# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第八十八条の十五 (Article 88-15)

- 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: 第八十八条の十五 (Article 88-15)（臨時総会） — address `art-88-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第八十八条の十五（臨時総会） — (Extraordinary General Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-88-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-15</sup>

      **第一項**  金融商品会員制法人の理事は、必要があると認めるときは、いつでも臨時総会を招集することができる。
      <sup>art-88-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-15/par-1</sup>
      The board members of a financial instruments membership corporation may call an extraordinary general meeting when they find this to be necessary.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  総会員の五分の一以上から会議の目的である事項を示して請求があつたときは、理事は、臨時総会を招集しなければならない。ただし、総会員の五分の一の割合については、定款でこれと異なる割合を定めることができる。
      <sup>art-88-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-15/par-2</sup>
      If at least one-fifth of all members specify the purpose of a general meeting and demand that one be called, the board members must call an extraordinary general meeting; provided, however, that a proportion other than one-fifth of the members may be stipulated in the articles of incorporation.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 第百条の二十四第一項（清算人の不法行為能力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-100-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-100-24/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百二条の六第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-6/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百二条の三十八第一項（清算人の不法行為能力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-38/par-1
- 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

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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
