# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二十七条の三十七 (Article 27-37) - 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: 第二十七条の三十七 (Article 27-37)（公表者等に対する報告の徴取及び検査） — address `art-27-37` - 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-27-37 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-37 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十七条の三十七（公表者等に対する報告の徴取及び検査） — (Collection of Reports and Inspection of a Discloser) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-37 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、重要情報を公表した者若しくは公表すべきであると認められる者若しくは参考人に対し参考となるべき報告若しくは資料の提出を命じ、又は当該職員をしてその者の帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-27-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-37/par-1 When the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister may order a person that has disclosed material information, a person that is found to be required to disclose material information, or a witness to submit reports or materials that should serve as a reference, and may have the relevant officials inspect that person's books, documents, and any other articles of theirs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による報告若しくは資料の提出の命令又は検査に関して必要があると認めるときは、公務所又は公私の団体に照会して必要な事項の報告を求めることができる。 art-27-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-37/par-2 If the Prime Minister finds it necessary with regard to an order for a report or submission of materials or the inspection under the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may make inquiries to public offices or public or private organizations and request a report on necessary particulars. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27-37/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二十七条の三十七第一項 (Article 27-37, paragraph (1)), art-27-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-37/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第二十七条の三十七第二項（公表者等に対する報告の徴取及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-37/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十条第一項（検査職員の証票携帯） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-190/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-190/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の七第三項（金融庁長官への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-7/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第二百五条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205/par-1/item-5 - 金融商品取引法 第二百五条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205/par-1/item-6 --- ## 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