# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百四条 (Article 204)

- 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: 第二百四条 (Article 204) — address `art-204`
- 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-204
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### 第二百四条
<sup>art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-204</sup>

**第一項**  第七十二条（第七十九条又は第七十九条の十四で準用する場合を含む。）、第七十七条の二第七項若しくは第八項（これらの規定を第七十七条の三第四項、第七十八条の七、第七十八条の八第四項又は第七十九条の十三で準用する場合を含む。）、第七十九条の四十七、第八十七条の八、第百五十六条の八、第百五十六条の二十の七又は第百五十六条の七十の規定に違反した者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-204/par-1</sup>
A person that violates the provisions of Article 72 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 79 or Article 79-14); Article 77-2, paragraph (7) or (8) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 77-3, paragraph (4), Article 78-7, Article 78-8, paragraph (4), or Article 79-13), Article 79-47, Article 87-8, Article 156-8, Article 156-20-7, or Article 156-70 is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than 500 thousand yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-204/par-1: 第七十二条 → 金融商品取引法 第七十二条 (Article 72), art-72 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-72
- art-204/par-1: 第七十九条 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79
- art-204/par-1: 第七十九条の十四 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の十四 (Article 79-14), art-79-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-14
- art-204/par-1: 第七十七条の二第七項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十七条の二第七項 (Article 77-2, paragraph (7)), art-77-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-77-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-77-2/par-7
- art-204/par-1: 第八項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十七条の二第八項 (Article 77-2, paragraph (8)), art-77-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-77-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-77-2/par-8
- art-204/par-1: 第七十七条の三第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十七条の三第四項 (Article 77-3, paragraph (4)), art-77-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-77-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-77-3/par-4
- art-204/par-1: 第七十八条の七 → 金融商品取引法 第七十八条の七 (Article 78-7), art-78-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78-7
- art-204/par-1: 第七十八条の八第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十八条の八第四項 (Article 78-8, paragraph (4)), art-78-8/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78-8/par-4
- art-204/par-1: 第七十九条の十三 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の十三 (Article 79-13), art-79-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-13
- art-204/par-1: 第七十九条の四十七 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十七 (Article 79-47), art-79-47 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-47
- art-204/par-1: 第八十七条の八 → 金融商品取引法 第八十七条の八 (Article 87-8), art-87-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-87-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-87-8
- art-204/par-1: 第百五十六条の八 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の八 (Article 156-8), art-156-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-8
- art-204/par-1: 第百五十六条の二十の七 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十の七 (Article 156-20-7), art-156-20-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-20-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-20-7
- art-204/par-1: 第百五十六条の七十 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の七十 (Article 156-70), art-156-70 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-70

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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