# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第八十五条の四 (Article 85-4) - 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: 第八十五条の四 (Article 85-4)（認可を与えない場合の審問） — address `art-85-4` - 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-85-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-4 - 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. --- ### 第八十五条の四（認可を与えない場合の審問） — (Hearing When Authorization Is Not Granted) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-85-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-4 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、第八十五条の二第一項の規定による認可の申請があつた場合において、その認可を与えることが適当でないと認めるときは、認可申請者に通知して、当該職員に審問を行わせなければならない。 art-85-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-4/par-1 If an application for authorization under the provisions of Article 85-2, paragraph (1) is filed and the Prime Minister finds it inappropriate to grant that authorization, the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for authorization and have the relevant officials conduct a hearing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣が、第八十五条第一項の規定による認可を与えることとし、又はこれを与えないこととした場合においては、遅滞なく、その旨を書面により認可申請者に通知しなければならない。 art-85-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85-4/par-2 Upon deciding to grant or not to grant the authorization under the provisions of Article 85, paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for authorization of this in writing without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-85-4/par-1: 第八十五条の二第一項 → 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-85-4/par-2: 第八十五条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十五条第一項 (Article 85, paragraph (1)), art-85/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-85/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第八十七条の二の二第一項（審問に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-87-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-87-2-2/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第八十七条の四第一項（審問に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-87-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-87-4/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百二条の十七第一項（審問に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-17/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百六条の五第一項（認可の拒否等に係る規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-106-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-106-5/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百六条の十三第一項（認可の拒否等に係る規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-106-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-106-13/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百六条の十九第一項（認可の拒否等に係る規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-106-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-106-19/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百六条の二十五第一項（認可の拒否等に係る規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-106-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-106-25/par-1 - 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 附則第百一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-101/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-108/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-111/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-114/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-117/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