# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百十二条 (Article 212)

- 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: 第二百十二条 (Article 212)（臨検、捜索又は差押え等の夜間執行の制限） — address `art-212`
- 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-212
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-212
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### 第二百十二条（臨検、捜索又は差押え等の夜間執行の制限） — (Restriction on the Execution of Inspection, Search, or Seizure at Night)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-212 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-212 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-212</sup>

**第一項**  臨検、捜索、差押え又は記録命令付差押えは、許可状に夜間でも執行することができる旨の記載がなければ、日没から日の出までの間には、してはならない。
<sup>art-212/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-212/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-212/par-1</sup>
It is prohibited for an inspection, a search, a seizure, or a seizure with an order to produce a copy of records to be made during the period between sunset and sunrise unless the warrant indicates that this may be executed at night.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  日没前に開始した臨検、捜索、差押え又は記録命令付差押えは、必要があると認めるときは、日没後まで継続することができる。
<sup>art-212/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-212/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-212/par-2</sup>
An inspection, a search, a seizure, or a seizure with an order to produce a copy of records that was initiated before sunset may be continued after sunset, if this is found to be necessary.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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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