# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の三十七 (Article 79-37) - 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: 第七十九条の三十七 (Article 79-37)（役員の選任、任期及び解任） — address `art-79-37` - 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-79-37 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37 - 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. --- ### 第七十九条の三十七（役員の選任、任期及び解任） — (Appointment, Term of Office, and Dismissal of Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-79-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37 **第一項** 役員は、定款の定めるところにより、総会において選任し、又は解任する。ただし、設立当時の役員は、創立総会において選任する。 art-79-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37/par-1 Officers are appointed and dismissed at a general meeting pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation; provided, however, that the officers at the time of incorporation are appointed at an organizational meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による基金の役員の選任（設立当時の役員の選任を除く。）及び解任は、内閣総理大臣及び財務大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-79-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37/par-2 The appointment (excluding the appointment of the officers at the time of incorporation) or dismissal of the officer of a fund under the provisions of the preceding paragraph does not become effective without the authorization of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 役員の任期は、二年以内において定款の定める期間とする。 art-79-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37/par-3 The term of office of an officer is a period specified by the articles of incorporation not exceeding two years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 役員は、再任されることができる。 art-79-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37/par-4 Officers may be reappointed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 内閣総理大臣及び財務大臣は、不正の手段により役員となつた者のあることが判明したとき、又は役員が法令、法令に基づく行政官庁の処分若しくは定款に違反したときは、基金に対し、当該役員の解任を命ずることができる。 art-79-37/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-37/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37/par-5 If an officer is discovered to have become an officer by wrongful means or if an officer violates a law or regulation, a disposition by a government agency which is based on a law or regulation, or the articles of incorporation, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance may order the fund to dismiss that officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-79-37/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の三十七第一項 (Article 79-37, paragraph (1)), art-79-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の三十七第二項（役員の選任、任期及び解任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-37/par-2 - 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 - 金融商品取引法 附則第九十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-90/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第九十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-92/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