# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

- 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（定義） — address `art-58`
- 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-58
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-58
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### 第五十八条（定義） — (Definitions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-58</sup>

    **第一項**  この節において「外国証券業者」とは、金融商品取引業者及び銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関以外の者で、外国の法令に準拠し、外国において有価証券関連業を行う者をいう。
    <sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-58/par-1</sup>
    The term "foreign securities services provider" as used in this Section means a person other than a financial instruments business operator, bank, cooperative financial institution, or financial institution specified by Cabinet Order, which is governed by foreign laws and regulations, and which engages in securities services in a foreign country.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 租税特別措置法 第三十七条の十二の二第二項第九号（上場株式等に係る譲渡損失の損益通算及び繰越控除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/art-37-12-2/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/art-37-12-2/par-2/item-9
- 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

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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
