# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第六十六条の四十二 (Article 66-42) - 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: 第六十六条の四十二 (Article 66-42)（監督上の処分） — address `art-66-42` - 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-66-42 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条の四十二（監督上の処分） — (Supervisory Dispositions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66-42 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、信用格付業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該信用格付業者の第六十六条の二十七の登録を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めて信用格付業の業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。 art-66-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1 If a credit rating agency falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may rescind its Article 66-27 registration, or may order the suspension of all or part of the business during a fixed period of no longer than six months: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第六十六条の三十第一項各号（第三号を除く。）のいずれかに該当することとなつたとき。 art-66-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-1 the credit rating agency comes to fall under any of the items of Article 66-30, paragraph (1) (excluding item (iii)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第六十六条の三十第二項の規定により登録を拒否すべき事由に該当することとなつたとき。 art-66-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-2 the credit rating agency comes to fall under the purview of grounds upon which the Prime Minister is required to refuse registration pursuant to Article 66-30, paragraph (2); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 不正の手段により第六十六条の二十七の登録を受けたとき。 art-66-42/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-3 the credit rating agency has received its Article 66-27 registration by wrongful means; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 信用格付業に関し法令又は法令に基づいてする行政官庁の処分に違反したとき。 art-66-42/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-4 the credit rating agency violates a law or regulation or a disposition by a government agency which is based on a law or regulation, in connection with its credit rating services; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 信用格付業の運営に関し、投資者の利益を害する事実があるとき。 art-66-42/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-5 a fact has occurred in connection with the operation of its credit rating services, which is detrimental to investors' interests; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 信用格付業に関し、不正又は著しく不当な行為をした場合において、その情状が特に重いとき。 art-66-42/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-6 the credit rating agency commits a wrongful or extremely unjust act in connection with credit rating services, and the circumstances surrounding this are especially serious. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、信用格付業者の役員（外国法人にあつては、国内における営業所若しくは事務所に駐在する役員又は国内における代表者に限る。以下この項において同じ。）が、第六十六条の三十第一項第三号イ若しくはロに該当することとなつたとき、第六十六条の二十七の登録当時既に同号イ若しくはロに該当していたことが判明したとき、又は前項第四号から第六号までのいずれかに該当することとなつたときは、当該信用格付業者に対して、当該役員の解任を命ずることができる。 art-66-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-2 If the officer of a credit rating agency (for a foreign corporation, this is limited to an officer stationed at its domestic business office or office, or its domestic representative; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) comes to fall under any of Article 66-30, paragraph (1), item (iii), (a) or (b), is discovered to have fallen under (a) or (b)of that item at the time of the registration referred to in Article 66-27, or comes to fall under any of the items (iv) through (vi) of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may order the credit rating agency to dismiss that officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、信用格付業者の営業所若しくは事務所の所在地を確知できないとき、又は信用格付業者を代表する役員の所在を確知できないときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その事実を公告し、その公告の日から三十日を経過しても当該信用格付業者から申出がないときは、当該信用格付業者の登録を取り消すことができる。 art-66-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-3 If the Prime Minister is unable to ascertain the location of the business offices or offices of a credit rating agency or is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the officer representing the credit rating agency, the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, may issue public notice of that fact and rescind the registration of the credit rating agency if no filing is made by the credit rating agency even after 30 days past the day of the public notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による処分については、行政手続法第三章の規定は、適用しない。 art-66-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-4 The provisions of Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act do not apply to a disposition under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-66-42/par-1: 第六十六条の二十七 → 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-66-42/par-1/item-1: 第六十六条の三十第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十第一項 (Article 66-30, paragraph (1)), art-66-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-1 - art-66-42/par-1/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-66-42/par-1/item-2: 第六十六条の三十第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の三十第二項 (Article 66-30, paragraph (2)), art-66-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-30/par-2 - art-66-42/par-1/item-3: 第六十六条の二十七 → 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-66-42/par-2: この項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十二第二項 (Article 66-42, paragraph (2)), art-66-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-2 - art-66-42/par-2: 第六十六条の三十第一項第三号 → 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-66-42/par-2: 第六十六条の二十七 → 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-66-42/par-2: 前項第四号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十二第一項第四号 (Article 66-42, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-66-42/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-4 - art-66-42/par-2: 前項第四号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十二第一項第五号 (Article 66-42, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-66-42/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-5 - art-66-42/par-2: 前項第四号から第六号まで → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十二第一項第六号 (Article 66-42, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-66-42/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-1/item-6 - art-66-42/par-4: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十二第三項 (Article 66-42, paragraph (3)), art-66-42/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-42/par-3 ## Cited by 21 provisions cite this one. 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