# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百十一条の四 (Article 211-4)

- 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: 第二百十一条の四 (Article 211-4)（電磁的記録に係る記録媒体の差押えに代わる処分） — address `art-211-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二百十一条の四（電磁的記録に係る記録媒体の差押えに代わる処分） — (Dispositions in Lieu of the Seizure of a Recording Medium Containing Electronic or Magnetic Records)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-211-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-4</sup>

**第一項**  差し押さえるべき物件が電磁的記録に係る記録媒体であるときは、委員会職員は、その差押えに代えて次に掲げる処分をすることができる。
<sup>art-211-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-4/par-1</sup>
If the object to be seized is a recording medium containing electronic or magnetic records, a Commission official may make any of the following dispositions in lieu of the seizure of the recording medium:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  差し押さえるべき記録媒体に記録された電磁的記録を他の記録媒体に複写し、印刷し、又は移転した上、当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえること。
  <sup>art-211-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-4/par-1/item-1</sup>
  copying, printing out, or transferring the electronic or magnetic records contained in the recording medium to be seized onto another recording medium, and then seizing that other recording medium; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  差押えを受ける者に差し押さえるべき記録媒体に記録された電磁的記録を他の記録媒体に複写させ、印刷させ、又は移転させた上、当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえること。
  <sup>art-211-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211-4/par-1/item-2</sup>
  having the person subject to the seizure copy, print out, or transfer the electronic or magnetic records contained in the recording medium to be seized onto another recording medium, and then seizing that other recording medium.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第二百二十条第一項（領置目録等の作成等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-220/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の二第一項（移転した上差し押さえた記録媒体の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二百二十四条第二項（財務局等職員の犯則調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-224/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-224/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
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
