# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の五十二 (Article 156-52) - 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: 第百五十六条の五十二 (Article 156-52)（訴訟手続の中止） — address `art-156-52` - 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-156-52 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の五十二（訴訟手続の中止） — (Suspension of Court Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52 **第一項** 金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争について当該金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争の当事者間に訴訟が係属する場合において、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる事由があり、かつ、当該金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争の当事者の共同の申立てがあるときは、受訴裁判所は、四月以内の期間を定めて訴訟手続を中止する旨の決定をすることができる。 art-156-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-1 If litigation is pending with regard to a dispute related to financial instruments transaction services between the parties to a dispute related to financial instruments transaction services, and if any of the following grounds exist and the parties to the dispute related to financial instruments transaction services file a joint petition, the court in charge of the case may decide to suspend the court proceedings for a fixed period of no longer than four months: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争について、当該金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争の当事者間において紛争解決手続が実施されていること。 art-156-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-1/item-1 dispute resolution procedures have been implemented for a dispute related to financial instruments transaction services, between the parties to the relevant dispute related to financial instruments transaction services; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号の場合のほか、当該金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争の当事者間に紛争解決手続によつて当該金融商品取引業等業務関連紛争の解決を図る旨の合意があること。 art-156-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-1/item-2 beyond the case referred to in the preceding item, the parties to the dispute related to financial instruments transaction services reach an agreement to endeavor to resolve the dispute related to financial instruments transaction services through dispute resolution procedures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 受訴裁判所は、いつでも前項の決定を取り消すことができる。 art-156-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-2 The court in charge of the case may rescind the decision referred to in the preceding paragraph at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の申立てを却下する決定及び前項の規定により第一項の決定を取り消す決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-156-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-3 No appeal may be entered against a decision dismissing the petition referred to in paragraph (1) or a decision rescinding the decision referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-52/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十二第一項第一号 (Article 156-52, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-156-52/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-1/item-1 - art-156-52/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十二第一項 (Article 156-52, paragraph (1)), art-156-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-1 - art-156-52/par-3: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十二第一項 (Article 156-52, paragraph (1)), art-156-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-1 - art-156-52/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十二第二項 (Article 156-52, paragraph (2)), art-156-52/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-2 ## Cited by 4 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 第百五十六条の五十二第一項第二号（訴訟手続の中止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-1/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十二第二項（訴訟手続の中止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の五十二第三項（訴訟手続の中止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-52/par-3 --- ## 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