# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百九十八条の二 (Article 198-2)

- 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: 第百九十八条の二 (Article 198-2) — address `art-198-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第百九十八条の二
<sup>art-198-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる財産は、没収する。ただし、その取得の状況、損害賠償の履行の状況その他の事情に照らし、当該財産の全部又は一部を没収することが相当でないときは、これを没収しないことができる。
<sup>art-198-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2/par-1</sup>
The following property is to be confiscated; provided, however, that if it is not appropriate to confiscate all or part of the property in light of the circumstances of its acquisition, the progress of a person's performance of the obligation to pay damages, and other circumstances, the property may be exempted from confiscation:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第百九十七条第一項第五号若しくは第六号若しくは第二項又は第百九十七条の二第一項第十三号の罪の犯罪行為により得た財産
  <sup>art-198-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  property obtained through criminal act in a crime referred to in Article 197, paragraph (1), item (v) or (vi), or paragraph (2), or Article 197-2, paragraph (1), item (xiii); and
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  前号に掲げる財産の対価として得た財産又は同号に掲げる財産がオプションその他の権利である場合における当該権利の行使により得た財産
  <sup>art-198-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  property obtained in exchange for property set forth in the preceding item, or if property set forth in the preceding item is an option or other rights, the property obtained through exercising those rights.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により財産を没収すべき場合において、これを没収することができないときは、その価額を犯人から追徴する。
<sup>art-198-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2/par-2</sup>
If property is required to be confiscated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph but it is not possible to confiscate the property, its value is collected from the perpetrator.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-198-2/par-1/item-1: 第百九十七条第一項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第百九十七条第一項第五号 (Article 197, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-197/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-197/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-197/par-1/item-5
- art-198-2/par-1/item-1: 第六号 → 金融商品取引法 第百九十七条第一項第六号 (Article 197, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-197/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-197/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-197/par-1/item-6
- art-198-2/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第百九十七条第二項 (Article 197, paragraph (2)), art-197/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-197/par-2
- art-198-2/par-1/item-1: 第百九十七条の二第一項第十三号 → 金融商品取引法 第百九十七条の二第一項第十三号 (Article 197-2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)), art-197-2/par-1/item-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-197-2/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-197-2/par-1/item-13
- art-198-2/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の二第一項第一号 (Article 198-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-198-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2/par-1/item-1
- art-198-2/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の二第一項 (Article 198-2, paragraph (1)), art-198-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の七第十七項（課徴金の納付命令の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-7/par-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-7/par-17
- 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の七第二十四項（課徴金の納付命令の決定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-7/par-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-7/par-24
- 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の八第三項（決定の効力の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-8/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の八第七項（決定の効力の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-8/par-7
- 金融商品取引法 第百八十五条の八第七項第二号（決定の効力の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-8/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-185-8/par-7/item-2
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2/par-1/item-2
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-2/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の二第一項（混和した財産の没収等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の三第一項（没収の要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-3/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の三第二項（没収の要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-3/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第二項（第三者の財産の没収手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-2
- 銀行法 第六十三条の二の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63-2-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63-2-3/par-2

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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-20261023T033157-022, 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
