# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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: 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)（証券取引法の一部を改正する法律の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-3631-75/art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-3631-75/art-15
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-3631-75/art-15
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### 第十五条（証券取引法の一部を改正する法律の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act Partially Amending the Securities and Exchange Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3631-75/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-3631-75/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-3631-75/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  前条の規定の施行の日前に同条の規定による改正前の証券取引法の一部を改正する法律附則第四項の規定の適用を受けて開始された有価証券の募集又は売出しについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3631-75/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-3631-75/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-3631-75/art-15/par-1</sup>
With regard to a public offering or secondary distribution of securities commenced, before the day on which the provisions of the preceding Article come into effect, with the application of paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Securities and Exchange Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of that Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T035921-024, translated 2026-10-23
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22