# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百九十六条の二 (Article 196-2)

- 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: 第百九十六条の二 (Article 196-2)（経過措置） — address `art-196-2`
- 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-196-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-196-2
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### 第百九十六条の二（経過措置） — (Transitional Measures)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-196-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-196-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-196-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の規定に基づき命令を制定し、又は改廃する場合においては、その命令で、その制定又は改廃に伴い合理的に必要と判断される範囲内において、所要の経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）を定めることができる。
<sup>art-196-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-196-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-196-2/par-1</sup>
If an order is enacted, amended, or repealed based on the provisions of this Act, any required transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provisions) may be prescribed by that order, to the extent that is considered to be reasonably necessary for the enactment, amendment, or repeal of that order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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