# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第五十七条の十二 (Article 57-12) - 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: 第五十七条の十二 (Article 57-12)（指定等） — address `art-57-12` - 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-57-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12 - 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. --- ### 第五十七条の十二（指定等） — (Designation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-57-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、特別金融商品取引業者の親会社（第五十七条の二第八項に規定する親会社をいう。以下この節において同じ。）又はその子法人等が次に掲げる要件のいずれかに該当する場合において、当該親会社及びその子法人等の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保することが公益又は投資者保護のため特に必要であると認められるときは、当該親会社をこの款の規定の適用を受ける者として指定するものとする。 art-57-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-1 If the parent company (meaning a parent company as prescribed in Article 57-2, paragraph (8); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) of a special financial instruments business operator or its subsidiary corporation, etc. satisfies any of the following requirements, and the Prime Minister finds that ensuring the sound and appropriate operation of the business of the parent company and its subsidiary corporations, etc. is particularly necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister is to designate the parent company as a person that is subject to the application of the provisions of this Subsection: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該親会社が当該特別金融商品取引業者の経営管理を事業として行つていること。 art-57-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-1/item-1 the parent company conducts business management of the special financial instruments business operator as business; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該親会社又はその子法人等が当該特別金融商品取引業者に対し、その業務の運営のために必要な資金の貸付け、債務の保証その他これらに類する資金調達に関する支援であつて、その停止が当該特別金融商品取引業者の業務の健全かつ適切な運営に著しい支障を及ぼすおそれがあると認められるものを行つていること。 art-57-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-1/item-2 the parent company or its subsidiary corporation, etc. lends funds to, guarantees obligations for, or provides other similar assistance with fund procurement to the special financial instruments business operator for the purpose of its business operations, and it is found that the suspension of such assistance would be likely to substantially compromise the sound and appropriate operation of the business of the special financial instruments business operator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、特別金融商品取引業者の親会社及びその子法人等の集団が、その業務の運営及び財産の状況について、他の法令に基づいて行政機関の適切な監督を受けていると認められる場合（外国の法令に基づいて外国の行政機関その他これに準ずるものの適切な監督を受けていると認められる場合を含む。）には、前項の規定による指定をしないことができる。 art-57-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-2 If the group consisting of the parent company of a special financial instruments business operator and its subsidiary corporations, etc. is found to be under appropriate supervision by an administrative organization based on other laws and regulations (including if the group is found to be under appropriate supervision by a foreign administrative organization or any other equivalent organization based on foreign laws and regulations) with respect to the state of its business operations and assets, the Prime Minister may choose not to make the designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、第一項の規定による指定をしたときは、書面により、その旨並びに当該指定に係る特別金融商品取引業者（以下「対象特別金融商品取引業者」という。）の商号及び当該指定を受けた者（以下「指定親会社」という。）が最終指定親会社（指定親会社であつて、その親会社のうちに当該指定親会社と同一の対象特別金融商品取引業者に係る指定親会社である会社がないものをいう。以下この款において同じ。）であるか否かの別を当該指定親会社に通知しなければならない。これらの事項に変更があつたときも、同様とする。 art-57-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-3 Upon effecting a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must notify the person subject to the designation (hereinafter referred to as "designated parent company") in writing of this, as well as notifying it of the trade name of the special financial instruments business operator connected with that designation (hereinafter referred to as "subject special financial instruments business operator"), and whether or not it, as the designated parent company, is the highest designated parent company (meaning a designated parent company that does not have a parent company which is the designated parent company of the same subject special financial instruments business operator as itself; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection). The same applies if these matters change. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 内閣総理大臣は、第一項の規定による指定をしたときは、指定親会社の商号又は名称及び本店又は主たる事務所（外国会社にあつては、国内に事務所があるときは、国内における主たる事務所を含む。次条第一項第四号において同じ。）の所在地並びに対象特別金融商品取引業者の商号を官報で公示しなければならない。これらの事項に変更があつたときも、同様とする。 art-57-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-4 Upon making a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must make public notice of the trade name or name and the location of the head office or principal office of the designated parent company (for a foreign company that has an office in Japan, this includes the location of its principal office in Japan; hereinafter the same applies in paragraph (1), item (iv) of the following Article), and the trade name of the subject special financial instruments business operator in the Official Gazette. The same applies if any of these particulars changes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 内閣総理大臣は、指定親会社について第一項の規定による指定を受けるべき事由が消滅したと認めるときは、当該指定を解除するとともに、書面により、その旨を当該指定を解除されることとなる指定親会社に通知しなければならない。 art-57-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-5 If the Prime Minister finds that the grounds for a designated parent company becoming subject to a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1) have ceased to exist, the Prime Minister, in addition to cancelling that designation, must give written notice of this to the designated parent company whose designation is being cancelled. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により指定を解除したときは、その旨を官報で公示しなければならない。 art-57-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-6 If the Prime Minister cancels a designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must issue public notice of this in the Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-57-12/par-1: 第五十七条の二第八項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の二第八項 (Article 57-2, paragraph (8)), art-57-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-2/par-8 - art-57-12/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第一項 (Article 57-12, paragraph (1)), art-57-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-1 - art-57-12/par-3: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第一項 (Article 57-12, paragraph (1)), art-57-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-1 - art-57-12/par-4: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第一項 (Article 57-12, paragraph (1)), art-57-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-1 - art-57-12/par-4: 次条第一項第四号 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十三第一項第四号 (Article 57-13, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-57-13/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-13/par-1/item-4 - art-57-12/par-5: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第一項 (Article 57-12, paragraph (1)), art-57-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-1 - art-57-12/par-6: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第五項 (Article 57-12, paragraph (5)), art-57-12/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-5 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の二第四項（特別金融商品取引業者に係る届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-2/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の二第五項（特別金融商品取引業者に係る届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-2/par-5 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第二項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第三項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第四項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第五項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-5 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十二第六項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-12/par-6 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十三第一項（指定親会社による書類の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-13/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十八第三項（届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-18/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 第百九十四条の四第一項第六号の四（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-4/par-1/item-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-4/par-1/item-6-4 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の四第一項第六号の五（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-4/par-1/item-6-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-4/par-1/item-6-5 --- ## 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