# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百八十五条の四 (Article 185-4) - 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: 第百八十五条の四 (Article 185-4)（学識経験者に対する鑑定命令） — address `art-185-4` - 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-185-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-4 - 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. --- ### 第百八十五条の四（学識経験者に対する鑑定命令） — (Order to Present an Expert Opinion Issued to a Person with Relevant Expertise) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-185-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-4 **第一項** 審判官は、被審人の申立てにより又は職権で、学識経験を有する者に鑑定を命ずることができる。 art-185-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-4/par-1 Trial examiners may order a person with relevant expertise to present an expert opinion, at the petition of the respondent or ex officio. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 審判官が鑑定人に出頭を求めて審問する場合においては、被審人も、その鑑定人に質問することができる。 art-185-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-4/par-2 If trial examiners order an expert to appear in order to conduct a hearing, the respondent may also ask questions to that expert. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 民事訴訟法第百九十一条、第百九十七条、第二百一条第一項及び第二百十二条の規定は、第一項の規定により鑑定人に鑑定を命ずる手続について準用する。 art-185-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-4/par-3 The provisions of Article 191, Article 197, Article 201, paragraph (1), and Article 212 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures for ordering an expert to present an expert opinion pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-185-4/par-3: 民事訴訟法第百九十一条 → 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-185-4/par-3: 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-185-4/par-3: 第二百一条第一項 → 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-185-4/par-3: 第二百十二条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百十二条 (Article 212), art-212 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-212 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-212 - art-185-4/par-3: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の四第一項 (Article 185-4, paragraph (1)), art-185-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-4/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の四第三項（学識経験者に対する鑑定命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-4/par-3 - 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 - 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の三第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-3/par-1/item-6 --- ## 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