# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第三十一条の四 (Article 31-4) - 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: 第三十一条の四 (Article 31-4)（取締役等の就任等に係る届出） — address `art-31-4` - 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-31-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4 - 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. --- ### 第三十一条の四（取締役等の就任等に係る届出） — (Notification on Assumption of the Position of Director) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-31-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4 **第一項** 金融商品取引業者（第一種金融商品取引業又は投資運用業を行う者に限る。以下この項において同じ。）の取締役又は執行役は、他の会社の取締役、会計参与（会計参与が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき社員。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）、監査役若しくは執行役に就任した場合（他の会社の取締役、会計参与、監査役又は執行役が金融商品取引業者の取締役又は執行役を兼ねることとなつた場合を含む。）又は他の会社の取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役を退任した場合には、内閣府令で定めるところにより、遅滞なく、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-31-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-1 If the director or executive officer of a financial instruments business operator (limited to a person engaged in type-I financial instruments business or investment management business; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) assumes the position of director, accounting advisor (or, if the accounting advisor is a corporation, the position of a staff member that performs those duties; hereinafter the same applies in this and the following paragraphs), company auditor, or executive officer of another company (including if a director, accounting advisor, company auditor, or executive officer of another company is to concurrently hold the position of director or executive officer of the financial instruments business operator), or if that person resigns from the position of director, accounting advisor, company auditor, or executive officer of another company, that person must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 金融商品取引業者（第一種金融商品取引業以外の有価証券関連業を行う者に限る。）の取締役又は執行役は、当該金融商品取引業者の親銀行等若しくは子銀行等の取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役に就任した場合（当該親銀行等又は子銀行等の取締役、会計参与、監査役又は執行役が当該金融商品取引業者の取締役又は執行役を兼ねることとなつた場合を含む。）又は親銀行等若しくは子銀行等の取締役、会計参与、監査役若しくは執行役を退任した場合には、内閣府令で定めるところにより、遅滞なく、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-31-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-2 If the director or executive officer of a financial instruments business operator (limited to a person engaged in securities services other than type-I financial instruments business) assumes the position of director, accounting advisor, company auditor, or executive officer of the parent bank, etc. or subsidiary bank, etc. of the relevant financial instruments business operator (including if a director, accounting advisor, company auditor or executive officer of the parent bank, etc. or subsidiary bank, etc. comes to concurrently hold the position of director or executive officer of the financial instruments business operator), or if that person resigns from the position of director, accounting advisor, company auditor, or executive officer of the parent bank, etc. or subsidiary bank, etc., that person must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の「親銀行等」とは、金融商品取引業者の総株主等の議決権の過半数を保有していることその他の当該金融商品取引業者と密接な関係を有する法人その他の団体として政令で定める要件に該当する者（第三十三条の三第二項第三号及び第四十四条の三において「親法人等」という。）のうち、銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関に該当するものをいう。 art-31-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-3 The term "parent bank, etc." as used in the preceding paragraph means a bank or cooperative financial institution, or a person that falls under any other category of financial institution specified by Cabinet Order, which Cabinet Order specifies as satisfying the requirement of being a corporation or other organization that holds the majority of the voting rights held by all the shareholders, etc. in a financial instruments business operator, or of being a corporation or other organization which is otherwise closely related to such a financial instruments business operator (such a corporation or other organization is referred to as a "parent corporation, etc." in Article 33-3, paragraph (2), item (iii) and Article 44-3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の「子銀行等」とは、金融商品取引業者が総株主等の議決権の過半数を保有していることその他の当該金融商品取引業者と密接な関係を有する法人その他の団体として政令で定める要件に該当する者（第三十三条の三第二項第三号及び第四十四条の三において「子法人等」という。）のうち、銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関に該当するものをいう。 art-31-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-4 The term "subsidiary bank, etc." as used in paragraph (2) means a bank or cooperative financial institution, or an entity that falls under a financial institution specified by Cabinet Order, which Cabinet Order specifies as satisfying the requirement of being a corporation or other organization in which a financial instruments business operator holds the majority of the voting rights held by all the shareholders, etc., or other corporations or organizations which are closely related to the financial instruments business operator (the corporation or other organization is referred to as a "subsidiary corporation, etc." in Article 33-3, paragraph (2), item (iii) and Article 44-3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項に規定する総株主等の議決権の過半数の保有の判定に関し必要な事項は、その保有の態様その他の事情を勘案して、内閣府令で定める。 art-31-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-5 The necessary particulars for the determination of whether the majority of the voting rights are held by all the shareholders, etc. as prescribed in paragraph (3) are specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the manner in which they are held and other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-31-4/par-1: この項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第一項 (Article 31-4, paragraph (1)), art-31-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-1 - art-31-4/par-1: 次項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第二項 (Article 31-4, paragraph (2)), art-31-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-2 - art-31-4/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第二項 (Article 31-4, paragraph (2)), art-31-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-2 - art-31-4/par-3: 第三十三条の三第二項第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第三十三条の三第二項第三号 (Article 33-3, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-33-3/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-33-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-33-3/par-2/item-3 - art-31-4/par-3: 第四十四条の三 → 金融商品取引法 第四十四条の三 (Article 44-3), art-44-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-44-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-44-3 - art-31-4/par-4: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第二項 (Article 31-4, paragraph (2)), art-31-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-2 - art-31-4/par-4: 第三十三条の三第二項第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第三十三条の三第二項第三号 (Article 33-3, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-33-3/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-33-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-33-3/par-2/item-3 - art-31-4/par-4: 第四十四条の三 → 金融商品取引法 第四十四条の三 (Article 44-3), art-44-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-44-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-44-3 - art-31-4/par-5: 第三項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第三項 (Article 31-4, paragraph (3)), art-31-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-3 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第一項（取締役等の就任等に係る届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第三項（取締役等の就任等に係る届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第四項（取締役等の就任等に係る届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の四第五項（取締役等の就任等に係る届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-4/par-5 - 金融商品取引法 第五十六条の二第四項（報告の徴取及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-56-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-56-2/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第六十五条の四第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-65-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-65-4/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-4 - 金融商品取引法 附則第二十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-28/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第二十八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-28/par-4 --- ## 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