# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の十二の二 (Article 156-12-2)

- 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: 第百五十六条の十二の二 (Article 156-12-2)（発行済株式の総数等の縦覧） — address `art-156-12-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第百五十六条の十二の二（発行済株式の総数等の縦覧） — (Public Inspection of the Total Number of Issued Shares)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-156-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-12-2</sup>

  **第一項**  金融商品取引清算機関は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その発行済株式の総数、総株主の議決権の数その他の内閣府令で定める事項を、公衆の縦覧に供しなければならない。
  <sup>art-156-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-12-2/par-1</sup>
  A financial instruments clearing organization must make its total number of issued shares, the number that represents all shareholders' voting rights and other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order available for public inspection, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五の二第一項（資本金の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-5-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-22/par-1

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## 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
