# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第三十四条 (Article 34)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（特定投資家への告知義務） — address `art-34`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三十四条（特定投資家への告知義務） — (Obligation to Notify Professional Investors)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-34</sup>

    **第一項**  金融商品取引業者等（金融商品取引業者又は登録金融機関をいう。以下同じ。）は、顧客を相手方とし、又は顧客のために金融商品取引行為（第二条第八項各号に掲げる行為をいう。以下同じ。）を行うことを内容とする契約（以下「金融商品取引契約」という。）の申込みを特定投資家（同条第三十一項第四号に掲げる者に限る。）から受けた場合であつて、当該申込みに係る金融商品取引契約と同じ金融商品取引契約の種類として内閣府令で定めるもの（以下この款において「契約の種類」という。）に属する金融商品取引契約を過去に当該特定投資家との間で締結したことがない場合には、当該申込みに係る金融商品取引契約を締結するまでに、当該特定投資家に対し、当該特定投資家が次条第一項の規定による申出ができる旨を告知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-34/par-1</sup>
    If a financial instruments business operator, etc. (meaning a financial instruments business operator or registered financial institution; the same applies hereinafter) receives an offer from a professional investor (limited to one set forth in Article 2, paragraph (31), item (iv)) for a contract for the financial instruments business operator, etc. to perform an act that constitutes a financial instruments transaction (meaning an act as set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (8); the same applies hereinafter) with the customer as the other party or on behalf of the customer (hereinafter the contract is referred to as a "financial instruments transaction contract"), and has never in the past concluded a financial instruments transaction contract with that professional investor of a type specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the same contract type as the financial instruments transaction contract to which the offer concerns (hereinafter referred to as a "contract type" in this Subsection), the financial instruments business operator, etc., before concluding the financial instruments transaction contract to which the offer concerns, must notify that professional investor that the professional investor may make a request under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-34/par-1: 第二条第八項 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第八項 (Article 2, paragraph (8)), art-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-8
- art-34/par-1: 同条第三十一項第四号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第三十一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (31), item (iv)), art-2/par-31/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-31/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-31/item-4
- art-34/par-1: 次条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十四条の二第一項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (1)), art-34-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-34-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-34-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第二条第三項第二号ロ（１）（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-3/item-2/sub-2/sub2-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-3/item-2/sub-2/sub2-1
- 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の五第四項第二号（適格投資家に関する業務についての登録等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-5/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-5/par-4/item-2
- 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の三の二第一項（金融商品取引業を行う旨の表示等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-3-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第三十一条の三の二第一項第二号（金融商品取引業を行う旨の表示等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31-3-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31-3-2/par-1/item-2
- 金融商品取引法 第三十四条の二第七項（特定投資家が特定投資家以外の顧客とみなされる場合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-34-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-34-2/par-7
- 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
- 金融商品取引法 第六十五条の五第二項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-65-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-65-5/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第六十五条の五第四項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-65-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-65-5/par-4
- 金融商品取引法 附則第三十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-33/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第四十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-48/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 附則第五十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-57/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第三項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4271-32/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4271-32/art-2/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第三項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4291-37/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4291-37/art-2/par-3
- 銀行法 第十三条の四第一項（金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-13-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-13-4/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の二の五第一項（外国銀行代理銀行についての金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-5/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の十七第一項（金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-60-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-17/par-1

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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
