# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百四十条 (Article 140) - 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: 第百四十条 (Article 140)（合併の認可） — address `art-140` - 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-140 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四十条（合併の認可） — (Authorization for a Merger) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140 **第一項** 金融商品取引所を全部又は一部の当事者とする合併（合併後存続する者又は合併により設立される者が金融商品取引所であるものに限る。）は、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-1 A merger in which financial instruments exchanges constitute all or part of the parties (limited to a merger in which the person surviving the merger or the person incorporated in the merger is a financial instruments exchange) does not become effective without the authorization of the Prime Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の認可を受けようとする者は、合併後存続する金融商品取引所又は合併により設立する金融商品取引所（以下この目において「合併後金融商品取引所」と総称する。）について、次に掲げる事項を記載した合併認可申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。 art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-2 A person seeking the authorization referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a written application for authorization of a merger to the Prime Minister, in which it states the following particulars with regard to the financial instruments exchange surviving the merger or the financial instruments exchange incorporated in the merger (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "financial instruments exchange resulting from a merger" in this Division): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 名称又は商号 art-140/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-2/item-1 its name or trade name; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 事務所又は本店、支店その他の営業所の所在の場所 art-140/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-2/item-2 the locations of its offices, head office, branch offices, and any other business offices; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 役員の氏名又は名称及び会員等の商号又は名称 art-140/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-2/item-3 the names of its officers, and the trade names or names of its members, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の合併認可申請書には、合併契約の内容を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録（内閣府令で定めるものに限る。以下この項において同じ。）、合併後金融商品取引所の定款、業務規程、受託契約準則その他の内閣府令で定める書面又は電磁的記録を添付しなければならない。 art-140/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-3 Documents or electronic or magnetic records in which the content of a merger agreement (limited to those specified by Cabinet Office Order; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) are stated or recorded, and the articles of incorporation, operational rules, brokerage contract rules, and other documents or electronic or magnetic records specified by Cabinet Office Order with regard to the financial instruments exchange resulting from a merger must be attached to the written application for authorization of a merger referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-140/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百四十条第一項 (Article 140, paragraph (1)), art-140/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-1 - art-140/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百四十条第二項 (Article 140, paragraph (2)), art-140/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-2 - art-140/par-3: この項 → 金融商品取引法 第百四十条第三項 (Article 140, paragraph (3)), art-140/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-3 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百三十五条第一項第二号（解散の認可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-135/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-135/par-1/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十条第二項（合併の認可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十条第三項（合併の認可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-140/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-140/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十一条第一項（認可基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-141/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十二条第一項（みなし免許等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-142/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十二条第五項（みなし免許等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-142/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-142/par-5 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十二条第九項（みなし免許等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-142/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-142/par-9 - 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 第百九十四条の四第一項第二十七号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-4/par-1/item-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-4/par-1/item-27 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百二十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-127/par-2 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22