# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百八十四条 (Article 184)

- 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: 第百八十四条 (Article 184)（意見の陳述） — address `art-184`
- 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-184
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-184
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- Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below.

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### 第百八十四条（意見の陳述） — (Statement of Opinions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-184 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-184 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-184</sup>

  **第一項**  被審人は、審判手続の期日に出頭して、意見を述べることができる。
  <sup>art-184/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-184/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-184/par-1</sup>
  A respondent may state an opinion when appearing on the date for trial procedures.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  審判官は、必要があると認めるときは、被審人に対して、意見の陳述を求めることができる。
  <sup>art-184/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-184/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-184/par-2</sup>
  If a trial examiner finds it necessary, the trial examiner may request the respondent to state an opinion.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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-20261023T035921-014, 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