# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十九条の七十三 (Article 79-73) - 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: 第七十九条の七十三 (Article 79-73)（資金運用の制限） — address `art-79-73` - 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-79-73 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-73 - 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. --- ### 第七十九条の七十三（資金運用の制限） — (Restrictions on the Investment of Funds) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-79-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-73 **第一項** 基金は、次の方法によるほか、業務上の余裕金及び投資者保護資金を運用してはならない。 art-79-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-73/par-1 A fund must not invest any surplus funds that arise in the course of business or funds for investor protection except in the following manners: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 国債その他内閣総理大臣及び財務大臣の指定する有価証券の保有 art-79-73/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-73/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-73/par-1/item-1 by holding national government bonds or other securities designated by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 内閣総理大臣及び財務大臣の指定する金融機関への預金 art-79-73/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-73/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-73/par-1/item-2 by depositing them in a financial institution designated by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その他内閣府令・財務省令で定める方法 art-79-73/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-79-73/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-79-73/par-1/item-3 in other ways specified by Cabinet Office Order and Ministry of Finance Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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