# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二百二十二条の三 (Article 222-3) - 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: 第二百二十二条の三 (Article 222-3)（鑑定等の嘱託） — address `art-222-3` - 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-222-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3 - 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. --- ### 第二百二十二条の三（鑑定等の嘱託） — (Request for Expert Opinion) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-222-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3 **第一項** 委員会職員は、犯則事件を調査するため必要があるときは、学識経験を有する者に領置物件、差押物件若しくは記録命令付差押物件についての鑑定を嘱託し、又は通訳若しくは翻訳を嘱託することができる。 art-222-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-1 If it is necessary for investigating a criminal case, a Commission official may commission a person with relevant expertise to present an expert opinion or commission that person to perform interpretation or translation services, with regard to a retained object, seized object, or object seized with an order to produce a copy of records. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による鑑定の嘱託を受けた者（第四項及び第五項において「鑑定人」という。）は、委員会の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所の裁判官の許可を受けて、当該鑑定に係る物件を破壊することができる。 art-222-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-2 A person that has received a request for an expert opinion under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as an "expert" in paragraphs (4) and (5)) may destroy the object for which an expert opinion was requested, with the permission of the judge of the district court or summary court that has jurisdiction over the locality of the Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の許可の請求は、委員会職員からしなければならない。 art-222-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-3 A request for the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph must come from a commission official. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の請求があつた場合において、裁判官は、当該請求を相当と認めるときは、犯則嫌疑者の氏名（法人については、名称）、罪名、破壊すべき物件及び鑑定人の氏名並びに請求者の官職及び氏名、有効期間、その期間経過後は執行に着手することができずこれを返還しなければならない旨、交付の年月日並びに裁判所名を記載し、自己の記名押印した許可状を委員会職員に交付しなければならない。 art-222-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-4 If the request referred to in the preceding paragraph has been filed and the judge finds the request to be reasonable, the judge must issue a warrant to a Commission official which states the name of the suspect in the criminal case, the charged offense, and the object to be destroyed; states the name of the expert; states the government position and name of the requester; states the valid period; indicates that after the valid period ends, the warrant may not be executed and must be returned; states the date of issuance and the name of the court; and bears the judge's name and seal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 鑑定人は、第二項の処分を受ける者に前項の許可状を示さなければならない。 art-222-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-5 An expert must show the warrant referred to in the preceding paragraph to a person subject to the disposition referred to in paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-222-3/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第一項 (Article 222-3, paragraph (1)), art-222-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-1 - art-222-3/par-2: 第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第四項 (Article 222-3, paragraph (4)), art-222-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-4 - art-222-3/par-2: 第五項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第五項 (Article 222-3, paragraph (5)), art-222-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-5 - art-222-3/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第二項 (Article 222-3, paragraph (2)), art-222-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-2 - art-222-3/par-4: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第三項 (Article 222-3, paragraph (3)), art-222-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-3 - art-222-3/par-5: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第二項 (Article 222-3, paragraph (2)), art-222-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-2 - art-222-3/par-5: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第四項 (Article 222-3, paragraph (4)), art-222-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第二百十一条第四項（臨検、捜索又は差押え等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-211/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-211/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第二項（鑑定等の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第三項（鑑定等の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第四項（鑑定等の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第二百二十二条の三第五項（鑑定等の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-222-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-222-3/par-5 - 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