# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二条の二 (Article 2-2)

- 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: 第二条の二 (Article 2-2)（金銭とみなされるもの） — address `art-2-2`
- 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-2-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2-2
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### 第二条の二（金銭とみなされるもの） — (Assets Deemed to be Money)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2-2</sup>

**第一項**  暗号等資産は、前条第二項第五号の金銭、同条第八項第一号の売買に係る金銭その他政令で定める規定の金銭又は当該規定の取引に係る金銭とみなして、この法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の規定を適用する。
<sup>art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2-2/par-1</sup>
Crypto-and other assets are deemed to be money as referred to in paragraph (2), item (v) of the preceding Article; money associated with a purchase and sale as referred to in paragraph (8), item (i) of that Article; money referred to in the provisions specified by Cabinet Order; or money associated with a transaction as referred to in those provisions; and the provisions of this Act (and of orders based on this Act) apply.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-2-2/par-1: 前条第二項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第二項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-2/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-2/item-5
- art-2-2/par-1: 同条第八項第一号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第八項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (8), item (i)), art-2/par-8/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-8/item-1

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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