# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の十七 (Article 79-17) - 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: 第七十九条の十七 (Article 79-17)（投資者保護指針） — address `art-79-17` - 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-79-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-17 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十九条の十七（投資者保護指針） — (Investor Protection Guidelines) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-79-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-17 **第一項** 認定団体は、金融商品取引業の健全な発展及び投資者の保護のために、対象事業者による金融商品取引の契約内容、対象事業者による資産運用のあり方その他投資者の保護を図るため必要な事項に関し、この法律の規定の趣旨に沿つた指針（以下「投資者保護指針」という。）を作成し、公表するよう努めなければならない。 art-79-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-17/par-1 A certified organization must endeavor to prepare and publish guidelines that are in line with the purport of the provisions of this Act, with regard to the content of contracts for financial instruments transactions by covered operators, the nature of asset management by covered operators, and particulars that are otherwise necessary for ensuring the protection of investors (hereinafter referred to as "investor protection guidelines"), in order to ensure the sound development of the financial instruments business and the protection of investors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 認定団体は、前項の規定により投資者保護指針を公表したときは、対象事業者に対し、当該投資者保護指針を遵守させるため必要な指導、勧告その他の措置をとるよう努めなければならない。 art-79-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-17/par-2 Once a certified organization publishes investor protection guidelines pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it must endeavor to provide the covered operators with the necessary guidance and recommendations, and take other measures for having the covered operators comply with the investor protection guidelines. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 認定団体は、金融に係る知識の普及、啓発活動及び広報活動を通じて、金融商品取引業の健全な発展及び投資者の保護の促進に努めなければならない。 art-79-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-17/par-3 A certified organization must endeavor to further the sound development of the financial instruments business and the protection of investors through the dissemination of financial knowledge and through educational and publicity campaigns. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-79-17/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の十七第一項 (Article 79-17, paragraph (1)), art-79-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-17/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の十七第二項（投資者保護指針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-17/par-2 --- ## 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