# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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
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- Provision: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（証券業協会に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4041-73/art-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/suppl-4041-73/art-4
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### 第四条（証券業協会に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Securities Dealers Associations
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<sup>suppl-4041-73/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4041-73/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4041-73/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の公布の際旧証券取引法第六十七条第一項の規定により登録を受けている証券業協会（以下「旧協会」という。）は、施行日前においても、新証券取引法第七十四条の規定の例により、定款を変更し、大蔵大臣の認可を受けることができる。
<sup>suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-1</sup>
A securities dealers association registered pursuant to the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act at the time of promulgation of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "former association") may, even before the effective date, change its articles of incorporation and obtain the authorization of the Minister of Finance, in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 74 of the New Securities and Exchange Act.
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**第二項**  前項の規定による定款の変更は、施行日にその効力を生ずるものとし、旧協会は、同項の規定により認可を受けたものに限り、この法律の施行後も、引き続き、新証券取引法の規定による証券業協会として存続するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-2</sup>
A change in the articles of incorporation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to take effect on the effective date, and only a former association that has obtained authorization pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph is to continue to exist, even after this Act comes into effect, as a securities dealers association under the provisions of the New Securities and Exchange Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4041-73/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4041-73/art-1/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第四条第二項（証券業協会に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4041-73/art-4/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4041-73/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4041-73/art-6/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4041-73/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4041-73/art-6/par-2

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T033157-032, translated 2026-10-23
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
