# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の二十の十 (Article 156-20-10) - 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: 第百五十六条の二十の十 (Article 156-20-10)（定款又は業務方法書の変更の認可） — address `art-156-20-10` - 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-156-20-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-10 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の二十の十（定款又は業務方法書の変更の認可） — (Authorization to Change the Articles of Incorporation or Business Rules) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-20-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-10 **第一項** 外国金融商品取引清算機関は、定款（金融商品債務引受業に係る部分に限る。）又は業務方法書を変更しようとするときは、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。 art-156-20-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-10/par-1 A foreign financial instruments clearing organization must obtain the authorization of the Prime Minister if it seeks to change its articles of incorporation (limited to the part related to financial instruments obligation assumption services) or business rules. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 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 第二百六条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-206/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-206/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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