# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百五十六条の八十五 (Article 156-85) - 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: 第百五十六条の八十五 (Article 156-85)（特定金融指標算出者の指定） — address `art-156-85` - 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-156-85 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条の八十五（特定金融指標算出者の指定） — (Designation of Specified Financial Index Administrator) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156-85 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、特定金融指標算出業務（特定金融指標の算出及び公表を行う業務をいう。以下同じ。）を行う者の特定金融指標算出業務の適正な遂行を確保することが公益又は投資者保護のため必要であると認められるときは、当該者を特定金融指標算出者として指定することができる。 art-156-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-1 When the Prime Minister finds that securing appropriate performance of specified financial index administration services (meaning the business of calculating and publicizing specified financial indicators; the same applies hereinafter) conducted by a person engaged in specified financial index administration services is necessary for the public interest or protection of investors, the Prime Minister may designate that person as a specified financial index administrator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による指定（以下この章において単に「指定」という。）をしたときは、書面により、その旨及び指定に係る特定金融指標の名称を特定金融指標算出者に通知しなければならない。 art-156-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-2 When the Prime Minister makes designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter simply referred to as "designation" in this Chapter), the Prime Minister must give written notice to that effect and of the name of the specified financial indexes subject to the designation to the specified financial index administrator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、指定をしたときは、特定金融指標算出者の商号、名称又は氏名及び本店又は主たる営業所若しくは事務所（外国の者にあつては、国内に営業所又は事務所があるときは、国内における主たる営業所又は事務所を含む。次条第一項第四号において同じ。）の所在地並びに指定に係る特定金融指標の名称を官報で公示しなければならない。これらの事項に変更があつたときも、同様とする。 art-156-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-3 When the Prime Minister makes designation, the Prime Minister must give public notice of the trade name or name and the location of the head office or principal business office or office of the specified financial index administrator (in the case of a foreign person that has a business office or office in Japan, including the location of its principal business office or office in Japan; the same applies in paragraph (1), item (iv) of the following Article), and the name of the specified financial indexes subject to the designation in the Official Gazette. The same applies in the event of any changes in those particulars. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 内閣総理大臣は、特定金融指標算出者について指定の理由が消滅したと認めるときは、当該指定を取り消すとともに、書面により、その旨を当該特定金融指標算出者に通知しなければならない。 art-156-85/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-4 When the Prime Minister determines that the reason for designation of a specified financial index administrator no longer exists, the Prime Minister must rescind the designation and give a written notice to that effect to the specified financial index administrator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により指定を取り消したときは、その旨を官報で公示しなければならない。 art-156-85/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-5 When the Prime Minister rescinds the designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must give public notice to that effect in the Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 特定金融指標算出業務を行う者が特定金融指標算出業務について外国の法令に基づいて外国の行政機関その他これに準ずるものの適切な監督を受けていると認められる者として内閣府令で定める者である場合には、第一項の規定にかかわらず、内閣総理大臣は、指定をしないものとする。 art-156-85/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-6 When a person engaged in specified financial index administration services is a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as a person that is found to be under appropriate supervision with respect to their specified financial index administration services by a foreign administrative organ or any other equivalent organization based on foreign laws and regulations, the Prime Minister is not to make the designation, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156-85/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の八十五第一項 (Article 156-85, paragraph (1)), art-156-85/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-1 - art-156-85/par-3: 次条第一項第四号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の八十六第一項第四号 (Article 156-86, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-156-86/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-86/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-86/par-1/item-4 - art-156-85/par-5: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の八十五第四項 (Article 156-85, paragraph (4)), art-156-85/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-4 - art-156-85/par-6: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の八十五第一項 (Article 156-85, paragraph (1)), art-156-85/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第三十八条第一項第七号（禁止行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-38/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-38/par-1/item-7 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の八十五第二項（特定金融指標算出者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の八十五第五項（特定金融指標算出者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-5 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の八十五第六項（特定金融指標算出者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-85/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-85/par-6 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の九十二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-92/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