# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の四十一 (Article 156-41) - 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: 第百五十六条の四十一 (Article 156-41)（秘密保持義務等） — address `art-156-41` - 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-156-41 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-41 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の四十一（秘密保持義務等） — (Duty of Confidentiality) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-41 **第一項** 指定紛争解決機関の紛争解決委員（第百五十六条の五十第二項の規定により選任された紛争解決委員をいう。次項、次条第二項並びに第百五十六条の四十四第二項及び第四項において同じ。）若しくは役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者は、紛争解決等業務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らし、又は自己の利益のために使用してはならない。 art-156-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-41/par-1 It is prohibited for a dispute resolution mediator (meaning a dispute resolution mediator appointed pursuant to Article 156-50, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph, paragraph (2) of the following Article, and Article 156-44, paragraphs (2) and (4)), the officer or employee of a designated dispute resolution organization, or a person that has held any of these positions, to divulge or use for personal benefit any secret learned in connection with dispute resolution services, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定紛争解決機関の紛争解決委員又は役員若しくは職員で紛争解決等業務に従事する者は、刑法その他の罰則の適用については、法令により公務に従事する職員とみなす。 art-156-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-41/par-2 With regard to the application of the Penal Code and other penal provisions, the dispute resolution mediator or officer or employee of a designated dispute resolution organization is deemed to be an official engaged in public service pursuant to laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-41/par-1: 第百五十六条の五十第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十第二項 (Article 156-50, paragraph (2)), art-156-50/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-50/par-2 - art-156-41/par-1: 次項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十一第二項 (Article 156-41, paragraph (2)), art-156-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-41/par-2 - art-156-41/par-1: 次条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十二第二項 (Article 156-42, paragraph (2)), art-156-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-42/par-2 - art-156-41/par-1: 第百五十六条の四十四第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十四第二項 (Article 156-44, paragraph (2)), art-156-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-44/par-2 - art-156-41/par-1: 第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十四第四項 (Article 156-44, paragraph (4)), art-156-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-44/par-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十一第一項（秘密保持義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-41/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第二百条第一項第十八号の二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-200/par-1/item-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-200/par-1/item-18-2 --- ## 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