# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十六条の六十 (Article 66-60) - 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: 第六十六条の六十 (Article 66-60)（開始等の届出） — address `art-66-60` - 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-66-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条の六十（開始等の届出） — (Notification of the Start of Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66-60 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60 **第一項** 高速取引行為者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当することとなつたときは、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-66-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60/par-1 If a high-speed trader comes to fall under any of the following items, it must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 高速取引行為に係る業務を開始し、休止し、又は再開したとき。 art-66-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60/par-1/item-1 the high-speed trader starts, suspends, or resumes services related to high-speed trading; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 高速取引行為者である法人が、他の法人と合併したとき（当該高速取引行為者である法人が合併により消滅したときを除く。）、分割により他の法人の事業（高速取引行為に係るものに限る。以下この号及び次条第一項において同じ。）の全部若しくは一部を承継したとき、又は他の法人から事業の全部若しくは一部を譲り受けたとき。 art-66-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60/par-1/item-2 the high-speed trader is a corporation, and that corporation merges with another corporation (excluding if the high-speed trader is a corporation and that corporation disappears in the merger), succeeds to all or part of another corporation's business (limited to those concerning high-speed trading; hereinafter the same applies in this item and paragraph (1) of the following Article) in a company split, or acquires all or part of another corporation's business; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 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-66-60/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-60/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60/par-1/item-3 the high-speed trader files a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings, rehabilitation proceedings, or reorganization proceedings; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その他内閣府令で定める場合に該当するとき。 art-66-60/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-60/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60/par-1/item-4 the high-speed trader falls under any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-66-60/par-1/item-2: この号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の六十第一項第二号 (Article 66-60, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-66-60/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60/par-1/item-2 - art-66-60/par-1/item-2: 次条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の六十一第一項 (Article 66-61, paragraph (1)), art-66-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-61/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の六十第一項第二号（開始等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-60/par-1/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の七十第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-70/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