# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第五十七条 (Article 57)

- 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: 第五十七条 (Article 57)（審問等） — address `art-57`
- 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-57
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### 第五十七条（審問等） — (Hearings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57</sup>

  **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、第二十九条若しくは第三十三条の二の登録、第三十条第一項の認可又は第三十一条第四項の変更登録を拒否しようとするときは、登録申請者又は金融商品取引業者に通知して、当該職員に、当該登録申請者又は当該金融商品取引業者につき審問を行わせなければならない。
  <sup>art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57/par-1</sup>
  Before seeking to refuse an Article 29 or Article 33-2 registration, an Article 30, paragraph (1) authorization, or an Article 31, paragraph (4) registration of a change, the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for registration or the financial instruments business operator, and have the relevant officials conduct a hearing regarding the applicant for registration or the financial instruments business operator.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  内閣総理大臣は、第五十一条、第五十一条の二、第五十二条第一項、第五十二条の二第一項、第五十三条、第五十四条又は前条の規定に基づいて処分をしようとするときは、行政手続法第十三条第一項の規定による意見陳述のための手続の区分にかかわらず、聴聞を行わなければならない。
  <sup>art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57/par-2</sup>
  Irrespective of the category of proceeding for hearing statements of opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, before seeking to issue a disposition based on the provisions of Article 51; Article 51-2; Article 52, paragraph (1); Article 52-2, paragraph (1); Article 53; Article 54; or the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must conduct a hearing.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  内閣総理大臣は、第二十九条若しくは第三十三条の二の登録、第三十条第一項若しくは第三十一条第六項の認可、同条第四項の変更登録若しくは第三十五条第四項の承認をし、若しくはしないこととしたとき、第三十条の二第一項の規定により条件を付することとしたとき、又は第五十一条、第五十一条の二、第五十二条第一項若しくは第二項、第五十二条の二第一項若しくは第二項、第五十三条、第五十四条若しくは前条の規定に基づいて処分をすることとしたときは、書面により、その旨を登録申請者又は金融商品取引業者等に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57/par-3</sup>
  Upon deciding to grant or to refuse an Article 29 or Article 33-2 registration, an Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 31, paragraph (6) authorization, an Article 31, paragraph (4) registration of a change, or an Article 35, paragraph (4) approval, to attach conditions pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-2, paragraph (1), or to issue a disposition based on the provisions of Article 51; Article 51-2; Article 52, paragraph (1) or (2); Article 52-2, paragraph (1) or (2); Article 53; Article 54; or the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for registration or the financial instruments business operator, etc. of this in writing.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Upon deciding to grant or to refuse an Article 29 or Article 33-2 registration, the an Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 31, paragraph (6) authorization, an Article 31, paragraph (4) registration of a change, or an Article 35, paragraph (4) approval, to attach conditions pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-2, paragraph (1), or to issue a disposition based on the provisions of Article 51; Article 51-2; Article 52, paragraph (1) or (2); Article 52-2, paragraph (1) or (2); Article 53; Article 54; or the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for registration or the financial instruments business operator, etc. of this in writing." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-57/par-1: 第二十九条 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29
- art-57/par-1: 第三十三条の二 → 金融商品取引法 第三十三条の二 (Article 33-2), art-33-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-33-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-33-2
- art-57/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-57/par-1: 第三十一条第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条第四項 (Article 31, paragraph (4)), art-31/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31/par-4
- art-57/par-2: 第五十一条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-51
- art-57/par-2: 第五十一条の二 → 金融商品取引法 第五十一条の二 (Article 51-2), art-51-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-51-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-51-2
- art-57/par-2: 第五十二条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-52/par-1
- art-57/par-2: 第五十二条の二第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十二条の二第一項 (Article 52-2, paragraph (1)), art-52-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-52-2/par-1
- art-57/par-2: 第五十三条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十三条 (Article 53), art-53 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-53
- art-57/par-2: 第五十四条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-54
- art-57/par-2: 前条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十六条の三 (Article 56-3), art-56-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-56-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-56-3
- art-57/par-2: 行政手続法第十三条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-13/par-1
- art-57/par-3: 第二十九条 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29
- art-57/par-3: 第三十三条の二 → 金融商品取引法 第三十三条の二 (Article 33-2), art-33-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-33-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-33-2
- art-57/par-3: 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-57/par-3: 第三十一条第六項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条第六項 (Article 31, paragraph (6)), art-31/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31/par-6
- art-57/par-3: 同条第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条第四項 (Article 31, paragraph (4)), art-31/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31/par-4
- art-57/par-3: 第三十五条第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十五条第四項 (Article 35, paragraph (4)), art-35/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-35/par-4
- art-57/par-3: 第三十条の二第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十条の二第一項 (Article 30-2, paragraph (1)), art-30-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-30-2/par-1
- art-57/par-3: 第五十一条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-51
- art-57/par-3: 第五十一条の二 → 金融商品取引法 第五十一条の二 (Article 51-2), art-51-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-51-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-51-2
- art-57/par-3: 第五十二条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-52/par-1
- art-57/par-3: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十二条第二項 (Article 52, paragraph (2)), art-52/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-52/par-2
- art-57/par-3: 第五十二条の二第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十二条の二第一項 (Article 52-2, paragraph (1)), art-52-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-52-2/par-1
- art-57/par-3: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十二条の二第二項 (Article 52-2, paragraph (2)), art-52-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-52-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-52-2/par-2
- art-57/par-3: 第五十三条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十三条 (Article 53), art-53 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-53
- art-57/par-3: 第五十四条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-54
- art-57/par-3: 前条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十六条の三 (Article 56-3), art-56-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-56-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-56-3

## Cited by

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

- 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 第六十六条の二十三第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-23/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十八第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-48/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の六十九第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-69/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-18/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-21/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-22/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-23/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第三十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-35/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-54/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第七十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-70/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第百四十七条第一項（旧信託契約代理店に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-147/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第百四十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-148/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-148/par-1

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## 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 57, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), retrieved 2026-10-22
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- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22