# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百十一条の二 (Article 211-2) - 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: 第二百十一条の二 (Article 211-2)（通信事務を行う者に対する差押え） — address `art-211-2` - 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-211-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2 - 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. --- ### 第二百十一条の二（通信事務を行う者に対する差押え） — (Seizure from a Person That Handles Communications) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-211-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2 **第一項** 委員会職員は、犯則事件を調査するため必要があるときは、許可状の交付を受けて、犯則嫌疑者から発し、又は犯則嫌疑者に対して発した郵便物、信書便物若しくは電信についての書類で法令の規定に基づき通信事務を取り扱う者が保管し、又は所持するものを差し押さえることができる。 art-211-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2/par-1 If it is necessary for investigating a criminal case, a Commission official may seize a document concerning a postal item, correspondence item, or telegraphic communication sent by or addressed to a suspect in a criminal case, which, based on the provisions of laws and regulations, is stored by or in the possession of a person handling communications, by receiving delivery of a warrant. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 委員会職員は、前項の規定に該当しない郵便物、信書便物又は電信についての書類で法令の規定に基づき通信事務を取り扱う者が保管し、又は所持するものについては、犯則事件に関係があると認めるに足りる状況があるものに限り、許可状の交付を受けて、これを差し押さえることができる。 art-211-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2/par-2 A Commission official may seize a document concerning a postal item, correspondence item, or telegraphic communication not falling under the preceding paragraph, which, based on the provisions of laws and regulations, is stored by or in the possession of a person handling communications only if there are sufficient circumstances to suppose that the document is related to a criminal case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 委員会職員は、前二項の規定による処分をした場合においては、その旨を発信人又は受信人に通知しなければならない。ただし、通知することによつて犯則事件の調査が妨げられるおそれがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-211-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2/par-3 Upon making the disposition under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, Commission official must notify the sender or recipient to that effect; provided, however, that this does not apply if notifying the sender or recipient is likely to hinder the investigation of the criminal case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-211-2/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百十一条の二第一項 (Article 211-2, paragraph (1)), art-211-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2/par-1 - art-211-2/par-3: 前二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百十一条の二第一項 (Article 211-2, paragraph (1)), art-211-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2/par-1 - art-211-2/par-3: 前二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百十一条の二第二項 (Article 211-2, paragraph (2)), art-211-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第二百十一条の二第二項（通信事務を行う者に対する差押え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第二百十一条の二第三項（通信事務を行う者に対する差押え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-2/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第二百二十四条第二項（財務局等職員の犯則調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-224/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-224/par-2 --- ## 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