# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第四十九条の五 (Article 49-5)

- 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: 第四十九条の五 (Article 49-5)（資産の国内保有） — address `art-49-5`
- 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-49-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-49-5
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### 第四十九条の五（資産の国内保有） — (Retention of Assets Within Japan)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-49-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-49-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-49-5</sup>

    **第一項**  金融商品取引業者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、金融商品取引責任準備金の額、損失準備金の額及びその全ての営業所又は事務所の計算に属する負債のうち政令で定めるものの額を合計した金額に相当する資産を、国内において保有しなければならない。
    <sup>art-49-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-49-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-49-5/par-1</sup>
    Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a financial instruments business operator must retain assets equivalent to the sum total of the amounts of its financial instruments transaction liability reserves, reserves for loss, and the amount of liability on the accounts of all business offices and offices as specified by Cabinet Order, in Japan.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第四十九条の四第一項（損失準備金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-49-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-49-4/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 第五十六条の三第一項（資産の国内保有） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-56-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-56-3/par-1
- 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八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-8

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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
