# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十六条の三十 (Article 66-30) - 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: 第六十六条の三十 (Article 66-30)（登録の拒否） — address `art-66-30` - 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-66-30 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条の三十（登録の拒否） — (Refusal of Registration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は登録申請書若しくはこれに添付すべき書類若しくは電磁的記録のうちに虚偽の記載若しくは記録があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載若しくは記録が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。 art-66-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1 The Prime Minister must refuse to effect a registration if an applicant for registration falls under any of the following items, if the written application for registration or a document or electronic or magnetic record that is required to accompany it contains a false statement or record, or if it omits a statement or record of a material fact: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 法人でない者 art-66-30/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-1 a person other than a corporation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第二十九条の四第一項第一号イからハまでのいずれかに該当する法人 art-66-30/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-2 a corporation that falls under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) through (c); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 役員のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある法人 art-66-30/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-3 a corporation that has a person falling under any of the following persons as an officer; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 心身の故障により信用格付業に係る業務を適正に行うことができない者として内閣府令で定める者 art-66-30/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-3/sub-1 a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as being unable to properly perform business related to credit rating services due to a mental or physical disorder; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 第二十九条の四第一項第二号ロからリまでのいずれかに該当する者 art-66-30/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-3/sub-2 a person falling under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b) through (i); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 他に行つている事業が公益に反すると認められる法人 art-66-30/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-4 a corporation whose other business is found to be contrary to the public interest; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 信用格付業を公正かつ的確に遂行するための必要な体制が整備されていると認められない法人 art-66-30/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-5 a corporation that is found not to have in place the necessary system for fairly and appropriately performing credit rating services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項に定めるもののほか、登録申請者が外国法人である場合には、国内に営業所又は事務所を有しないときはその登録を拒否しなければならない。ただし、当該登録申請者が信用格付業の業務に相当すると認められる業務を行う者に対する監督を行う外国の行政機関その他これに準ずるものの適切な監督を受けると認められる場合として内閣府令で定める場合又はこの項本文の規定により登録を拒否することが条約その他の国際約束の誠実な履行を妨げることとなる場合は、この限りでない。 art-66-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-2 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must refuse a registration if the applicant for registration is a foreign corporation and has no business office or office in Japan; provided, however, that this does not apply in cases specified by Cabinet Office Order as those in which the applicant for registration is found to be under appropriate supervision by a foreign administrative organization that supervises persons conducting business that is found to be equivalent to credit rating services, or by any other organization equivalent to such an organization, and does not apply to a case in which refusal to effect a registration pursuant to the main clause of this paragraph would preclude the sincere implementation of a treaty or other international agreement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-66-30/par-1/item-2: 第二十九条の四第一項第一号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の四第一項第一号 (Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-29-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-4/par-1/item-1 - art-66-30/par-1/item-3/sub-2: 第二十九条の四第一項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の四第一項第二号 (Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-29-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-4/par-1/item-2 - art-66-30/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十第一項 (Article 66-30, paragraph (1)), art-66-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1 - art-66-30/par-2: この項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十第二項 (Article 66-30, paragraph (2)), art-66-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十八第二項第一号（登録の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十九第一項（登録簿への登録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-29/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十第二項（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十二第一項第一号（監督上の処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十二第一項第二号（監督上の処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十二第二項（監督上の処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十九第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-49/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