# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第八十三条 (Article 83)

- 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: 第八十三条 (Article 83)（免許の拒否等） — address `art-83`
- 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-83
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-83
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### 第八十三条（免許の拒否等） — (Refusal to Grant a License)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-83</sup>

  **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、第八十一条第一項の規定による免許の申請があつた場合において、その免許を与えることが適当でないと認めるときは、免許申請者に通知して、当該職員に審問を行わせなければならない。
  <sup>art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-83/par-1</sup>
  If a license application under the provisions of Article 81, paragraph (1) is filed and the Prime Minister finds it inappropriate to grant that license, the Prime Minister must notify the license applicant to that effect and have the relevant official conduct a hearing.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  内閣総理大臣が、第八十条第一項の規定による免許を与えることとし、又はこれを与えないこととした場合においては、遅滞なく、その旨を書面により免許申請者に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-83/par-2</sup>
  Upon deciding to grant or not to grant the license under the provisions of Article 80, paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must notify the license applicant of this in writing without delay.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-83/par-1: 第八十一条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-81/par-1
- art-83/par-2: 第八十条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第八十条第一項 (Article 80, paragraph (1)), art-80/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-80/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第百五十四条の二第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-154-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-154-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の二十六第一項（免許の拒否等の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-26/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第九十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-99/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第百四十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-140/par-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
