# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第八十五条の三 (Article 85-3) - 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: 第八十五条の三 (Article 85-3)（認可の基準） — address `art-85-3` - 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-85-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3 - 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. --- ### 第八十五条の三（認可の基準） — (Criteria for Authorization) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-85-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、前条第一項の規定による認可の申請があつた場合においては、その申請が次に掲げる基準に適合するかどうかを審査しなければならない。 art-85-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1 When an application for authorization under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is filed, the Prime Minister must examine whether the application conforms to the following criteria: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 受託自主規制法人が、第百二条の十四の認可を受けたものであること。 art-85-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1/item-1 the entrusted self-regulatory organization has obtained Article 102-14 authorization; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 委託契約において、当該委託をする費用の額の算出の方法が、自主規制法人が委託を受けた自主規制業務を行うために適正かつ明確に定められていること。 art-85-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1/item-2 the entrustment agreement appropriately and clearly specifies the cost calculation method under entrustment in a way that allows a self-regulatory organization to conduct the self-regulatory services with which it is entrusted; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 委託契約において、受託自主規制法人が当該委託に係る自主規制業務に関して知り得た情報を当該自主規制業務の用に供する目的以外のために利用しない旨が定められていること。 art-85-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1/item-3 the entrustment agreement stipulates that the entrusted self-regulatory organization will not utilize information learned in connection with the self-regulatory services under entrustment for a purpose other than use in the self-regulatory services for which the information is provided; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、委託契約の内容が受託自主規制法人における自主規制業務の適正な実施を確保するために十分なものであること。 art-85-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1/item-4 beyond what is provided for in the preceding three items, the content of the entrustment agreement is sufficient to ensure the proper implementation of the self-regulatory services at the entrusted self-regulatory organization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-85-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十五条の二第一項 (Article 85-2, paragraph (1)), art-85-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-2/par-1 - art-85-3/par-1/item-1: 第百二条の十四 → 金融商品取引法 第百二条の十四 (Article 102-14), art-102-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-14 - art-85-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 金融商品取引法 第八十五条の三第一項第一号 (Article 85-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-85-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1/item-1 - art-85-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 金融商品取引法 第八十五条の三第一項第二号 (Article 85-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-85-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1/item-2 - art-85-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 金融商品取引法 第八十五条の三第一項第三号 (Article 85-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-85-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第八十五条の三第一項第四号（認可の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-3/par-1/item-4 - 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 --- ## 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