# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百八十五条 (Article 185)

- 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
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- Provision: 第百八十五条 (Article 185)（参考人に対する審問） — address `art-185`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第百八十五条（参考人に対する審問） — (Hearing of a Witness)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185</sup>

  **第一項**  審判官は、被審人の申立てにより又は職権で、参考人に出頭を求めて審問することができる。この場合においては、被審人も、その参考人に質問することができる。
  <sup>art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185/par-1</sup>
  A trial examiner may order a witness to appear and conduct a hearing of the witness, at the petition of the respondent or ex officio. In such a case, the respondent may also question the witness.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A trial examiner may order a witness to appear and conduct an hearing of the witness, at the petition of the respondent or ex officio. In such a case, the respondent may also question the witness." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第百九十条、第百九十一条、第百九十六条、第百九十七条及び第二百一条第一項から第四項までの規定は、前項の規定により参考人を審問する手続について準用する。
  <sup>art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 190, Article 191, Article 196, Article 197, and Article 201, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures of a hearing of a witness pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-185/par-2: 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第百九十条 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十条 (Article 190), art-190 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-190 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-190
- art-185/par-2: 第百九十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十一条 (Article 191), art-191 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-191 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-191
- art-185/par-2: 第百九十六条 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十六条 (Article 196), art-196 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-196 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-196
- art-185/par-2: 第百九十七条 → 民事訴訟法 第百九十七条 (Article 197), art-197 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-197 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-197
- art-185/par-2: 第二百一条第一項から第四項まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百一条第一項 (Article 201, paragraph (1)), art-201/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-201/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-201/par-1
- art-185/par-2: 第二百一条第一項から第四項まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百一条第二項 (Article 201, paragraph (2)), art-201/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-201/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-201/par-2
- art-185/par-2: 第二百一条第一項から第四項まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百一条第三項 (Article 201, paragraph (3)), art-201/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-201/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-201/par-3
- art-185/par-2: 第二百一条第一項から第四項まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百一条第四項 (Article 201, paragraph (4)), art-201/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-201/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-201/par-4
- art-185/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条第一項 (Article 185, paragraph (1)), art-185/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条第二項（参考人に対する審問） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の十九第一項（参考人等の旅費等の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-19/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二百条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-200-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-200-3/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の三第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-3/par-1/item-3
- 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の三第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-3/par-1/item-4

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-23
- 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 (金融商品取引法), Article 185, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), 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