# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の二十の二十一 (Article 156-20-21) - 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二十一 (Article 156-20-21)（変更の認可等） — address `art-156-20-21` - 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-156-20-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-21 - 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二十一（変更の認可等） — (Authorization of Changes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-20-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-21 **第一項** 認可金融商品取引清算機関は、第百五十六条の二十の十七第一項第四号若しくは第五号に掲げる事項又は同条第二項第一号若しくは第二号に掲げる書類に記載した事項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-156-20-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-21/par-1 An authorized financial instruments clearing organization must obtain the authorization of the Prime Minister if it seeks to change a particular set forth in Article 156-20-17, paragraph (1), item (iv) or (v) or a particular stated in a document set forth in paragraph (2), item (i) or (ii) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 認可金融商品取引清算機関は、第百五十六条の二十の十七第一項第二号若しくは第三号に掲げる事項又は同条第二項第三号ロ若しくはハに掲げる書類に記載した事項に変更があつたときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-156-20-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-21/par-2 If a particular set forth in Article 156-20-17, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii), or a particular stated in a document set forth in paragraph (2), item (iii), (b) or (c) of that Article changes, the authorized financial instruments clearing organization must notify the Prime Minister of this, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 認可金融商品取引清算機関が連携金融商品債務引受業務を廃止したときは、第百五十六条の二十の十六第一項の認可は、その効力を失う。この場合において、当該認可金融商品取引清算機関は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-156-20-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-21/par-3 If an authorized financial instruments clearing organization discontinues collaborative financial instruments obligation assumption services, the authorization referred to in Article 156-20-16, paragraph (1) ceases to be effective. In such a case, the authorized financial instruments clearing organization must notify the Prime Minister of this, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-20-21/par-1: 第百五十六条の二十の十七第一項第四号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の十七第一項第四号 (Article 156-20-17, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-156-20-17/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-17/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-17/par-1/item-4 - art-156-20-21/par-1: 第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の十七第一項第五号 (Article 156-20-17, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-156-20-17/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-17/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-17/par-1/item-5 - art-156-20-21/par-1: 同条第二項第一号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の十七第二項第一号 (Article 156-20-17, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-156-20-17/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-17/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-17/par-2/item-1 - art-156-20-21/par-1: 第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の十七第二項第二号 (Article 156-20-17, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-156-20-17/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-17/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-17/par-2/item-2 - art-156-20-21/par-2: 第百五十六条の二十の十七第一項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の十七第一項第二号 (Article 156-20-17, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-156-20-17/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-17/par-1/item-2 - art-156-20-21/par-2: 第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の十七第一項第三号 (Article 156-20-17, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-156-20-17/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-17/par-1/item-3 - art-156-20-21/par-2: 同条第二項第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の十七第二項第三号 (Article 156-20-17, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-156-20-17/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-17/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-17/par-2/item-3 - art-156-20-21/par-3: 第百五十六条の二十の十六第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の十六第一項 (Article 156-20-16, paragraph (1)), art-156-20-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-16/par-1 ## Cited by 5 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 第百九十四条の四第二項第十一号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-4/par-2/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-4/par-2/item-11 - 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 - 金融商品取引法 第二百六条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-206/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-206/par-1/item-9 --- ## 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