# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百六十二条の二 (Article 162-2)

- 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: 第百六十二条の二 (Article 162-2)（上場等株券等の発行者が行うその売買に関する規制） — address `art-162-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第百六十二条の二（上場等株券等の発行者が行うその売買に関する規制） — Regulation of the Purchase and Sale of Listed or Other Share Certificates, etc. by the Issuer
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-162-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-162-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-162-2</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、金融商品取引所に上場されている株券、店頭売買有価証券に該当する株券その他政令で定める有価証券（以下この条において「上場等株券等」という。）の発行者が行う会社法第百五十六条第一項（同法第百六十三条及び第百六十五条第三項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）若しくは第百九十九条第一項（処分する自己株式を引き受ける者を募集しようとする場合に限る。）の規定（これらに相当するものとして政令で定める法令の規定を含む。）又はこれらに相当する外国の法令の規定（当該発行者が外国の者である場合に限る。）による上場等株券等の売買若しくはその委託等、信託会社等が信託契約に基づいて上場等株券等の発行者の計算において行うこれらの取引の委託等又は金融商品取引業者等若しくは取引所取引許可業者が行うこれらの取引の受託等その他の内閣府令で定めるものについて、取引所金融商品市場又は店頭売買有価証券市場における上場等株券等の相場を操縦する行為を防止するため、上場等株券等の取引の公正の確保のため必要かつ適当であると認める事項を内閣府令で定めることができる。
<sup>art-162-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-162-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-162-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to the purchase and sale, or the entrustment, etc. thereof, of share certificates listed on a financial instruments exchange, share certificates falling under over-the-counter traded securities, or other securities specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "listed or other share certificates, etc." in this Article), conducted by the issuer thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act (including where applied with terms deemed to be replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 163 and Article 165, paragraph (3) of that Act) or Article 199, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to where it seeks to solicit persons to subscribe for the treasury shares it disposes of) (including the provisions of laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to these) or the provisions of a foreign law or regulation that is equivalent to these (limited to where the issuer is a foreign person); with regard to the entrustment, etc. of these transactions that a trust company, etc. conducts under a trust contract on the account of the issuer of listed or other share certificates, etc.; with regard to the becoming entrusted, etc. with these transactions that a financial instruments business operator, etc. or an authorized firm for on-exchange transactions conducts; and with regard to anything else specified by Cabinet Office Order, the Prime Minister may specify by Cabinet Office Order, in order to prevent acts of manipulating the market price of listed or other share certificates, etc. on a financial instruments exchange market or an over-the-counter securities market, the particulars that the Prime Minister finds to be necessary and appropriate for ensuring fairness in transactions of listed or other share certificates, etc.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-162-2/par-1: この条 → 金融商品取引法 第百六十二条の二 (Article 162-2), art-162-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-162-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-162-2
- art-162-2/par-1: 会社法第百五十六条第一項 → 会社法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-156/par-1
- art-162-2/par-1: 同法第百六十三条 → 会社法 第百六十三条 (Article 163), art-163 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-163
- art-162-2/par-1: 第百六十五条第三項 → 会社法 第百六十五条第三項 (Article 165, paragraph (3)), art-165/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-165/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-165/par-3
- art-162-2/par-1: 第百九十九条第一項 → 会社法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-199/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 金融商品取引法 第百六十二条の二第一項（上場等株券等の発行者が行うその売買に関する規制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-162-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-162-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二百八条の二第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208-2/par-1/item-3

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## 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
