# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第五十九条の三 (Article 59-3) - 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: 第五十九条の三 (Article 59-3)（引受業務の一部の許可の審査基準） — address `art-59-3` - 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-59-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-3 - 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. --- ### 第五十九条の三（引受業務の一部の許可の審査基準） — (Examination Criteria for Permission for Some Underwriting Activities) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-59-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-3 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、第五十九条第一項の許可をしようとするときは、次に掲げる基準に適合するかどうかを審査しなければならない。 art-59-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-3/par-1 Before seeking to grant the permission referred to in Article 59, paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must examine whether there is compliance with the following criteria: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 外国において、その許可を受けようとする業務と同種類の業務について政令で定める期間以上継続して業務を行つていること。 art-59-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-3/par-1/item-1 the applicant has been continuously engaged in the same type of business in a foreign country as the business for which it seeks to obtain permission, for a period longer than the period specified by Cabinet Order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 資本金の額又は出資の総額が、許可を受けようとする業務の態様に応じ、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当なものとして政令で定める金額以上の法人であること。 art-59-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-3/par-1/item-2 the applicant is a corporation whose stated capital or total contributions are not less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order as the amount necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors in light of the mode of business for which the applicant seeks to obtain permission; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二十九条の四第一項第五号ロに規定する純財産額が前号に規定する政令で定める金額以上であること。 art-59-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-3/par-1/item-3 the net assets provided for in Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (v), (b) are not less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order as provided for in the preceding item. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-59-3/par-1: 第五十九条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59/par-1 - art-59-3/par-1/item-3: 第二十九条の四第一項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の四第一項第五号 (Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-29-4/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-4/par-1/item-5 - art-59-3/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 金融商品取引法 第五十九条の三第一項第二号 (Article 59-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-59-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-3/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第五十九条の三第一項第三号（引受業務の一部の許可の審査基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-3/par-1/item-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 --- ## 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