# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十三条の八 (Article 63-8) - 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: 第六十三条の八 (Article 63-8)（海外投資家等特例業務） — address `art-63-8` - 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-63-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8 - 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. --- ### 第六十三条の八（海外投資家等特例業務） — (Specially Permitted Services for Foreign Investors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-63-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8 **第一項** この節において「海外投資家等特例業務」とは、次に掲げる行為のいずれかを業として行うことをいう。 art-63-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1 The term "specially permitted services for foreign investors, etc." as used in this Section means performing any of the following acts on a regular basis: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第二条第二項第五号又は第六号に掲げる権利（同一の出資対象事業（同項第五号に規定する出資対象事業をいう。）に係る当該権利を有する者が海外投資家等（次のいずれにも該当しないものに限る。）のみであるものに限る。）を有する海外投資家等から出資され、又は拠出された金銭（これに類するものとして政令で定めるものを含む。以下この号及び次条第九項において同じ。）の運用を行う第二条第八項第十五号に掲げる行為（その出資又は拠出を受けた金銭が主として非居住者（外国為替及び外国貿易法第六条第一項第六号に規定する非居住者をいう。次条第九項において同じ。）から出資又は拠出を受けた金銭であるものに限り、投資者の保護に支障を生ずるおそれがあるものとして内閣府令で定めるものを除く。） art-63-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1/item-1 the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xv), of investing money (including anything specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to money; the same applies in this item and paragraph (9) of the following Article) that has been invested or contributed by a foreign investor, etc. that holds the right set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v) or (vi) (limited to right in the same business subject to investment (meaning a business subject to investment provided for in item (v) of that Article) in which foreign investors, etc. are the only holders of those rights (limited to foreign investors, etc. that do not fall under any of the following cases)) (limited to cases in which the invested or contributed money is money that has been mainly invested or contributed by non-residents (meaning the non-residents prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act; the same applies in paragraph (9) of the following Article), and excluding the acts specified by Cabinet Order as being likely to compromise the protection of investors): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** その発行する資産対応証券（資産の流動化に関する法律第二条第十一項に規定する資産対応証券をいう。）を海外投資家等以外の者が取得している特定目的会社（同条第三項に規定する特定目的会社をいう。） art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1 a special purpose company (meaning a special purpose company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Securitization of Assets) that issues asset backed securities (meaning asset backed securities as defined in paragraph (11) of that Article) which have been acquired by persons other than foreign investors, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 第二条第二項第五号又は第六号に掲げる権利に対する投資事業に係る匿名組合契約（商法第五百三十五条に規定する匿名組合契約をいう。）で、海外投資家等以外の者を匿名組合員とするものの営業者又は営業者になろうとする者 art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2 the business operator or a person seeking to become a business operator in a silent partnership agreement (meaning a silent partnership agreement prescribed in Article 535 of the Commercial Code) that concerns the rights set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v) or (vi) and that has a person other than a foreign investor, etc. as a silent partner; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** イ又はロに掲げる者に準ずる者として内閣府令で定める者 art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-3 a person that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as being equivalent to a person set forth in (a) or (b); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その行う前号に掲げる行為に関して海外投資家等で同号イからハまでのいずれにも該当しない者を相手方として行う第二条第二項第五号又は第六号に掲げる権利に係る募集又は私募（海外投資家等（前号イからハまでのいずれにも該当しないものに限る。）以外の者が当該権利を取得するおそれが少ないものとして政令で定めるものに限り、投資者の保護に支障を生ずるおそれがあるものとして内閣府令で定めるものを除く。） art-63-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1/item-2 the public offering or private placement related to rights set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v) or (vi) made to foreign investors, etc. that do not fall under any of (a) through (c) of the preceding item in connection with the person's act set forth in that item (limited to public offering or private placement specified by Cabinet Order as having little likelihood of persons that are not foreign investors, etc. acquire the relevant rights and excluding those specified by Cabinet Office Order as being likely to compromise the protection of investors). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の「海外投資家等」とは、次に掲げる者をいう。 art-63-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-2 The term "foreign investor, etc." as used in the preceding paragraph means one of the following persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 外国法人又は外国に住所を有する個人であつて、その知識、経験及び財産の状況を勘案して内閣府令で定める要件に該当するもの art-63-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-2/item-1 a foreign corporation or an individual that has an address in a foreign country that satisfies the requirements specified by Cabinet Office Order in light of their knowledge and experience and the state of their assets; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 適格機関投資家（これに準ずる者として内閣府令で定める者を含み、前号に掲げる者を除く。） art-63-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-2/item-2 a qualified institutional investor (including persons specified by Cabinet Office Order as being equivalent to them, and excluding the persons set forth in the preceding item); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる者のほか、前項各号に掲げる行為を行う者と密接な関係を有する者として政令で定める者 art-63-8/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-2/item-3 in addition to the persons set forth in the preceding two items, a person specified by Cabinet Order as being closely related to the person that performs each of the acts set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-63-8/par-1/item-1: 第二条第二項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第二項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-2/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-2/item-5 - art-63-8/par-1/item-1: 第六号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第二項第六号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-2/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-2/item-6 - art-63-8/par-1/item-1: この号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の八第一項第一号 (Article 63-8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-63-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1/item-1 - art-63-8/par-1/item-1: 次条第九項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の九第九項 (Article 63-9, paragraph (9)), art-63-9/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-9/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-9/par-9 - art-63-8/par-1/item-1: 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-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1: 資産の流動化に関する法律第二条第十一項 → e-Gov law 410AC0000000105, 第二条第十一項 (Article 2, paragraph (11)), art-2/par-11 — not held in this collection - art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1: 同条第三項 → e-Gov law 410AC0000000105, 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 第二条第二項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第二項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-2/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-2/item-5 - art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 第六号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第二項第六号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-2/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-2/item-6 - art-63-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 商法第五百三十五条 → e-Gov law 132AC0000000048, 第五百三十五条 (Article 535), art-535 — not held in this collection - art-63-8/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の八第一項第一号 (Article 63-8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-63-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1/item-1 - art-63-8/par-1/item-2: 第二条第二項第五号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第二項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-2/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-2/item-5 - art-63-8/par-1/item-2: 第六号 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第二項第六号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-2/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-2/item-6 - art-63-8/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の八第一項 (Article 63-8, paragraph (1)), art-63-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1 - art-63-8/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の八第二項第一号 (Article 63-8, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-63-8/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-2/item-1 - art-63-8/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の八第二項第一号 (Article 63-8, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-63-8/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-2/item-1 - art-63-8/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の八第二項第二号 (Article 63-8, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-63-8/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-2/item-2 - art-63-8/par-2/item-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十三条の八第一項 (Article 63-8, paragraph (1)), art-63-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-63-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-63-8/par-1 ## Cited by 20 provisions cite this one. 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