# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第八十一条 (Article 81) - 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: 第八十一条 (Article 81)（免許の申請） — address `art-81` - 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-81 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81 - 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. --- ### 第八十一条（免許の申請） — (Application for License) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81 **第一項** 前条第一項の免許を受けようとする者は、次に掲げる事項を記載した免許申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。 art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-1 A person seeking to obtain the license referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must submit a written license application stating the following particulars to the Prime Minister: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 名称又は商号 art-81/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-1/item-1 its name or trade name; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 事務所又は本店、支店その他の営業所の所在の場所 art-81/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-1/item-2 the location of its office, head office, branch office, or any other business office; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 役員の氏名又は名称及び会員又は取引参加者（以下「会員等」という。）の商号、名称又は氏名 art-81/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-1/item-3 the names of its officers, and the trade names or names of members or trading participants (hereinafter each such member or trading participant is referred to as a "member, etc."). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の免許申請書には、定款、業務規程、受託契約準則その他内閣府令で定める書類を添付しなければならない。 art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-2 The articles of incorporation, the operational rules, the brokerage contract rules, and other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order must be attached to the written license application referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、定款が電磁的記録で作成されているときは、書面に代えて電磁的記録（内閣府令で定めるものに限る。）を添付することができる。 art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-3 In a case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation have been prepared as electronic or magnetic records, the electronic or magnetic records (limited to those specified by Cabinet Office Order) may be attached to the written license application in lieu of written documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-81/par-1: 前条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十条第一項 (Article 80, paragraph (1)), art-80/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-80/par-1 - art-81/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-1 - art-81/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十一条第二項 (Article 81, paragraph (2)), art-81/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-2 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第八十一条第二項（免許の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第八十一条第三項（免許の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第八十二条第一項（免許審査基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-82/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第八十三条第一項（免許の拒否等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-83/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第八十五条の二第三項（認可申請書の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-2/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百条第一項第六号（解散事由） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-100/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-100/par-1/item-6 - 金融商品取引法 第百二条の十五第三項（認可の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-15/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百六条の十一第三項（認可の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-106-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-106-11/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十九条第二項（定款等の変更の認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-149/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-149/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十四条の二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-154-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-154-2/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十四第四項（免許及び免許の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-24/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/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