# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百八十五条の十一 (Article 185-11) - 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: 第百八十五条の十一 (Article 185-11)（公示送達） — address `art-185-11` - 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-185-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11 - 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. --- ### 第百八十五条の十一（公示送達） — (Service by Publication) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-185-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣又は審判官は、次に掲げる場合には、公示送達をすることができる。 art-185-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-1 The Prime Minister or a trial examiner may make service by publication in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 送達を受けるべき者の住所、居所その他送達をすべき場所が知れない場合 art-185-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-1/item-1 the domicile or residence of the person to be served, or the place where to serve is unknown; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条において準用する民事訴訟法第百七条第一項の規定により送達をすることができない場合 art-185-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-1/item-2 it is not possible to make the service pursuant the provisions of Article 107, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 外国においてすべき送達について、前条において準用する民事訴訟法第百八条の規定によることができず、又はこれによつても送達をすることができないと認めるべき場合 art-185-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-1/item-3 with regard to service that must be made in a foreign country, it is not possible to make the service through the means prescribed in Article 108 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article, or in a case that is found not possible to make the service even through those means; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前条において準用する民事訴訟法第百八条の規定により外国の管轄官庁に嘱託を発した後六月を経過してもその送達を証する書面の送付がない場合 art-185-11/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-1/item-4 even after six months have elapsed since the competent government agency of a foreign country is issued a request to make the service pursuant to the provisions of Article 108 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article, a document certifying that the agency has made the service have not been sent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公示送達は、送達すべき書類を送達を受けるべき者にいつでも交付すべき旨を金融庁の掲示場に掲示することにより行う。 art-185-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-2 Service by publication is made by a posting made on the notice board of the Financial Services Agency indicating that the documents that are required to be served will be delivered to the person that is to be served with them at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 公示送達は、前項の規定による掲示を始めた日から二週間を経過することによつて、その効力を生ずる。 art-185-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-3 Service by publication becomes effective after two weeks have elapsed from the day on which the posting under the provisions of the preceding paragraph was made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 外国においてすべき送達についてした公示送達にあつては、前項の期間は、六週間とする。 art-185-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-4 For service by publication in respect of service that must be made in a foreign country, the period referred to in the preceding paragraph is six weeks. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-185-11/par-1/item-2: 前条 → 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の十 (Article 185-10), art-185-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-10 - art-185-11/par-1/item-2: 民事訴訟法第百七条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項 (Article 107, paragraph (1)), art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-1 - art-185-11/par-1/item-3: 前条 → 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の十 (Article 185-10), art-185-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-10 - art-185-11/par-1/item-3: 民事訴訟法第百八条 → 民事訴訟法 第百八条 (Article 108), art-108 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-108 - art-185-11/par-1/item-4: 前条 → 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の十 (Article 185-10), art-185-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-10 - art-185-11/par-1/item-4: 民事訴訟法第百八条 → 民事訴訟法 第百八条 (Article 108), art-108 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-108 - art-185-11/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の十一第二項 (Article 185-11, paragraph (2)), art-185-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-2 - art-185-11/par-4: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の十一第三項 (Article 185-11, paragraph (3)), art-185-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の十一第三項（公示送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の十一第四項（公示送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-11/par-4 --- ## 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