# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十条の四 (Article 60-4) - 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: 第六十条の四 (Article 60-4)（職務代行者） — address `art-60-4` - 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-60-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-4 - 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. --- ### 第六十条の四（職務代行者） — (Acting Representatives) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-60-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-4 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、第六十条第一項の許可を受けた外国証券業者（以下「取引所取引許可業者」という。）の国内における代表者が欠けた場合において、必要があると認めるときは、一時その職務を行うべき者（次項において「職務代行者」という。）を選任することができる。この場合において、当該取引所取引許可業者は、国内における代表者が欠ける前における当該国内における代表者の住所地において、その登記をしなければならない。 art-60-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-4/par-1 If there is a vacant position for the domestic representative of a foreign securities services provider that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 60, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as an "authorized firm for on-exchange transactions"), and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary, the Prime Minister may appoint a person to temporarily perform the duties of the domestic representative (referred to as the "acting representative" in the following paragraph). In such a case, the authorized firm for on-exchange transactions must register that person in connection with the domicile of the domestic representative from before the position of domestic representative became vacant. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により職務代行者を選任したときは、取引所取引許可業者に対し、当該職務代行者に相当額の報酬を支払うべき旨を命ずることができる。 art-60-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-4/par-2 If the Prime Minister appoints an acting representative pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may order the authorized firm for on-exchange transactions to pay a reasonable amount of remuneration to the acting representative. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-60-4/par-1: 第六十条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60/par-1 - art-60-4/par-1: 次項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十条の四第二項 (Article 60-4, paragraph (2)), art-60-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-4/par-2 - art-60-4/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十条の四第一項 (Article 60-4, paragraph (1)), art-60-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-4/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の四第一項第一号ロ（２）（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-4/par-1/item-1/sub-2/sub2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-4/par-1/item-1/sub-2/sub2-2 - 金融商品取引法 第六十条の四第一項（職務代行者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-4/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十条の四第二項（職務代行者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-4/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第六十条の十四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-60-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-60-14/par-2 - 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 第二百九条第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-209/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-209/par-1/item-7 - 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4291-37/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4291-37/art-2/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