# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百十九条 (Article 219)

- 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: 第二百十九条 (Article 219)（調書の作成） — address `art-219`
- 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-219
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-219
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### 第二百十九条（調書の作成） — (Preparation of a Record)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-219 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-219 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-219</sup>

**第一項**  委員会職員は、この章の規定により質問をしたときは、その調書を作成し、質問を受けた者に閲覧させ、又は読み聞かせて、誤りがないかどうかを問い、質問を受けた者が増減変更の申立てをしたときは、その陳述を調書に記載し、質問を受けた者とともにこれに署名押印しなければならない。ただし、質問を受けた者が署名押印せず、又は署名押印することができないときは、その旨を付記すれば足りる。
<sup>art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-219/par-1</sup>
Upon carrying out questioning pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, a Commission official must prepare a record of the questioning, have the person the official questioned inspect the record, or read it aloud to the person, ask the person whether it contains any errors, and if the person makes a proposal for an addition to, deletion from, or alteration of the record, enter the person's statement in the record, and sign and seal it, as well as have the person sign and seal it; provided, however, that if the person that was questioned will not or cannot sign and seal the record, it is sufficient to append a note of this.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  委員会職員は、この章の規定により検査又は領置をしたときは、その調書を作成し、これに署名押印しなければならない。
<sup>art-219/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-219/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-219/par-2</sup>
Upon carrying out an examination or retention pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, a Commission official must prepare a record of this, and sign and seal the record.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  委員会職員は、この章の規定により臨検、捜索、差押え又は記録命令付差押えをしたときは、その調書を作成し、立会人に示し、立会人とともにこれに署名押印しなければならない。ただし、立会人が署名押印せず、又は署名押印することができないときは、その旨を付記すれば足りる。
<sup>art-219/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-219/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-219/par-3</sup>
Upon carrying out inspection, search, seizure, or seizure with a recording order pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, a Commission official must prepare a record of this, show the record to a person that was present, and sign and seal it, as well as have that person sign and seal it; provided, however, that if the person that was present will not or cannot sign and seal the record, it is sufficient to append a note of this.
<sup>machine translation, not official</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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T033157-027, translated 2026-10-23
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
