# 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
- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) — address `suppl-4251-45/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-4251-45/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>suppl-4251-45/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4251-45/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4251-45/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新金融商品取引法第百六十三条の規定は、施行日以後に行われる同条の特定有価証券等に係る同条の買付け等又は売付け等について適用し、施行日前に行われた旧金融商品取引法第百六十三条の規定による同条の特定有価証券等に係る同条の買付け等又は売付け等については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4251-45/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4251-45/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4251-45/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 163 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act apply to purchase, etc. or sale, etc. under that Article of specified securities, etc. under that Article that is made on or after the effective date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern purchase, etc. or sale, etc. under Article 163 of the Former Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of specified securities, etc. under that Article that was made before the effective date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  新金融商品取引法第百六十四条の規定は、施行日以後に行われる同条の特定有価証券等に係る同条の買付け等又は売付け等に係る利益について適用し、施行日前に行われた旧金融商品取引法第百六十四条の規定による同条の特定有価証券等に係る同条の買付け等又は売付け等に係る利益については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4251-45/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4251-45/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4251-45/art-4/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 164 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act apply to profit from purchase, etc. or sale, etc. under that Article of specified securities, etc. under that Article that is made on or after the effective date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern profit from purchase, etc. or sale, etc. under Article 164 of the Former Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of specified securities, etc. under that Article that was made before the effective date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4251-45/art-4/par-1: 新金融商品取引法第百六十三条 → 金融商品取引法 第百六十三条 (Article 163), art-163 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-163
- suppl-4251-45/art-4/par-2: 新金融商品取引法第百六十四条 → 金融商品取引法 第百六十四条 (Article 164), art-164 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-164

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第一項（第一条の規定による金融商品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-4251-45/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4251-45/art-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4251-45/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4251-45/art-3/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-20261023T035921-053, 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
