# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の三十一 (Article 156-31) - 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: 第百五十六条の三十一 (Article 156-31)（取締役等の兼職制限等） — address `art-156-31` - 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-156-31 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の三十一（取締役等の兼職制限等） — (Restriction on the Concurrent Holding of Positions by Directors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、証券金融会社の取締役、会計参与、監査役又は執行役となることができない。 art-156-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31/par-1 A person that falls under any of the following persons may not become the director, accounting advisor, company auditor, or executive officer of a securities finance company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 心身の故障のため職務を適正に執行することができない者として内閣府令で定める者 art-156-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31/par-1/item-1 a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as being unable to properly perform their duties due to a mental of physical disorder; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第八十二条第二項第三号イ、ロ又はホに該当する者 art-156-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31/par-1/item-2 a person falling under any of the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (2), item (iii), (a), (b), or (e). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 証券金融会社の役員が前項に規定する者に該当することとなつたときは、その職を失う。 art-156-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31/par-2 The officer of a securities finance company loses that position if that officer comes to fall under a person provided for in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、不正の手段により証券金融会社の役員となつた者があることが判明したとき、又は証券金融会社若しくはその役員が法令若しくは法令に基づいてする行政官庁の処分に違反したときは、当該証券金融会社に対し、その役員の解任を命ずることができる。 art-156-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31/par-3 If the Prime Minister discovers that a person has become the officer of a securities finance company by wrongful means, or if a securities finance company or its officer violates a law or regulation or a disposition by a government agency which is based on a law or regulation, the Prime Minister may order the securities finance company to dismiss that officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-31/par-1/item-2: 第八十二条第二項第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第八十二条第二項第三号 (Article 82, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-82/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-82/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-82/par-2/item-3 - art-156-31/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一第一項 (Article 156-31, paragraph (1)), art-156-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第八十二条第二項第三号ホ（免許審査基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-82/par-2/item-3/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-82/par-2/item-3/sub-5 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一第二項（取締役等の兼職制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十七第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-37/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百四十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-141/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-141/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百四十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-142/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百四十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-143/par-1 --- ## 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