# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二十七条の十五 (Article 27-15)

- 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: 第二十七条の十五 (Article 27-15)（公開買付届出書等の真実性の認定等の禁止） — address `art-27-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二十七条の十五（公開買付届出書等の真実性の認定等の禁止） — (Prohibition on Presuming the Veracity of a Tender Offer Statement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-27-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-15</sup>

  **第一項**  何人も、公開買付届出書、公開買付撤回届出書、公開買付報告書、意見表明報告書又は対質問回答報告書の受理があつたことをもつて、内閣総理大臣が当該受理に係るこれらの書類の記載が真実かつ正確であり、又はこれらの書類のうちに重要な事項の記載が欠けていないことを認定したものとみなすことができない。
  <sup>art-27-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-15/par-1</sup>
  No person may deem, due to the fact that a tender offer statement, written tender offer withdrawal notice, tender offer report, target company's position statement, or tender offeror's answer has been accepted, that the Prime Minister has certified a statement contained in these documents to be true and accurate, or that the Prime Minister has certified that these documents has not omitted a statement of a material particular.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  公開買付者等及び対象者は、前項の規定に違反する表示をすることができない。
  <sup>art-27-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-15/par-2</sup>
  It is not permitted for the tender offeror, etc. or the target company to make a representation that is in violation of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-27-15/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第二十七条の十五第一項 (Article 27-15, paragraph (1)), art-27-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-15/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第二十七条の十四第一項（公開買付届出書等の公衆縦覧） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-14/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二十七条の十五第二項（公開買付届出書等の真実性の認定等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-15/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第二十七条の二十二の二第二項（発行者による上場株券等の公開買付け） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-22-2/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第二百五条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205/par-1/item-4

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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
