# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の四十八 (Article 79-48)

- 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: 第七十九条の四十八 (Article 79-48)（役員及び職員の地位） — address `art-79-48`
- 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-79-48
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-48
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### 第七十九条の四十八（役員及び職員の地位） — (Position of Officers and Employees)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-79-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-48</sup>

  **第一項**  基金の役員及び職員並びに審議会の委員は、刑法その他の罰則の適用については、法令により公務に従事する職員とみなす。
  <sup>art-79-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-48/par-1</sup>
  With regard to the application of the Penal Code and other penal provisions, the officers and employees of a fund and the members of a council are deemed to be officials that are engaged in public service pursuant to laws and regulations.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to the application of the penal code and other penal provisions, the officers and employees of a fund and the members of a council are deemed to be officials that are engaged in public service pursuant to laws and regulations." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb</sup>

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-23
- 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 (金融商品取引法), Article 79-48, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), 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