# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第五十七条の二十三 (Article 57-23)

- 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: 第五十七条の二十三 (Article 57-23)（報告の徴取及び検査） — address `art-57-23`
- 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-57-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-23
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### 第五十七条の二十三（報告の徴取及び検査） — (Collection of Reports and Inspections)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-57-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-23</sup>

    **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、指定親会社、これと取引をする者、当該指定親会社の子会社等（第五十七条の十第二項に規定する子会社等をいう。以下この条において同じ。）若しくは当該指定親会社から業務の委託を受けた者（その者から委託（二以上の段階にわたる委託を含む。）を受けた者を含む。以下この条において同じ。）に対し対象特別金融商品取引業者若しくは当該指定親会社の業務若しくは財産に関し参考となるべき報告若しくは資料（当該子会社等にあつては、当該対象特別金融商品取引業者又は当該指定親会社の財産に関し参考となるべき報告又は資料に限る。）の提出を命じ、又は当該職員に当該指定親会社、当該子会社等若しくは当該指定親会社から業務の委託を受けた者の業務若しくは財産の状況若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件の検査（当該子会社等にあつては当該対象特別金融商品取引業者又は当該指定親会社の財産に関し必要な検査に、当該指定親会社から業務の委託を受けた者にあつては当該対象特別金融商品取引業者又は当該指定親会社の業務又は財産に関し必要な検査に限る。）をさせることができる。
    <sup>art-57-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-23/par-1</sup>
    When the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister may order a designated parent company, a person that conducts transactions with a designated parent company, the subsidiary company, etc. of a designated parent company (meaning a subsidiary company, etc. provided for in Article 57-10, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this Article), or the person that a designated parent company has entrusted with its business (including a person that has received entrustment from the person (including entrustment at two or more degrees of separation from the original entrustment); hereinafter the same applies in this Article), to submit reports or materials that should serve as a reference with regard to the business or assets of the subject special financial instruments business operator or the designated parent company (but may only order a subsidiary company, etc. to submit reports or materials that should serve as a reference in connection with the assets of the subject special financial instruments business operator or the designated parent company), and may have the relevant officials inspect the state of the business or assets, books, documents, and any other articles of a designated parent company, a subsidiary company, etc., or the person that a designated parent company has entrusted with its business (but may only have the relevant officials inspect a subsidiary company, etc. as is necessary in connection with the assets of the subject special financial instruments business operator or the designated parent company, and may only have the relevant officials inspect the person that a designated parent company has entrusted with its business as is necessary in connection with the business or assets of the subject special financial instruments business operator or the designated parent company).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-57-23/par-1: 第五十七条の十第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十第二項 (Article 57-10, paragraph (2)), art-57-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-10/par-2
- art-57-23/par-1: この条 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の二十三 (Article 57-23), art-57-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-23

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の二十三第一項（報告の徴取及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-23/par-1
- 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 第百九十条第一項（検査職員の証票携帯） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-190/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-190/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十四条の七第三項（金融庁長官への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-194-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-194-7/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-10
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-11

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T035921-008, translated 2026-10-23
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
