# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十六条の二十八 (Article 66-28) - 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: 第六十六条の二十八 (Article 66-28)（登録の申請） — address `art-66-28` - 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-66-28 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条の二十八（登録の申請） — (Application for Registration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28 **第一項** 前条の登録を受けようとする者は、次に掲げる事項を記載した登録申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。この場合において、外国法人は、国内における代表者（当該外国法人が信用格付業を行うため国内に設けるすべての営業所又は事務所の業務を担当するものに限る。）又はこれに準ずるものとして内閣府令で定める者を定めて当該登録申請書を提出しなければならない。 art-66-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-1 A person seeking to be registered as referred to in the preceding Article must submit a written application for registration to the Prime Minister, in which it states the following particulars. In such a case, a foreign corporation must designate a domestic representative (limited to one responsible for business at all business offices or offices that the foreign corporation operates in Japan so as to engage in credit rating services) or a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as equivalent to this, before submitting such a written application for registration: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 商号又は名称 art-66-28/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-1/item-1 its trade name or name; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 役員（法人でない団体で代表者又は管理人の定めのあるものの代表者又は管理人を含む。以下この章において同じ。）の氏名又は名称 art-66-28/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-1/item-2 the names of its officers (including the representative or administrator of an organization without legal personality for which a representative or administrator has been designated; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 信用格付業を行う営業所又は事務所（外国法人にあつては、本店及び国内における主たる営業所又は事務所その他の営業所又は事務所）の名称及び所在地 art-66-28/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-1/item-3 the name and location of the business offices or offices for credit rating services (or the head office, principal business office or office, or any other business office or office in Japan, for a foreign corporation); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 他に事業を行つているときは、その事業の種類 art-66-28/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-1/item-4 if it engages in other business, the business type; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その他内閣府令で定める事項 art-66-28/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-1/item-5 other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の登録申請書には、次に掲げる書類を添付しなければならない。 art-66-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2 The following documents must accompany the written application for registration referred to in the preceding paragraph: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第六十六条の三十第一項第二号及び第三号に該当しないことを誓約する書面 art-66-28/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2/item-1 a document pledging that the applicant does not fall under the purview of Article 66-30, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 信用格付業の業務の内容及び方法として内閣府令で定める事項を記載した書類 art-66-28/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2/item-2 a document stating the things specified by Cabinet Office Order as constituting the business outline and business methods for credit rating services; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 定款及び会社の登記事項証明書（これらに準ずるものを含む。） art-66-28/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2/item-3 the articles of incorporation and the certificate of registered information for the company (including documents equivalent to these); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その他内閣府令で定める書類 art-66-28/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2/item-4 other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項第三号の場合において、定款が電磁的記録で作成されているときは、書類に代えて電磁的記録（内閣府令で定めるものに限る。）を添付することができる。 art-66-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-3 In the case referred to in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation have been prepared as electronic or magnetic records, electronic or magnetic records (limited to that specified by Cabinet Office Order) may accompany a written application for registration in lieu of documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-66-28/par-1: 前条 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十七 (Article 66-27), art-66-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-27 - art-66-28/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十八第一項 (Article 66-28, paragraph (1)), art-66-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-1 - art-66-28/par-2/item-1: 第六十六条の三十第一項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十第一項第二号 (Article 66-30, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-66-30/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-2 - art-66-28/par-2/item-1: 第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十第一項第三号 (Article 66-30, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-66-30/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1/item-3 - art-66-28/par-3: 前項第三号 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十八第二項第三号 (Article 66-28, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-66-28/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2/item-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十七第一項（登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-27/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十八第二項（登録の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十八第三項（登録の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-28/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十九第一項第一号（登録簿への登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-29/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-29/par-1/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十一第一項（変更の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十一第三項（変更の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-31/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十九第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-49/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-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