# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の六十 (Article 156-60) - 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: 第百五十六条の六十 (Article 156-60)（紛争解決等業務の休廃止） — address `art-156-60` - 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-156-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の六十（紛争解決等業務の休廃止） — (Suspension or Discontinuation of Dispute Resolution Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-60 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60 **第一項** 指定紛争解決機関は、紛争解決等業務の全部若しくは一部の休止（次項に規定する理由によるものを除く。）をし、又は廃止を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-156-60/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 A designated dispute resolution organization must obtain the authorization of the Prime Minister if it seeks to suspend (excluding suspension on the grounds prescribed in the following paragraph) or discontinue the whole or part of the dispute resolution services, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定紛争解決機関が、天災その他のやむを得ない理由により紛争解決等業務の全部又は一部の休止をした場合には、直ちにその旨を、理由を付して内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。指定紛争解決機関が当該休止をした当該紛争解決等業務の全部又は一部を再開するときも、同様とする。 art-156-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-2 If a designated dispute resolution organization suspends all or part of its dispute resolution services, etc. due to a natural disaster or for any other compelling reason, it must immediately notify the Prime Minister of this, indicating that it has done so and giving the reason. The same applies when the designated dispute resolution organization recommences all or a part of the dispute resolution services, etc. so suspended. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による休止若しくは廃止の認可を受け、又は前項の休止をした指定紛争解決機関は、当該休止又は廃止の日から二週間以内に、当該休止又は廃止の日に苦情処理手続又は紛争解決手続（他の指定紛争解決機関又は他の法律の規定による指定であつて紛争解決等業務に相当する業務に係るものとして政令で定めるものを受けた者（以下この項において「委託紛争解決機関」という。）から業務の委託を受けている場合における当該委託に係る当該委託紛争解決機関の苦情を処理する手続又は紛争の解決を図る手続を含む。次条第三項において同じ。）が実施されていた当事者、当該当事者以外の加入金融商品取引関係業者及び他の指定紛争解決機関に当該休止又は廃止をした旨を通知しなければならない。指定紛争解決機関が当該休止をした当該紛争解決等業務の全部又は一部を再開するときも、同様とする。 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 A designated dispute resolution organization that obtains the authorization for suspension or discontinuation under paragraph (1) or that implements the suspension referred to in the preceding paragraph must notify a party for which complaint processing procedures or dispute resolution procedures have been implemented as of the day of the suspension or discontinuation (if the designated dispute resolution organization has been entrusted with business by another designated dispute resolution organization or by a person that has obtained a designation under the provisions of other Acts which is specified by Cabinet Order as being connected with business equivalent to dispute resolution services, etc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as an "entrusting dispute resolution organization" in this paragraph), this includes procedures for processing complaints for the entrusting dispute resolution organization in connection with that entrustment and procedures for resolving disputes that have been implemented as of the day of the suspension or discontinuation; the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article), the member persons and firms involved in financial instruments transactions that are not parties, and other designated dispute resolution organizations, of the suspension or discontinuation, within two weeks from the day of the suspension or discontinuation. The same applies if the designated dispute resolution organization recommences all or a part of dispute resolution services, etc. so suspended. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-60/par-1: 次項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十第二項 (Article 156-60, paragraph (2)), art-156-60/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-2 - art-156-60/par-3: 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-156-60/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十第二項 (Article 156-60, paragraph (2)), art-156-60/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-2 - art-156-60/par-3: この項 → 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-156-60/par-3: 次条第三項 → 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 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第三十七条の七第三項第一号（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-37-7/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-37-7/par-3/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第三十七条の七第三項第二号（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-37-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-37-7/par-3/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第三項第一号（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の三十一の二第三項第二号（指定紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-31-2/par-3/item-2 - 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 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十第一項（紛争解決等業務の休廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の六十第三項（紛争解決等業務の休廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-60/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の二の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-2-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-2-2/par-1/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の二の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の二の三第一項第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-12 --- ## 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