# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4) - 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: 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4)（認可の基準） — address `art-30-4` - 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-30-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4 - 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. --- ### 第三十条の四（認可の基準） — (Criteria for Authorization) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-30-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、第三十条第一項の認可をしようとするときは、次に掲げる基準に適合するかどうかを審査しなければならない。 art-30-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4/par-1 Before seeking to grant the authorization referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must examine whether there is compliance with the following criteria: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 損失の危険の管理に関し、適切な体制及び規則の整備を行つていること。 art-30-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4/par-1/item-1 an appropriate system and regulations are in place for managing the risk of loss; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 資本金の額が、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして政令で定める金額以上であること。 art-30-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4/par-1/item-2 the amount of stated capital exceeds the amount of money that is specified by Cabinet Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 純財産額が前号に規定する金額以上であること。 art-30-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4/par-1/item-3 the amount of net assets exceeds the amount of money prescribed in the preceding item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第四十六条の六第二項の規定に違反していないこと。 art-30-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4/par-1/item-4 the provisions of Article 46-6, paragraph (2) are not being violated; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 認可申請者の売買価格の決定方法、受渡しその他の決済の方法その他内閣府令で定める業務の内容及び方法が、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものであること。 art-30-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4/par-1/item-5 the applicant's method for deciding the trading price, its methods of transfer and other settlement, and its Cabinet Office Order-specified business outline and business methods are necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-30-4/par-1: 第三十条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30/par-1 - art-30-4/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 金融商品取引法 第三十条の四第一項第二号 (Article 30-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-30-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4/par-1/item-2 - art-30-4/par-1/item-4: 第四十六条の六第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第四十六条の六第二項 (Article 46-6, paragraph (2)), art-46-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-46-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-46-6/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第三十条の四第一項第三号（認可の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-4/par-1/item-3 - 金融商品取引法 第五十二条第一項第十二号（金融商品取引業者に対する監督上の処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-52/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-52/par-1/item-12 - 金融商品取引法 第六十五条の四第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-65-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-65-4/par-1 --- ## 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