# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百二十六条 (Article 226)

- 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: 第二百二十六条 (Article 226)（委員会の告発等） — address `art-226`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二百二十六条（委員会の告発等） — (Accusation by the Commission)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-226 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226</sup>

**第一項**  委員会は、犯則事件の調査により犯則の心証を得たときは、告発し、領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件があるときは、これを領置目録、差押目録又は記録命令付差押目録とともに引き継がなければならない。
<sup>art-226/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226/par-1</sup>
If the Commission is convinced that a criminal offense has taken place based on the investigation of a criminal case, it must file an accusation and if there are any retained objects, seized objects, or objects seized with an order to produce a copy of records, it must hand over the objects together with the retention inventory, seizure inventory, or inventory of seizure with an order to produce a copy of records.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件が第二百二十一条の規定による保管に係るものである場合においては、同条の保管証をもつて引き継ぐとともに、その旨を同条の保管者に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-226/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226/par-2</sup>
If a retained object, seized object, or object seized with an order to produce a copy of records referred to in the preceding paragraph is related to the storage under the provisions of Article 221, the Commission must use the storage certificate referred to in that Article to keep it in custody, as well as notify the keeper referred to in that Article to that effect.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  前二項の規定により領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件が引き継がれたときは、当該物件は、刑事訴訟法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号）の規定によつて押収されたものとみなす。
<sup>art-226/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226/par-3</sup>
If a retained object, seized object, or object seized with an order to produce a copy of records is handed over pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the object is deemed to have been seized pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-226/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十六条第一項 (Article 226, paragraph (1)), art-226/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226/par-1
- art-226/par-2: 第二百二十一条 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十一条 (Article 221), art-221 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-221 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-221
- art-226/par-3: 前二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十六条第一項 (Article 226, paragraph (1)), art-226/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226/par-1
- art-226/par-3: 前二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十六条第二項 (Article 226, paragraph (2)), art-226/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 金融商品取引法 第二百二十六条第二項（委員会の告発等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第二百二十六条第三項（委員会の告発等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-226/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-226/par-3

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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
