# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の十六 (Article 156-16) - 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: 第百五十六条の十六 (Article 156-16)（業務改善命令） — address `art-156-16` - 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-156-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-16 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の十六（業務改善命令） — (Business Improvement Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-16 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、金融商品取引清算機関の業務の運営又は財産の状況に関し、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該金融商品取引清算機関に対し、業務の内容若しくは方法の変更その他業務の運営又は財産の状況の改善に必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-156-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-16/par-1 If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors as concerns a financial instruments clearing organization's business operations or the state of its assets, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, order the financial instruments clearing organization to change its business outline or its business methods, or otherwise take measures that are necessary for improving its business operations or the state of its assets. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-22/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の六の二第一項第四号ロ（商品市場所管大臣への協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-6-2/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-6-2/par-1/item-4/sub-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の六の二第一項第五号ロ（商品市場所管大臣への協議等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-6-2/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-6-2/par-1/item-5/sub-2 - 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-5 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百三十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-139/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