# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百八十七条 (Article 187) - 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: 第百八十七条 (Article 187)（審問等に関する調査のための処分） — address `art-187` - 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-187 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187 - 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. --- ### 第百八十七条（審問等に関する調査のための処分） — (Dispositions for Investigations Involving Hearings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-187 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣又は内閣総理大臣及び財務大臣は、この法律の規定による審問、この法律の規定による処分に係る聴聞又は第百九十二条の規定による申立てについて、必要な調査をするため、当該職員に、次に掲げる処分をさせることができる。 art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187/par-1 The Prime Minister or the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance may have the relevant officials render the following dispositions for the purpose of conducting the investigations necessary for a hearing under the provisions of this Act, a hearing involving a disposition under the provisions of this Act, or a petition under the provisions of Article 192: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 関係人若しくは参考人に出頭を命じて意見を聴取し、又はこれらの者から意見書若しくは報告書を提出させること。 art-187/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187/par-1/item-1 ordering a person concerned or a witness to appear and hear that person's opinion, or having the person submit a written opinion or a written report; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 鑑定人に出頭を命じて鑑定させること。 art-187/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187/par-1/item-2 ordering an expert to appear and have the expert present an expert opinion; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 関係人に対し帳簿書類その他の物件の提出を命じ、又は提出物件を留めて置くこと。 art-187/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187/par-1/item-3 ordering a person concerned to submit books, documents, and any other articles, or retaining submitted articles; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 関係人の業務若しくは財産の状況又は帳簿書類その他の物件を検査すること。 art-187/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187/par-1/item-4 inspecting the state of the business or assets, or the books, documents, and any other articles, of a person concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣又は内閣総理大臣及び財務大臣は、前項の規定による調査について、公務所又は公私の団体に照会して必要な事項の報告を求めることができる。 art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187/par-2 The Prime Minister or the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance may make inquiries to public offices or public or private organizations and request them to report necessary particulars with regard to the investigation under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-187/par-1: 第百九十二条 → 金融商品取引法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-192 - art-187/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百八十七条第二項（審問等に関する調査のための処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-187/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-187/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十条第一項（検査職員の証票携帯） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-190/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-190/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十一条第一項（参考人又は鑑定人の費用請求権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-191/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の七第四項第一号（金融庁長官への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-7/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-7/par-4/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-11 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十七号の五 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-17-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-17-5 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十七号の六 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-17-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-17-6 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十七号の七 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-17-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-17-7 --- ## 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