# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百十五条 (Article 215) - 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: 第二百十五条 (Article 215)（臨検、捜索又は差押え等に際しての必要な処分） — address `art-215` - 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-215 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-215 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百十五条（臨検、捜索又は差押え等に際しての必要な処分） — (Necessary Dispositions at the Time of Inspection, Search, or Seizure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-215 **第一項** 委員会職員は、臨検、捜索、差押え又は記録命令付差押えをするため必要があるときは、錠をはずし、封を開き、その他必要な処分をすることができる。 art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-215/par-1 If it is necessary to do so in order to carry out an inspection, a search, qa seizure, or a seizure with an order to produce a copy of records, a Commission official may release a lock, open a seal, or make other necessary dispositions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の処分は、領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件についても、することができる。 art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-215/par-2 The dispositions referred to in the preceding paragraph may also be made with respect to retained objects, seized objects, or objects seized with an order to produce a copy of records. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-215/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百十五条第一項 (Article 215, paragraph (1)), art-215/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-215/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第二百十五条第二項（臨検、捜索又は差押え等に際しての必要な処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-215/par-2 - 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 --- ## 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