# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十六条の四 (Article 66-4) - 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: 第六十六条の四 (Article 66-4)（登録の拒否） — address `art-66-4` - 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-66-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条の四（登録の拒否） — (Refusal of Registration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は登録申請書若しくはこれに添付すべき書類若しくは電磁的記録のうちに虚偽の記載若しくは記録があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載若しくは記録が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。 art-66-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4/par-1 The Prime Minister must refuse a registration if the applicant for registration falls under any of the following items, if the written application for registration or a document or electronic or magnetic record that is required to accompany it contains a false statement or record, or if it omits a statement or record of a material fact: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 登録申請者が個人であるときは、第二十九条の四第一項第二号イからリまでのいずれかに該当する者 art-66-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4/par-1/item-1 the applicant for registration is an individual that falls under any of the categories in Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) through (i); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 登録申請者が法人であるときは、次のいずれかに該当する者 art-66-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4/par-1/item-2 the applicant for registration is a corporation that falls under any of the following categories: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 第二十九条の四第一項第一号イからハまでのいずれかに該当する者 art-66-4/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4/par-1/item-2/sub-1 a person that falls under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) through (c); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 役員のうちに第二十九条の四第一項第二号イからリまでのいずれかに該当する者のある者 art-66-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2 a person that has a person falling under any of Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) through (i) as an officer; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 他に行つている事業が公益に反すると認められる者 art-66-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4/par-1/item-3 a person whose other business is found to be contrary to the public interest; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 金融商品仲介業を適確に遂行することができる知識及び経験を有しないと認められる者 art-66-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4/par-1/item-4 a person that is found not to have the knowledge or experience to perform financial instruments intermediary service in an appropriate manner; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 登録申請者の所属金融商品取引業者等のいずれかが協会（認可金融商品取引業協会又は第七十八条第二項に規定する認定金融商品取引業協会をいう。）に加入していない者 art-66-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-4/par-1/item-5 the applicant for registration has an entrusting financial instruments business operator, etc. that is not a member of an association (meaning an authorized financial instruments firms association or a certified financial instruments firms association as prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (2)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-66-4/par-1/item-1: 第二十九条の四第一項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の四第一項第二号 (Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-29-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-4/par-1/item-2 - art-66-4/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 第二十九条の四第一項第一号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の四第一項第一号 (Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-29-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-4/par-1/item-1 - art-66-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第二十九条の四第一項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条の四第一項第二号 (Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-29-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29-4/par-1/item-2 - art-66-4/par-1/item-5: 第七十八条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二第二項第一号（登録の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-2/par-2/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三第一項（登録簿への登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-3/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十第一項第一号（監督上の処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-20/par-1/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の二十六第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-26/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