# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百三十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 137)

- 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: 第百三十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 137) — address `suppl-4181-65/art-137`
- 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-4181-65/art-137
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-137
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### 第百三十七条
<sup>suppl-4181-65/art-137 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-137 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-137</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧証券取引法第百五十六条の六第二項ただし書の承認を受けている者は、施行日において新金融商品取引法第百五十六条の六第二項ただし書の承認を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4181-65/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-137/par-1</sup>
A person who, at the time of enforcement of this Act, has obtained the approval under the proviso to Article 156-6, paragraph (2) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act is deemed to have obtained the approval under the proviso to Article 156-6, paragraph (2) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act on the effective date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-65/art-137/par-1: 新金融商品取引法第百五十六条の六第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六第二項 (Article 156-6, paragraph (2)), art-156-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-6/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-20261023T033157-057, 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