# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の二十七 (Article 79-27)

- 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: 第七十九条の二十七 (Article 79-27)（加入義務等） — address `art-79-27`
- 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-79-27
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### 第七十九条の二十七（加入義務等） — (Obligation to Join a Fund)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-79-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-27</sup>

  **第一項**  金融商品取引業者（政令で定める金融商品取引業者を除く。）は、いずれか一の基金にその会員として加入しなければならない。
  <sup>art-79-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-27/par-1</sup>
  A financial instruments business operator (excluding one that is specified by Cabinet Order) must join any single fund, as a member.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第二十九条の登録又は第三十一条第四項の変更登録を受けて金融商品取引業（有価証券関連業又は商品デリバティブ取引関連業務に限る。以下この章において同じ。）を行おうとする者（政令で定める者を除く。）は、その登録又は変更登録の申請と同時に、いずれか一の基金に加入する手続をとらなければならない。
  <sup>art-79-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-27/par-2</sup>
  A person seeking to engage in financial instruments business (limited to securities-related business and commodity derivatives transaction-related business; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) after obtaining Article 29 registration or an Article 31, paragraph (4) registration of a change (excluding a person specified by Cabinet Order) must go through the process for joining any single fund at the same time as applying for the registration or the registration of the change.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前項の規定により基金に加入する手続をとつた者は、同項の登録又は変更登録を受けた時に、当該基金の会員となる。
  <sup>art-79-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-27/par-3</sup>
  A person that has gone through the process for joining a fund pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph becomes a member of that fund at the time that the person becomes registered or has the change registered as referred to in that paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  金融商品取引業者は、基金に加入した場合又は所属する基金を変更した場合には、遅滞なく、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-79-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-27/par-4</sup>
  When a financial instruments business operator joins a fund or if it changes the fund to which it belongs, it must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-79-27/par-2: 第二十九条 → 金融商品取引法 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-29
- art-79-27/par-2: 第三十一条第四項 → 金融商品取引法 第三十一条第四項 (Article 31, paragraph (4)), art-31/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-31/par-4
- art-79-27/par-3: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の二十七第二項 (Article 79-27, paragraph (2)), art-79-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-27/par-2

## Cited by

8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の二十七第三項（加入義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-27/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十九第三項（業務の範囲等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-49/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十九第五項（業務の範囲等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-49/par-5
- 金融商品取引法 第七十九条の四十九第六項（業務の範囲等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-49/par-6
- 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の二の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第八十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-87/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第四条第三項（委託者保護基金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4241-86/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4241-86/art-4/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 附則第四条第四項（委託者保護基金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4241-86/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4241-86/art-4/par-4

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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
