# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の五十九 (Article 156-59) - 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: 第百五十六条の五十九 (Article 156-59)（業務改善命令） — address `art-156-59` - 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-156-59 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の五十九（業務改善命令） — (Business Improvement Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-59 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、指定紛争解決機関の紛争解決等業務の運営に関し、紛争解決等業務の公正かつ適確な遂行を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該指定紛争解決機関に対して、その業務の運営の改善に必要な措置を命ずることができる。 art-156-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59/par-1 If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the fair and appropriate execution of dispute resolution services, etc. concerning a designated dispute resolution organization's operation of dispute resolution services, etc., the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, order the designated dispute resolution organization to take measures that are necessary for improving its business operations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、指定紛争解決機関が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合において、前項の規定による命令をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、法務大臣に協議しなければならない。 art-156-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59/par-2 If a designated dispute resolution organization falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister must consult with the Minister of Justice before seeking to give the order under the preceding paragraph: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第百五十六条の三十九第一項第五号から第七号までに掲げる要件（紛争解決手続の業務に係る部分に限り、同号に掲げる要件にあつては、第百五十六条の四十四第四項各号及び第五項各号に掲げる基準に係るものに限る。以下この号において同じ。）に該当しないこととなつた場合又は第百五十六条の三十九第一項第五号から第七号までに掲げる要件に該当しないこととなるおそれがあると認められる場合 art-156-59/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59/par-2/item-1 it comes to no longer satisfy the requirements set forth in Article 156-39, paragraph (1), items (v) through (vii) (limited to the part that involves the operation of dispute resolution procedures, the requirement set forth in item (vii) of that paragraph involving the criteria set forth in the items of Article 156-44, paragraph (4) or the items of paragraph (5) of that Article; hereinafter the same applies in this item), or it is found to be likely that it will come to no longer satisfy the requirements set forth in Article 156-39, paragraph (1), items (v) to (vii); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第百五十六条の四十二、第百五十六条の四十三、第百五十六条の四十六又は第百五十六条の五十の規定に違反した場合（その違反行為が紛争解決手続の業務に係るものである場合に限る。） art-156-59/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59/par-2/item-2 it violates the provisions of Article 156-42, Article 156-43, Article 156-46, or Article 156-50 (but only if such violation is related to the operation of dispute resolution procedures). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-59/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十九第一項 (Article 156-59, paragraph (1)), art-156-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59/par-1 - art-156-59/par-2/item-1: 第百五十六条の三十九第一項第五号から第七号まで → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十九第一項第五号 (Article 156-39, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-156-39/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-39/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-39/par-1/item-5 - art-156-59/par-2/item-1: 第百五十六条の三十九第一項第五号から第七号まで → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十九第一項第六号 (Article 156-39, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-156-39/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-39/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-39/par-1/item-6 - art-156-59/par-2/item-1: 第百五十六条の三十九第一項第五号から第七号まで → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十九第一項第七号 (Article 156-39, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-156-39/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-39/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-39/par-1/item-7 - art-156-59/par-2/item-1: 第百五十六条の四十四第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十四第四項 (Article 156-44, paragraph (4)), art-156-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-44/par-4 - art-156-59/par-2/item-1: 第五項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十四第五項 (Article 156-44, paragraph (5)), art-156-44/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-44/par-5 - art-156-59/par-2/item-1: この号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十九第二項第一号 (Article 156-59, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-156-59/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59/par-2/item-1 - art-156-59/par-2/item-2: 第百五十六条の四十二 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十二 (Article 156-42), art-156-42 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-42 - art-156-59/par-2/item-2: 第百五十六条の四十三 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十三 (Article 156-43), art-156-43 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-43 - art-156-59/par-2/item-2: 第百五十六条の四十六 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十六 (Article 156-46), art-156-46 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-46 - art-156-59/par-2/item-2: 第百五十六条の五十 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十 (Article 156-50), art-156-50 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-50 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十九第二項（業務改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十九第二項第一号（業務改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-59/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-59/par-2/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-17 --- ## 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