# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の三十一の二 (Article 156-31-2) - 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: 第百五十六条の三十一の二 (Article 156-31-2)（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — address `art-156-31-2` - 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-156-31-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百五十六条の三十一の二（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — (Obligation to Conclude a Contract with a Designated Dispute Resolution Organization) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-31-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2 **第一項** 証券金融会社であつて第百五十六条の二十七第一項第一号、第三号又は第四号の業務を行う者は、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める措置を講じなければならない。 art-156-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1 A securities finance company that conducts the business referred to in Article 156-27, paragraph (1), item (i), (iii), or (iv) must take the measures specified in the following items in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each of those items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 指定証券金融会社紛争解決機関（指定紛争解決機関であつてその紛争解決等業務の種別が特定証券金融会社業務（第百五十六条の三十八第七項に規定する特定証券金融会社業務をいう。以下この項において同じ。）であるものをいう。以下この条において同じ。）が存在する場合　一の指定証券金融会社紛争解決機関との間で特定証券金融会社業務に係る手続実施基本契約を締結する措置 art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 if there is a designated dispute resolution organization for securities finance companies (meaning a designated dispute resolution organization for which the category of dispute resolution services is the specified services of a securities finance company (meaning the specified services of a securities finance company as defined in Article 156-38, paragraph (7); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph); hereinafter the same applies in this Article):measures to conclude a basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures in connection with the specified services of a securities finance company with a single designated dispute resolution organization for securities finance companies; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 指定証券金融会社紛争解決機関が存在しない場合　特定証券金融会社業務に関する苦情処理措置及び紛争解決措置 art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 if there is no designated dispute resolution organization for securities finance companies:complaint processing measures and dispute resolution measures in connection with the specified services of a securities finance company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 証券金融会社は、前項の規定により手続実施基本契約を締結する措置を講じた場合には、当該手続実施基本契約の相手方である指定証券金融会社紛争解決機関の商号又は名称を公表しなければならない。 art-156-31-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-2 If a securities finance company takes measures to conclude a basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must publicly announce the trade name or name of the designated dispute resolution organization for securities finance companies that is the other party to the basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定は、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める期間においては、適用しない。 art-156-31-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the period specified in the following items in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each of those items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第一項第一号に掲げる場合に該当していた場合において、同項第二号に掲げる場合に該当することとなつたとき　第百五十六条の六十第一項の規定による紛争解決等業務の廃止の認可又は第百五十六条の六十一第一項の規定による指定の取消しの時に、同号に定める措置を講ずるために必要な期間として内閣総理大臣が定める期間 art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 a case that formerly fell under the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (i), which has come to fall under the case set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph:the period that the Prime Minister specifies as the period necessary for taking the measures set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) at the time of granting the authorization to discontinue dispute resolution services, etc. under Article 156-60, paragraph (1) or at the time of rescinding the designation under Article 156-61, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第一項第一号に掲げる場合に該当していた場合において、同号の一の指定証券金融会社紛争解決機関の紛争解決等業務の廃止が第百五十六条の六十第一項の規定により認可されたとき、又は同号の一の指定証券金融会社紛争解決機関の第百五十六条の三十九第一項の規定による指定が第百五十六条の六十一第一項の規定により取り消されたとき（前号に掲げる場合を除く。）　その認可又は取消しの時に、第一項第一号に定める措置を講ずるために必要な期間として内閣総理大臣が定める期間 art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2 a case that formerly fell under the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (i), in which the discontinuation of the dispute resolution services, etc. of a single designated dispute resolution organization for securities finance companies under that item has been authorized pursuant to Article 156-60, paragraph (1) or the designation under Article 156-39, paragraph (1) of a single designated dispute resolution organization for securities finance companies under that item has been rescinded pursuant to Article 156-61, paragraph (1) (excluding a case set forth in the preceding item):the period specified by the Prime Minister as the period necessary for taking the measures set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) at the time of granting that authorization or making such rescission; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第一項第二号に掲げる場合に該当していた場合において、同項第一号に掲げる場合に該当することとなつたとき　第百五十六条の三十九第一項の規定による指定の時に、同号に定める措置を講ずるために必要な期間として内閣総理大臣が定める期間 art-156-31-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-3 a case that formerly fell under the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii), which has come to fall under the case set forth in item (i) of that paragraph:the period specified by the Prime Minister as the period necessary for taking the measures set forth in that item at the time of the designation under Article 156-39, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-31-2/par-1: 第百五十六条の二十七第一項第一号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十七第一項第一号 (Article 156-27, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-156-27/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-27/par-1/item-1 - art-156-31-2/par-1: 第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十七第一項第三号 (Article 156-27, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-156-27/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-27/par-1/item-3 - art-156-31-2/par-1: 第四号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十七第一項第四号 (Article 156-27, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-156-27/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-27/par-1/item-4 - art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1: 第百五十六条の三十八第七項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十八第七項 (Article 156-38, paragraph (7)), art-156-38/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-38/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-38/par-7 - art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1: この項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (1)), art-156-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1 - art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1: この条 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二 (Article 156-31-2), art-156-31-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2 - art-156-31-2/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (1)), art-156-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (1)), art-156-31-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1: 第一項第一号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項第一号 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1: 同項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項第二号 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1: 第百五十六条の六十第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十第一項 (Article 156-60, paragraph (1)), art-156-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1: 第百五十六条の六十一第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十一第一項 (Article 156-61, paragraph (1)), art-156-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-61/par-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2: 第一項第一号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項第一号 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2: 第百五十六条の六十第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十第一項 (Article 156-60, paragraph (1)), art-156-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2: 第百五十六条の三十九第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十九第一項 (Article 156-39, paragraph (1)), art-156-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-39/par-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2: 第百五十六条の六十一第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十一第一項 (Article 156-61, paragraph (1)), art-156-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-61/par-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2: 前号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第三項第一号 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-3: 第一項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項第二号 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-2 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-3: 同項第一号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項第一号 (Article 156-31-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 - art-156-31-2/par-3/item-3: 第百五十六条の三十九第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十九第一項 (Article 156-39, paragraph (1)), art-156-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-39/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第一項第一号（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-1/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第二項（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第三項（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第三項第一号（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第三項第二号（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第三項第三号（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十七第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-37/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