第二項（認可基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/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