# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の二十二 (Article 79-22)

- 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: 第七十九条の二十二 (Article 79-22)（法人格及び住所） — address `art-79-22`
- 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-79-22
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-22
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### 第七十九条の二十二（法人格及び住所） — (Legal Personality and Address)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-79-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-22</sup>

  **第一項**  基金は、法人とする。
  <sup>art-79-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-22/par-1</sup>
  A fund has legal personality.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  基金の住所は、その主たる事務所の所在地にあるものとする。
  <sup>art-79-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-22/par-2</sup>
  The address of a fund is the address at which its principal office is located.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22