# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十六条の三十一 (Article 66-31) - 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: 第六十六条の三十一 (Article 66-31)（変更の届出） — address `art-66-31` - 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-66-31 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十六条の三十一（変更の届出） — (Notification of a Change) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31 **第一項** 信用格付業者は、第六十六条の二十八第一項各号に掲げる事項について変更があつたときは、その日から二週間以内に、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-66-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31/par-1 If any particular set forth in the items of Article 66-28, paragraph (1) changes, the credit rating agency must notify the Prime Minister of this within two weeks from the day of the change. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による届出を受理したときは、届出があつた事項を信用格付業者登録簿に登録しなければならない。 art-66-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31/par-2 Upon accepting a notification under the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must register the particulars given in the notification in a credit rating agencies register. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 信用格付業者は、第六十六条の二十八第二項第二号に掲げる書類に記載した事項について変更があつたときは、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-66-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31/par-3 If a particular stated in a document set forth in Article 66-28, paragraph (2), item (ii) changes, the credit rating agency 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 --- ## Cites - art-66-31/par-1: 第六十六条の二十八第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十八第一項 (Article 66-28, paragraph (1)), art-66-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-1 - art-66-31/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十一第一項 (Article 66-31, paragraph (1)), art-66-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31/par-1 - art-66-31/par-3: 第六十六条の二十八第二項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十八第二項第二号 (Article 66-28, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-66-28/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十一第二項（変更の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31/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 - 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