# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の八 (Article 79-8) - 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: 第七十九条の八 (Article 79-8)（欠格事項） — address `art-79-8` - 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-79-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8 - 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. --- ### 第七十九条の八（欠格事項） — (Ineligibility) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-79-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、前条第一項の認定を受けることができない。 art-79-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8/par-1 A person that falls under any of the following items may not obtain the certification referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** この法律の規定により刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から二年を経過しない者 art-79-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8/par-1/item-1 a person that has been sentenced pursuant to any provisions of this Act, if two years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving that sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第七十九条の十九第一項の規定により認定を取り消され、その取消しの日から二年を経過しない者 art-79-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8/par-1/item-2 a person whose certification has been rescinded pursuant to Article 79-19, paragraph (1), if two years have not yet passed since the date of the rescission; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その業務を行う役員（法人でない団体で代表者又は管理人の定めのあるものの代表者又は管理人を含む。以下この条において同じ。）のうちに、次のいずれかに該当する者があるもの art-79-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8/par-1/item-3 a person that has a person falling under any of the following as an officer that conducts its business (including the representative or administrator of an organization without legal personality for which a representative or administrator has been designated; hereinafter the same applies in this Article): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、若しくはこの法律の規定により刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から二年を経過しない者 art-79-8/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8/par-1/item-3/sub-1 a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment or that has been sentenced pursuant to any provisions of this Act, if two years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving that sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 第七十九条の十九第一項の規定により認定を取り消された法人において、その取消しの日前三十日以内にその役員であつた者でその取消しの日から二年を経過しない者 art-79-8/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8/par-1/item-3/sub-2 a person that, during the 30 days prior to the date of rescission, was the officer of a corporation whose certification has been rescinded pursuant to Article 79-19, paragraph (1), if two years have not yet passed since the date of the rescission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-79-8/par-1: 前条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の七第一項 (Article 79-7, paragraph (1)), art-79-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-7/par-1 - art-79-8/par-1/item-2: 第七十九条の十九第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の十九第一項 (Article 79-19, paragraph (1)), art-79-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-19/par-1 - art-79-8/par-1/item-3: この条 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の八 (Article 79-8), art-79-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8 - art-79-8/par-1/item-3/sub-2: 第七十九条の十九第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の十九第一項 (Article 79-19, paragraph (1)), art-79-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-19/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の七第一項（認定投資者保護団体の目的及び業務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-7/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の八第一項第三号（欠格事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-8/par-1/item-3 - 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の十九第一項第一号（認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-19/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