# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百九条の四 (Article 209-4) - 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: 第二百九条の四 (Article 209-4)（第三者の財産の没収手続等） — address `art-209-4` - 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-209-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百九条の四（第三者の財産の没収手続等） — (Procedures for Confiscation of the Property of a Third Party) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-209-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4 **第一項** 不法財産である債権等（不動産及び動産以外の財産をいう。次条第一項及び第二百九条の七において同じ。）が被告人以外の者（以下この条において「第三者」という。）に帰属する場合において、当該第三者が被告事件の手続への参加を許されていないときは、没収の裁判をすることができない。 art-209-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-1 If a claim, etc. that is illegal property (meaning property other than real property and movables; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article and Article 209-7) belongs to a person other than the accused (hereinafter referred to as a "third party" in this Article), and the third party is not allowed to participate in the proceedings of the case under public prosecution, a judicial decision for confiscation may not be made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第百九十八条の二第一項又は第二百条の二の規定により、地上権、抵当権その他の第三者の権利がその上に存在する財産を没収しようとする場合において、当該第三者が被告事件の手続への参加を許されていないときも、前項と同様とする。 art-209-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply when property on which a superficies right, a mortgage or any other right of a third party exists is sought to be confiscated pursuant to the provisions of Article 198-2, paragraph (1) or Article 200-2, and the third party is not allowed to participate in the proceedings of the case under public prosecution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 地上権、抵当権その他の第三者の権利がその上に存在する財産を没収する場合において、前条第二項の規定により当該権利を存続させるときは、裁判所は、没収の言渡しと同時に、その旨を宣告しなければならない。 art-209-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-3 If property on which a superficies right, a mortgage or any other right of a third party exists is to be confiscated, and the right is to be kept in existence pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the court must pronounce to that effect simultaneously with the rendering of confiscation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第二項の規定により存続させるべき権利について前項の宣告がない没収の裁判が確定したときは、当該権利を有する者で自己の責めに帰することのできない理由により被告事件の手続において権利を主張することができなかつたものは、当該権利について、これを存続させるべき場合に該当する旨の裁判を請求することができる。 art-209-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-4 If a judicial decision for confiscation without the pronouncement referred to in the preceding paragraph becomes final and binding with regard to a right that is to be kept in existence pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, a person that holds the relevant right and was unable to claim the right in the proceedings of the case under public prosecution due to a reason unattributable to that person may, demand a judicial decision to the effect that the case falls under a case in which the right should be kept in existence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の裁判があつたときは、刑事補償法（昭和二十五年法律第一号）に定める処分された没収物に係る補償の例により、補償を行う。 art-209-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-5 If the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph is made, compensation is made pursuant to the rules applicable to the compensation for confiscated property that has been disposed of specified in the Criminal Compensation Act (Act No. 1 of 1950). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項及び第二項に規定する財産の没収に関する手続については、この法律に特別の定めがあるもののほか、刑事事件における第三者所有物の没収手続に関する応急措置法（昭和三十八年法律第百三十八号）の規定を準用する。 art-209-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-6 With regard to the procedures concerning confiscation of property provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2), unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of the Act on Emergency Measures on Criminal Procedure to Confiscate Items Owned by Third Parties (Act No. 138 of 1963) apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-209-4/par-1: 次条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の五第一項 (Article 209-5, paragraph (1)), art-209-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-5/par-1 - art-209-4/par-1: 第二百九条の七 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の七 (Article 209-7), art-209-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-7 - art-209-4/par-1: この条 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四 (Article 209-4), art-209-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4 - art-209-4/par-2: 第百九十八条の二第一項 → 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 - art-209-4/par-2: 第二百条の二 → 金融商品取引法 第二百条の二 (Article 200-2), art-200-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-200-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-200-2 - art-209-4/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第一項 (Article 209-4, paragraph (1)), art-209-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-1 - art-209-4/par-3: 前条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の三第二項 (Article 209-3, paragraph (2)), art-209-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-3/par-2 - art-209-4/par-4: 前条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の三第二項 (Article 209-3, paragraph (2)), art-209-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-3/par-2 - art-209-4/par-4: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第三項 (Article 209-4, paragraph (3)), art-209-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-3 - art-209-4/par-5: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第四項 (Article 209-4, paragraph (4)), art-209-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-4 - art-209-4/par-6: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第一項 (Article 209-4, paragraph (1)), art-209-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-1 - art-209-4/par-6: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第二項 (Article 209-4, paragraph (2)), art-209-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第二百九条の四第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-1 - 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 - 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第四項（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第五項（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-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-5 - 金融商品取引法 第二百九条の四第六項（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-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209-4/par-6 - 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 - 銀行法 第六十八条第三項（第三者の財産の没収手続等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-68/par-3 --- ## 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