# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の五十一 (Article 156-51) - 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: 第百五十六条の五十一 (Article 156-51)（時効の完成猶予） — address `art-156-51` - 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-156-51 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-51 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の五十一（時効の完成猶予） — (Postponement of Completion of Prescription) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-51 **第一項** 紛争解決手続によつては金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争の当事者間に和解が成立する見込みがないことを理由に紛争解決委員が当該紛争解決手続を終了した場合において、当該紛争解決手続の申立てをした当該金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争の当事者がその旨の通知を受けた日から一月以内に当該紛争解決手続の目的となつた請求について訴えを提起したときは、時効の完成猶予に関しては、当該紛争解決手続における請求の時に、訴えの提起があつたものとみなす。 art-156-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-51/par-1 If the dispute resolution mediators terminate dispute resolution procedures on the grounds that there is no prospect of reaching a settlement between the parties to a dispute related to financial instruments transaction services through dispute resolution procedures, and the party to the dispute related to financial instruments transaction services which filed the application for dispute resolution procedures files an action on a claim that was subject to the dispute resolution procedures within one month from the day on which that party receives notice of the termination, the action is deemed to have been filed at the time that the claim was filed in dispute resolution procedures in terms of the postponement of completion of prescription. machine translation, not official **第二項** 指定紛争解決機関の紛争解決等業務の廃止が第百五十六条の六十第一項の規定により認可され、又は第百五十六条の三十九第一項の規定による指定が第百五十六条の六十一第一項の規定により取り消され、かつ、その認可又は取消しの日に紛争解決手続が実施されていた金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争がある場合において、当該紛争解決手続の申立てをした当該金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争の当事者が第百五十六条の六十第三項若しくは第百五十六条の六十一第三項の規定による通知を受けた日又は当該認可若しくは取消しを知つた日のいずれか早い日から一月以内に当該紛争解決手続の目的となつた請求について訴えを提起したときも、前項と同様とする。 art-156-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-51/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply if the discontinuation of dispute resolution services, etc. by a designated dispute resolution organization is authorized pursuant to Article 156-60, paragraph (1) or if the designation under Article 156-39, paragraph (1) is rescinded pursuant to Article 156-61, paragraph (1) and there is a dispute related to financial instruments transaction services for which dispute resolution procedures have been implemented as of the day of authorization or rescission, and the party to the dispute related to financial instruments transaction services which has filed the application for dispute resolution procedures files an action on a claim that was subject to those dispute resolution procedures within one month from the day on which the party receives the notice under Article 156-60, paragraph (3) or Article 156-61, paragraph (3), or within one month from the day on which the party comes to know of the authorization or rescission, whichever comes earlier. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-51/par-2: 第百五十六条の六十第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十第一項 (Article 156-60, paragraph (1)), art-156-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-1 - art-156-51/par-2: 第百五十六条の三十九第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十九第一項 (Article 156-39, paragraph (1)), art-156-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-39/par-1 - art-156-51/par-2: 第百五十六条の六十一第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十一第一項 (Article 156-61, paragraph (1)), art-156-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-61/par-1 - art-156-51/par-2: 第百五十六条の六十第三項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十第三項 (Article 156-60, paragraph (3)), art-156-60/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-3 - art-156-51/par-2: 第百五十六条の六十一第三項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十一第三項 (Article 156-61, paragraph (3)), art-156-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-61/par-3 - art-156-51/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十一第一項 (Article 156-51, paragraph (1)), art-156-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-51/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十八第十項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-38/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-38/par-10 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十第四項（指定紛争解決機関による紛争解決手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-50/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-50/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十一第二項（時効の完成猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-51/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T033157-017, translated 2026-10-23 - This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22