# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2) - 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: 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2) — address `art-38-2` - 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-38-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-38-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十八条の二 art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-38-2 **第一項** 金融商品取引業者等は、その行う投資助言・代理業又は投資運用業に関して、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。 art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-38-2/par-1 A financial instruments business operator, etc. must not engage in any of the following acts in connection with the investment advisory and agency business or investment management business it conducts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 投資顧問契約、投資一任契約若しくは第二条第八項第十二号イに掲げる契約の締結又は解約に関し、偽計を用い、又は暴行若しくは脅迫をする行為 art-38-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-38-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-38-2/par-1/item-1 using fraudulent means, committing assault, or using intimidation in connection with the conclusion or cancellation of an investment advisory contract, discretionary investment contract, or contract specified in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xii), (b); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 顧客を勧誘するに際し、顧客に対して、損失の全部又は一部を補てんする旨を約束する行為 art-38-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-38-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-38-2/par-1/item-2 promising a customer, at the time of solicitation, that any loss that may arise will be compensated in whole or in part. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38-2/par-1/item-1: 第二条第八項第十二号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第八項第十二号 (Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xii)), art-2/par-8/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-8/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-8/item-12 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十二条の十七第一項（金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-62-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-62-17/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第五十条の二第四項（廃業等の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50-2/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 第六十六条の十五第一項（損失補塡等の禁止等に関する金融商品取引業者等に係る規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-15/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十七条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-197-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-197-3/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-3/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第三条の三第四項（移行期間特例業務に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-3231-25/art-3-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-3231-25/art-3-3/par-4 - 銀行法 第十三条の四第一項（金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-13-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-13-4/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二の五第一項（外国銀行代理銀行についての金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-5/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の四十五の二第一項（銀行代理業者についての金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-45-2/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の十七第一項（金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-60-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-17/par-1 --- ## 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