# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の六十 (Article 79-60)

- 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: 第七十九条の六十 (Article 79-60)（一般顧客の債権の保全） — address `art-79-60`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第七十九条の六十（一般顧客の債権の保全） — (Preservation of the Claims of General Customers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-79-60 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60</sup>

  **第一項**  基金は、金融機関等の更生手続の特例等に関する法律の規定による行為を行うほか、一般顧客が通知金融商品取引業者に対して有する債権（当該一般顧客の顧客資産に係るものに限る。）の実現を保全するために必要があると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該一般顧客のため、当該債権の実現を保全するために必要な一切の裁判上又は裁判外の行為を行う権限を有する。
  <sup>art-79-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-1</sup>
  In addition to performing the acts under the provisions of the Act on Special Measures for the Reorganization Proceedings of Financial Institutions, if a fund finds it to be necessary in order to preserve the fulfillment of a claim that a general customer has against a financial instruments business operator that is the subject of a notice (limited to a claim involving the customer assets of that general customer), the fund has, to the extent necessary, the authority to perform any and all judicial and non-judicial acts that are necessary for preserving the fulfillment of that claim on behalf of that general customer.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  基金は、一般顧客のために、公平かつ誠実に前項の行為をしなければならない。
  <sup>art-79-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-2</sup>
  A fund must be sincere and fair in its performance of the acts referred to in the preceding paragraph on behalf of a general customer.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  基金は、一般顧客に対し、善良な管理者の注意をもつて第一項の行為をしなければならない。
  <sup>art-79-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-3</sup>
  A fund must perform the acts set forth in paragraph (1) for general customers with the due care of a prudent manager.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  基金は、第一項の規定により裁判上の行為をする場合には、当該行為により代理する一般顧客に対し、あらかじめ当該行為の内容を通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-79-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-4</sup>
  Before performing a judicial pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a fund must notify the general customer that the fund represents in that act, of the content of the act.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  前項の規定による通知を受けた一般顧客は、基金に対して基金の代理権を消滅させる旨を通知することにより当該代理権を消滅させて、自ら当該通知に係る裁判上の行為をすることができる。
  <sup>art-79-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-5</sup>
  A general customer that has received the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may independently perform any judicial act to which that notice pertains by extinguishing the authority of representation of the fund by notifying the fund that the general customer extinguishes the authority of representation.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-79-60/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の六十第一項 (Article 79-60, paragraph (1)), art-79-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-1
- art-79-60/par-3: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の六十第一項 (Article 79-60, paragraph (1)), art-79-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-1
- art-79-60/par-4: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の六十第一項 (Article 79-60, paragraph (1)), art-79-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-1
- art-79-60/par-5: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の六十第四項 (Article 79-60, paragraph (4)), art-79-60/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-4

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の二十八第二項（脱退等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-28/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十九第一項第三号（業務の範囲等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-49/par-1/item-3
- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の六十第二項（一般顧客の債権の保全） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の六十第三項（一般顧客の債権の保全） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の六十第四項（一般顧客の債権の保全） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-4
- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の六十第五項（一般顧客の債権の保全） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-60/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-60/par-5
- 金融商品取引法 附則第九十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-95/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第四条第一項（委託者保護基金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4241-86/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4241-86/art-4/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第四条第一項第三号（委託者保護基金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4241-86/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4241-86/art-4/par-1/item-3

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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
