# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十三条の十二 (Article 63-12)

- 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: 第六十三条の十二 (Article 63-12)（業務に関する帳簿書類等） — address `art-63-12`
- 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-63-12
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-12
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### 第六十三条の十二（業務に関する帳簿書類等） — (Books and Documents Concerning Services)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-63-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-12</sup>

  **第一項**  海外投資家等特例業務届出者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その業務に関する帳簿書類を作成し、これを保存しなければならない。
  <sup>art-63-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-12/par-1</sup>
  A notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. must prepare and preserve books and documents concerning its services pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  海外投資家等特例業務届出者は、事業年度ごとに、内閣府令で定めるところにより、事業報告書を作成し、毎事業年度経過後三月以内（当該海外投資家等特例業務届出者が外国法人である場合にあつては、政令で定める期間内）に、これを内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-63-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-12/par-2</sup>
  Each business year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. must prepare a business report and submit it to the Prime Minister within three months after the end of the business year (if the notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. is a foreign corporation, the period specified by Cabinet Order).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  海外投資家等特例業務届出者は、事業年度ごとに、内閣府令で定めるところにより、前項の事業報告書に記載されている事項のうち投資者保護のため必要と認められるものとして内閣府令で定めるものを記載した説明書類を作成し、毎事業年度経過後政令で定める期間を経過した日から一年間、これを主たる営業所若しくは事務所及び海外投資家等特例業務を行う全ての営業所若しくは事務所に備え置いて公衆の縦覧に供し、又は内閣府令で定めるところにより、インターネットの利用その他の方法により公表しなければならない。
  <sup>art-63-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-12/par-3</sup>
  Each business year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a notifier of specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. must prepare explanatory documents stating the particulars stated in the business report referred to in the preceding paragraph which are specified by Cabinet Office Order as particulars that are found to be necessary for investor protection, and must keep the explanatory documents at the principal business office or office and all of their business offices or offices for conducting specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc. and make them available for public inspection or publicize them using the internet or through other means, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, during the one-year period that begins from the day on which the period specified by Cabinet Order has elapsed after the end of each business year.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-63-12/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の十二第二項 (Article 63-12, paragraph (2)), art-63-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-12/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の十一第二項（金融商品取引業者等が海外投資家等特例業務を行う場合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-11/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の十二第三項（業務に関する帳簿書類等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-12/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 第百九十八条の六第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-3
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-4
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-6

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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
