# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百八十五条の二十 (Article 185-20)

- 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: 第百八十五条の二十 (Article 185-20)（行政手続法の適用除外） — address `art-185-20`
- 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-185-20
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-20
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### 第百八十五条の二十（行政手続法の適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application of the Administrative Procedure Act)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-185-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-20</sup>

  **第一項**  内閣総理大臣が第一節又は第二節の規定によつてする決定その他の処分（同節の規定によつて審判官がする処分を含む。）については、行政手続法第二章及び第三章の規定は、適用しない。
  <sup>art-185-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-20/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of Chapter II and Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act do not apply to a decision or other disposition that the Prime Minister renders pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 or Section 2 (including a disposition that a trial examiner renders pursuant to the provisions of those Sections).
  <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
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22