# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百三十九条の三 (Article 139-3) - 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: 第百三十九条の三 (Article 139-3)（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — address `art-139-3` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百三十九条の三（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — (Procedures for an Incorporated Association-Operated Financial Instruments Exchange Disappearing in an Absorption-Type Merger) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-139-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3 **第一項** 吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所は、第三項の総会の日の五日前の日から効力発生日までの間、吸収合併契約の内容その他内閣府令で定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録を主たる事務所に備え置かなければならない。 art-139-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-1 During the period starting from the day five days prior to the day of the general meeting referred to in paragraph (3) to the effective date, an incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger must keep documents or electronic or magnetic records in which the content of the absorption-type merger agreement and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order are stated or recorded at its principal office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の会員及び債権者は、吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所に対して、その事業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号の請求をするには、当該吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。 art-139-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2 The member or creditor of an incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger may make the following requests of the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in the absorption-type merger at any time during its business hours; provided, however, that in making the request referred to in item (ii) or (iv), the member or creditor must pay the cost specified by the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in the absorption-type merger: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前項の書面の閲覧の請求 art-139-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-1 a request to inspect a document referred to in the preceding paragraph; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前項の書面の謄本又は抄本の交付の請求 art-139-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-2 a request to be issued a certified copy or extract of a document referred to in the preceding paragraph; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前項の電磁的記録に記録された事項を内閣府令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧の請求 art-139-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-3 a request to inspect a thing that displays the particulars that have been recorded in the electronic or magnetic records referred to in the preceding paragraph, through a means specified by Cabinet Office Order; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前項の電磁的記録に記録された情報を電磁的方法であつて内閣府令で定めるものにより提供することの請求又はその事項を記載した書面の交付の請求 art-139-3/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-4 a request to be provided with the information that has been recorded in the electronic or magnetic records referred to in the preceding paragraph by an electronic or magnetic means specified by Cabinet Office Order, or a request to be issued a document that states those particulars. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所は、効力発生日の前日までに、総会の決議によつて、吸収合併契約の承認を受けなければならない。 art-139-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-3 An incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger must obtain approval for the absorption-type merger agreement by general meeting resolution, by the day immediately preceding the effective date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所は、総会員の四分の三以上の賛成がなければ、吸収合併契約の承認の決議をすることができない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがあるときは、この限りでない。 art-139-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-4 An incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger may not adopt a resolution approving an absorption-type merger agreement without the affirmative votes of three-fourths or more of all members; provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 吸収合併が法令又は定款に違反する場合において、吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の会員が不利益を受けるおそれがあるときは、吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の会員は、吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所に対し、当該吸収合併をやめることを請求することができる。 art-139-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-5 If an absorption-type merger violates laws and regulations or articles of incorporation, and the members of the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger are likely to suffer disadvantages, the members of the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger may demand the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger to refrain from implementing the absorption-type merger. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第百一条の四の規定は、吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所について準用する。 art-139-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-6 The provisions of Article 101-4 apply mutatis mutandis to an incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所が前項において準用する第百一条の四第二項の規定による公告を、官報のほか、次項において準用する会社法第九百三十九条第一項の規定による定款の定めに従い、同項第二号に掲げる公告方法（会員金融商品取引所が公告（この法律の規定により官報に掲載する方法によりしなければならないものとされているものを除く。）をする方法をいう。以下この目において同じ。）によりするときは、前項において準用する第百一条の四第二項の規定による各別の催告は、することを要しない。 art-139-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-7 If the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in the absorption-type merger gives public notice under the provisions of Article 101-4, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph in the Official Gazette as well as by the means of public notice (meaning the means by which the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange gives its public notices (excluding public notices that must be given by means of publication in the Official Gazette pursuant to the provisions of this Act); hereinafter the same applies in this Division) set forth in Article 939, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Companies Act, pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of Article 939, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following paragraph, the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in the absorption-type merger is not required to give the individual demand under the provisions of Article 101-4, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第八項** 会社法第九百三十九条第一項（第一号及び第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、前項の公告について準用する。 art-139-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-8 The provisions of Article 939, paragraph (1) (limited to the part that involves items (i) and (ii)) of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis to the public notice referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所は、吸収合併存続金融商品取引所との合意により、効力発生日を変更することができる。 art-139-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-9 An incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in an absorption-type merger may change the effective date by agreement with the financial instruments exchange surviving the absorption-type merger. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十項** 前項の場合には、吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所は、変更前の効力発生日（変更後の効力発生日が変更前の効力発生日前の日である場合にあつては、当該変更後の効力発生日）の前日までに、変更後の効力発生日を公告しなければならない。 art-139-3/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-10 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange disappearing in the absorption-type merger must issue public notice of the new effective date by the day immediately preceding the old effective date (or, if the new effective date comes before the old effective date, by the day immediately preceding the new effective date). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十一項** 第九項の規定により効力発生日を変更したときは、変更後の効力発生日を効力発生日とみなして、この款の規定を適用する。 art-139-3/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-11 If the effective date is changed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9), the new effective date is deemed to be the effective date and the provisions of this subsection apply. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the effective date is changed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (8), the new effective date is deemed to be the effective date and the provisions of this subsection apply." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb --- ## Cites - art-139-3/par-1: 第三項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第三項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (3)), art-139-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-3 - art-139-3/par-2: 第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第二項第二号 (Article 139-3, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-139-3/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-2 - art-139-3/par-2: 第四号 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第二項第四号 (Article 139-3, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-139-3/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-4 - art-139-3/par-2/item-1: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第一項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (1)), art-139-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-1 - art-139-3/par-2/item-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第一項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (1)), art-139-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-1 - art-139-3/par-2/item-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第一項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (1)), art-139-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-1 - art-139-3/par-2/item-4: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第一項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (1)), art-139-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-1 - art-139-3/par-6: 第百一条の四 → 金融商品取引法 第百一条の四 (Article 101-4), art-101-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-101-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-101-4 - art-139-3/par-7: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第六項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (6)), art-139-3/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-6 - art-139-3/par-7: 第百一条の四第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第百一条の四第二項 (Article 101-4, paragraph (2)), art-101-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-101-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-101-4/par-2 - art-139-3/par-7: 次項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第八項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (8)), art-139-3/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-8 - art-139-3/par-7: 会社法第九百三十九条第一項 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項 (Article 939, paragraph (1)), art-939/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1 - art-139-3/par-7: 同項第二号 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項第二号 (Article 939, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-939/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1/item-2 - art-139-3/par-8: 会社法第九百三十九条第一項 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項 (Article 939, paragraph (1)), art-939/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1 - art-139-3/par-8: 第一号 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項第一号 (Article 939, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-939/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1/item-1 - art-139-3/par-8: 第二号 → 会社法 第九百三十九条第一項第二号 (Article 939, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-939/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-939/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-939/par-1/item-2 - art-139-3/par-8: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第七項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (7)), art-139-3/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-7 - art-139-3/par-10: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第九項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (9)), art-139-3/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-9 - art-139-3/par-11: 第九項 → 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第九項 (Article 139-3, paragraph (9)), art-139-3/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-9 ## Cited by 16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第一項（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第二項（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第二項第一号（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第二項第二号（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第二項第三号（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第二項第四号（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-2/item-4 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第七項（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-7 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第八項（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-8 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第十項（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-10 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十九条の三第十一項（吸収合併消滅会員金融商品取引所の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-139-3/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-139-3/par-11 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十二条第十項第一号（みなし免許等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-142/par-10/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-142/par-10/item-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/ja/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 第二百八条第一項第二十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-20 - 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第二十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-21 - 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第二十五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-25 - 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第二十六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-26 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-23 - 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 (金融商品取引法), Article 139-3, paragraph (11) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), 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-20261023T035921-013, 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