# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の二十三 (Article 79-23)

- 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: 第七十九条の二十三 (Article 79-23)（名称） — address `art-79-23`
- 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-79-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-23
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### 第七十九条の二十三（名称） — (Name)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-79-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-23</sup>

  **第一項**  基金は、その名称のうちに投資者保護基金という文字を用いなければならない。
  <sup>art-79-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-23/par-1</sup>
  A fund must use the Japanese characters 投資者保護基金 (pronounced "toushisha hogo kikin", meaning "investor protection fund") in its name.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  基金でない者は、その名称のうちに投資者保護基金という文字を用いてはならない。
  <sup>art-79-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-23/par-2</sup>
  A person that is not a fund must not use the characters "投資者保護基金" in its name.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 金融商品取引法 第二百八条の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208-2/par-1/item-1

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## 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