# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十条の十二 (Article 60-12) - 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: 第六十条の十二 (Article 60-12)（裁判所の調査依頼） — address `art-60-12` - 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-60-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12 - 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. --- ### 第六十条の十二（裁判所の調査依頼） — (The Court's Request for an Investigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-60-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12 **第一項** 裁判所は、取引所取引許可業者（第六十条の十の規定により第六十条第一項の許可を受けているものとみなされる者を含む。）の国内における清算手続、破産手続、再生手続、更生手続又は承認援助手続において、内閣総理大臣に対し、意見を求め、又は検査若しくは調査を依頼することができる。 art-60-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12/par-1 In liquidation proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings, rehabilitation proceedings, reorganization proceedings, or recognition and assistance proceedings in Japan for an authorized firm for on-exchange transactions (including one that is deemed to have been granted the permission referred to in Article 60, paragraph (1), as prescribed in Article 60-10), the court may request the opinion of, or an inspection or investigation by, the Prime Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項に規定する手続において、必要があると認めるときは、裁判所に対し、意見を述べることができる。 art-60-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12/par-2 If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary, the Prime Minister may state an opinion to the court during the proceedings prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条の規定は、第一項の規定により内閣総理大臣が裁判所から検査又は調査の依頼を受けた場合について準用する。 art-60-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12/par-3 The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if the Prime Minister receives an inspection or investigation request from the court pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-60-12/par-1: 第六十条の十 → 金融商品取引法 第六十条の十 (Article 60-10), art-60-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-10 - art-60-12/par-1: 第六十条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60/par-1 - art-60-12/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十条の十二第一項 (Article 60-12, paragraph (1)), art-60-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12/par-1 - art-60-12/par-3: 前条 → 金融商品取引法 第六十条の十一 (Article 60-11), art-60-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-11 - art-60-12/par-3: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十条の十二第一項 (Article 60-12, paragraph (1)), art-60-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第六十条の十二第二項（裁判所の調査依頼） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第六十条の十二第三項（裁判所の調査依頼） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-12/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第六十条の十四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-14/par-2 - 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 第百九十条第一項（検査職員の証票携帯） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-190/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-190/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の七第三項（金融庁長官への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-7/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-12 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-13 --- ## 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