# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第五十七条の十八 (Article 57-18) - 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: 第五十七条の十八 (Article 57-18)（届出等） — address `art-57-18` - 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-57-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18 - 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. --- ### 第五十七条の十八（届出等） — (Notifications) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-57-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18 **第一項** 指定親会社は、次の各号のいずれかに該当することとなつたときは、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-57-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-1 If a designated parent company comes to fall under any of the following items, it 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 **一** 他の法人と合併したとき（当該指定親会社が合併により消滅したときを除く。）。 art-57-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-1/item-1 it merges with another corporation (unless the designated parent company disappears in the merger); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 破産手続開始、再生手続開始又は更生手続開始の申立てを行つたとき。 art-57-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-1/item-2 it files a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings, rehabilitation proceedings, or reorganization proceedings; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その他内閣府令で定める場合に該当するとき。 art-57-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-1/item-3 it falls under any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定親会社が次の各号のいずれかに該当することとなつたときは、当該各号に定める者は、その日から三十日以内に、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-57-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-2 If a designated parent company comes to fall under any of the following items, the person specified in that item must notify the Prime Minister of this within 30 days from the day in question: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 対象特別金融商品取引業者の親会社でなくなつたとき　当該指定親会社であつた会社 art-57-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-2/item-1 it comes to no longer be the parent company of the subject special financial instruments business operator:the company that used to be the designated parent company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 合併により消滅したとき　当該指定親会社を代表する役員であつた者 art-57-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-2/item-2 it disappears in a merger:the officer that represented the designated parent company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 破産手続開始の決定により解散したとき　その破産管財人 art-57-18/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-2/item-3 it dissolves as a result of an order to commence bankruptcy proceedings:the bankruptcy trustee; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 合併及び破産手続開始の決定以外の理由により解散したとき　その清算人 art-57-18/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-2/item-4 it dissolves for reasons other than a merger or an order to commence bankruptcy proceedings:the liquidator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 指定親会社が前項各号のいずれかに該当することとなつたときは、第五十七条の十二第一項の規定による指定は、その効力を失う。 art-57-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-3 If a designated parent company comes to fall under any of the items of the preceding paragraph, the designation under the provisions of Article 57-12, paragraph (1) ceases to be effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 内閣総理大臣は、第二項の規定による届出があつたときは、前項の規定により指定が効力を失つた旨を官報で公示しなければならない。 art-57-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-4 If there has been a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2), the Prime Minister must issue public notice that the designation has lost its validity pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph in the Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-57-18/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十八第二項 (Article 57-18, paragraph (2)), art-57-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-2 - art-57-18/par-3: 第五十七条の十二第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第一項 (Article 57-12, paragraph (1)), art-57-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-1 - art-57-18/par-4: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十八第二項 (Article 57-18, paragraph (2)), art-57-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-2 - art-57-18/par-4: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十八第三項 (Article 57-18, paragraph (3)), art-57-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十八第三項（届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十八第四項（届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/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 第百九十四条の四第二項第一号の二（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-4/par-2/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-4/par-2/item-1-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-8 - 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の二の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-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