# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十一条 (Article 61)

- 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: 第六十一条 (Article 61) — address `art-61`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第六十一条
<sup>art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61</sup>

    **第一項**  外国の法令に準拠して設立された法人又は外国に住所を有する個人で外国において投資助言業務を行う者（第二十九条の登録を受けた者を除く。）は、同条の規定にかかわらず、金融商品取引業者のうち投資運用業を行う者その他政令で定める者のみを相手方として投資助言業務を行うことができる。
    <sup>art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-1</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29, a corporation incorporated based on foreign laws and regulations or an individual domiciled in a foreign country and engaged in investment advisory business in a foreign country (other than one that obtained the registration referred to in Article 29), may engage in investment advisory business with a financial instruments business operator that is engaged in investment management business or a person specified by Cabinet Order as the counterparty.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  外国の法令に準拠して設立された法人で外国において投資運用業（第二条第八項第十二号に掲げる行為を投資一任契約に基づき行う業務に限る。以下この項において同じ。）を行う者（第二十九条の二第一項第五号に規定する業務の種別のうち、投資助言・代理業以外のものについて第二十九条の登録を受けた者を除く。）は、同条の規定にかかわらず、金融商品取引業者のうち投資運用業を行う者その他政令で定める者のみを相手方として投資運用業を行うことができる。
    <sup>art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-2</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29, a corporation incorporated based on foreign laws and regulations and engaged in investment management business in a foreign country (limited to the business of performing the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xii) based on a discretionary investment contract; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) (excluding persons with Article 29 registration other than for investment advisory and agency business among the categories of businesses prescribed in Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (v)) may engage in investment management business, but only with a financial instruments business operator that is engaged in investment management business or a person specified by Cabinet Order as the counterparty.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  外国の法令に準拠して設立された法人で外国において投資運用業（第二条第八項第十五号に掲げる行為を行う業務に限る。）を行う者（第二十九条の二第一項第五号に規定する業務の種別のうち、投資助言・代理業以外のものについて第二十九条の登録を受けた者を除く。）は、同条の規定にかかわらず、金融商品取引業者のうち投資運用業を行う者その他政令で定める者のみを相手方として投資運用業（第二条第八項第十五号に掲げる行為を行う業務に限る。）を行うことができる。この場合において、第六十三条第二項並びに第六十三条の三第一項及び第三項の規定は、適用しない。
    <sup>art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-3</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 29, a corporation incorporated based on foreign laws and regulations and engaged in investment management business in a foreign country (limited to the business of performing the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xv)) (excluding persons with Article 29 registration other than for investment advisory and agency business among the categories of businesses prescribed in Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (v)) may engage in investment management business (limited to the business specified in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xv)), but only with a financial instruments business operator that is engaged in investment management business or a person specified by Cabinet Order as the counterparty. In such a case, the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2) and Article 63-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) do not apply.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  前二項の規定の適用を受ける者であつて第二十九条の二第一項第五号に規定する業務の種別のうち投資助言・代理業のみについて第二十九条の登録を受けた者が前二項の規定により行うことができるとされる業務を行う場合においては、この章第二節第一款及び第三款の規定は、適用しない。
    <sup>art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-4</sup>
    The provisions of Section 2, Subsections 1 and 3 of this Chapter do not apply to cases where a person that is subject to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs and has obtained registration under Article 29 only for investment advisory and agency business among the categories of businesses prescribed in Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (v) engages in a business that the person is allowed to engage in under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-61/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-61/par-2: 第二条第八項第十二号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第八項第十二号 (Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xii)), art-2/par-8/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-8/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-8/item-12
- art-61/par-2: この項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十一条第二項 (Article 61, paragraph (2)), art-61/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-2
- art-61/par-2: 第二十九条の二第一項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の二第一項第五号 (Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-29-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-2/par-1/item-5
- art-61/par-2: 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-61/par-3: 第二条第八項第十五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第八項第十五号 (Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xv)), art-2/par-8/item-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-8/item-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-8/item-15
- art-61/par-3: 第二十九条の二第一項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の二第一項第五号 (Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-29-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-2/par-1/item-5
- art-61/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-61/par-3: 第六十三条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条第二項 (Article 63, paragraph (2)), art-63/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63/par-2
- art-61/par-3: 第六十三条の三第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の三第一項 (Article 63-3, paragraph (1)), art-63-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-3/par-1
- art-61/par-3: 第三項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の三第三項 (Article 63-3, paragraph (3)), art-63-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-3/par-3
- art-61/par-4: 前二項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十一条第二項 (Article 61, paragraph (2)), art-61/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-2
- art-61/par-4: 前二項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-3
- art-61/par-4: 第二十九条の二第一項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の二第一項第五号 (Article 29-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-29-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-2/par-1/item-5
- art-61/par-4: 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

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第六十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第六十一条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-61/par-4
- 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

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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
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
