# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百七十一条 (Article 171) - 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: 第百七十一条 (Article 171)（一定の配当等の表示の禁止） — address `art-171` - 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-171 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-171 - 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. --- ### 第百七十一条（一定の配当等の表示の禁止） — (Prohibition on Representations of Fixed Amount of Dividends) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-171 **第一項** 有価証券の不特定多数者向け勧誘等（第二条第一項第一号から第六号までに掲げる有価証券その他内閣府令で定める有価証券に係るものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）をする者又はこれらの者の役員、相談役、顧問その他これらに準ずる地位にある者若しくは代理人、使用人その他の従業者は、当該有価証券の不特定多数者向け勧誘等に際し、不特定かつ多数の者に対して、当該有価証券に関し一定の期間につき、利益の配当、収益の分配その他いかなる名称をもつてするを問わず、一定の額（一定の基準によりあらかじめ算出することができる額を含む。以下この条において同じ。）又はこれを超える額の金銭（処分することにより一定の額又はこれを超える額の金銭を得ることができるものを含む。）の供与が行われる旨の表示（当該表示と誤認されるおそれがある表示を含む。）をしてはならない。ただし、当該表示の内容が予想に基づくものである旨が明示されている場合は、この限りでない。 art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-171/par-1 In a solicitation to many and unspecified number of persons for securities (excluding a solicitation involving the securities set forth in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (i) through (vi) or other securities specified by Cabinet Office Order; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), it is prohibited for the person issuing the solicitation to many and unspecified number of persons for securities, its officer, advisor, consultant, or other person in an equivalent position, or its agent, employee, or any other worker to make a representation to many and unspecified persons indicating that a fixed amount of money or more (including an amount that can be calculated in advance using fixed criteria; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (including anything that can be disposed of to generate a fixed amount or of money or more) will be provided for the securities after a certain period (including a representation that could give rise to the misconception that this is what is being represented), as a dividend of profits, distribution of profits, or any other kind of apportionment, regardless of what it is called; provided however, that this does not apply if it is clearly indicated that such representation only indicates an expectation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-171/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-1/item-1 - art-171/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-1/item-2 - art-171/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第二条第一項第三号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-1/item-3 - art-171/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-1/item-4 - art-171/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第二条第一項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-1/item-5 - art-171/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第二条第一項第六号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-2/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-1/item-6 - art-171/par-1: この条 → 金融商品取引法 第百七十一条 (Article 171), art-171 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-171 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百七十条第一項（有利買付け等の表示の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-170/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-170/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百七十一条第一項（一定の配当等の表示の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-171/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第二百条第一項第二十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-200/par-1/item-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-200/par-1/item-21 - 金融商品取引法 附則第百四十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-145/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-145/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