# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百三条の二 (Article 203-2)

- 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: 第二百三条の二 (Article 203-2) — address `art-203-2`
- 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-203-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-203-2
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### 第二百三条の二
<sup>art-203-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-203-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-203-2</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項の罪は、日本国外において同項の罪を犯した者にも適用する。
<sup>art-203-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-203-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-203-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions regarding the crimes referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article also apply to a person that commits a crime referred to in that paragraph outside Japan.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前条第三項の罪は、刑法第二条の例に従う。
<sup>art-203-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-203-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-203-2/par-2</sup>
A crime referred to in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article is governed by the provisions of Article 2 of the Penal Code.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-203-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百三条第一項 (Article 203, paragraph (1)), art-203/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-203/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-203/par-1
- art-203-2/par-2: 前条第三項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百三条第三項 (Article 203, paragraph (3)), art-203/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-203/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-203/par-3
- art-203-2/par-2: 刑法第二条 → 刑法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-2

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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