# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十六条の八十四 (Article 66-84)

- 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: 第六十六条の八十四 (Article 66-84)（業務改善命令） — address `art-66-84`
- 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-66-84
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-84
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### 第六十六条の八十四（業務改善命令） — Business Improvement Orders
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-66-84 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-84</sup>

  **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、投資運用関係業務受託業者の業務の運営又は財産の状況に関し、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該投資運用関係業務受託業者に対し、業務の方法の変更その他業務の運営又は財産の状況の改善に必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-66-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-84/par-1</sup>
  If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors concerning an investment management-related services contractor's operation of business or the state of its assets, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, order the investment management-related services contractor to take measures necessary for improving its business operations or the state of its assets, such as changing its business methods.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の八十九第二項（審問等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-89/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の八十九第三項（審問等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-89/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の九十二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-92/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-5

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T035921-011, translated 2026-10-23
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
