# 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) — address `suppl-4101-107/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-4101-107/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>suppl-4101-107/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4101-107/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4101-107/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新証券取引法第四条第一項及び第五項、第十三条第一項、第二十三条の八第一項及び第三項、第二十三条の十三第一項及び第三項並びに第二十三条の十四の規定は、平成十一年四月一日以後に開始する有価証券の取得の申込みの勧誘等について適用し、同日前に開始した有価証券の取得の申込みの勧誘等については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4101-107/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4101-107/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4101-107/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (1) and (5), Article 13, paragraph (1), Article 23-8, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 23-13, paragraphs (1) and (3), and Article 23-14 of the New Securities and Exchange Act apply to the solicitation of an offer to acquire, etc. securities commenced on or after April 1, 1999, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the solicitation of an offer to acquire, etc. securities commenced before that day.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4101-107/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4101-107/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第一項（証券取引法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4101-107/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4101-107/art-2/par-1

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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-20261023T035921-028, 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
