# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第五十条 (Article 50) - 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: 第五十条 (Article 50)（休止等の届出） — address `art-50` - 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-50 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50 - 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. --- ### 第五十条（休止等の届出） — (Notification of Suspension) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50 **第一項** 金融商品取引業者等は、次の各号のいずれかに該当することとなつたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1 If a financial instruments business operator, etc. comes to fall under any of the following items, it must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 業務（金融商品取引業又は登録金融機関業務（以下この節において「金融商品取引業等」という。）に限る。）を休止し、又は再開したとき（第三十条第一項の認可を受けた金融商品取引業者にあつては、当該認可に係る業務を休止し、又は再開したときを含む。）。 art-50/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-1 it suspends its business (limited to financial instruments business or services of a registered financial institution (hereinafter referred to as "financial instruments business, etc." in this Section)) or resumes business (with regard to a financial instruments business operator that has obtained the authorization referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), this includes if it suspends or resumes the business subject to that authorization); Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "it suspends its business (limited to financial instruments business or services of a registered financial institution (hereinafter referred to as "financial instruments business, etc." in this Section) or resumes business (with regard to a financial instruments business operator that has obtained the authorization referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), this includes if it suspends or resumes the business subject to that authorization);" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb **二** 第三十条第一項の認可に係る業務を廃止したとき。 art-50/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-2 it discontinues business that was under the authorization referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 金融商品取引業者である法人が、他の法人と合併したとき（当該金融商品取引業者である法人が合併により消滅したときを除く。）、分割により他の法人の事業（金融商品取引業等に係るものに限る。以下この号及び次条において同じ。）の全部若しくは一部を承継したとき、又は他の法人から事業の全部若しくは一部を譲り受けたとき。 art-50/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-3 the financial instruments business operator is a corporation, and that corporation merges with another corporation (excluding if the financial instruments business operator is a corporation and that corporation disappears in the merger), succeeds to all or part of another corporation's business undertakings (limited to those in the financial instruments business, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this item and the following Article) in a company split, or acquires all or part of another corporation's business; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 金融商品取引業者（有価証券関連業を行う者に限る。次号において同じ。）が、銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関、外国においてこれらの者が行う業務と同種類の業務を行う法人、金融商品取引業者（法人である場合に限る。）、金融商品取引業を行う外国の法人その他内閣府令で定める法人（同号及び第五十六条の二第一項において「銀行等」という。）について、その総株主等の議決権の過半数を取得し、又は保有したとき。 art-50/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-4 the financial instruments business operator (limited to one engaged in securities services; the same applies in the following item) acquires or comes to hold the majority of the voting rights held by all the shareholders, etc. in a bank, a cooperative financial institution, or any other financial institution specified by Cabinet Order; in a corporation in a foreign country that engages in the same kind of business as that conducted by such persons; or in a financial instruments business operator (limited to a corporation), a foreign corporation that engages in financial instruments business, or any other corporation specified by Cabinet Office Order (collectively referred to as a "bank, etc." in the following item and Article 56-2, paragraph (1)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 金融商品取引業者が、その総株主等の議決権の過半数を保有している銀行等についてその総株主等の議決権の過半数を保有しないこととなつたとき、又は当該銀行等が合併し、解散し、若しくは業務の全部を廃止したとき。 art-50/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-5 the financial instruments business operator comes to no longer hold the majority of the voting rights held by all the shareholders, etc. in a bank, etc. in which it used to hold the majority of the voting rights held by all the shareholders, etc., or such bank, etc. merges, is dissolved, or discontinues the whole of its business; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 金融商品取引業者（第一種金融商品取引業又は投資運用業を行う者に限る。）の総株主等の議決権の過半数が他の一の法人その他の団体によつて保有されることとなつたとき。 art-50/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-6 the majority of the voting rights held by all the shareholders, etc. in the financial instruments business operator (limited to one engaged in type-I financial instruments business or investment management business) has come to be held by another corporation or other organization; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 破産手続開始、再生手続開始又は更生手続開始の申立てを行つたとき。 art-50/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-7 it files a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings, rehabilitation proceedings, or reorganization proceedings; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** その他内閣府令で定める場合に該当するとき。 art-50/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-8 it falls under any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第四号に規定する総株主等の議決権の過半数の保有の判定に関し必要な事項は、その保有の態様その他の事情を勘案して、内閣府令で定める。 art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-2 Necessary particulars relevant to the determination of whether the majority of the voting rights held by all the shareholders, etc. are held as prescribed in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the manner in which they are held and other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-50/par-1/item-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-50/par-1/item-2: 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-50/par-1/item-3: この号 → 金融商品取引法 第五十条第一項第三号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-50/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-3 - art-50/par-1/item-3: 次条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十条の二 (Article 50-2), art-50-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50-2 - art-50/par-1/item-4: 次号 → 金融商品取引法 第五十条第一項第五号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-50/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-5 - art-50/par-1/item-4: 第五十六条の二第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十六条の二第一項 (Article 56-2, paragraph (1)), art-56-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-56-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-56-2/par-1 - art-50/par-2: 前項第四号 → 金融商品取引法 第五十条第一項第四号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-50/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第五十条第一項第三号（休止等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-3 - 金融商品取引法 第五十条第一項第四号（休止等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-1/item-4 - 金融商品取引法 第五十条第二項（休止等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第五十二条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-52/par-3 - 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 第二百五条の二の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-23 - 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 (金融商品取引法), Article 50, paragraph (1), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), 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