# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) — address `suppl-4121-96/art-7` - 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-4121-96/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条 suppl-4121-96/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7 **第一項** 流通開示手続を行う者は、前条第一項前段の規定により当該流通開示手続を開示用電子情報処理組織を使用して行った場合（同条第三項の規定により磁気ディスクの提出により行った場合を含む。）には、当該流通開示手続以後に行うすべての流通開示手続については、政令で定めるところにより、開示用電子情報処理組織を使用して行わなければならない。この場合においては、前条第一項後段及び第二項の規定を準用する。 suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 A person who conducts a continuous disclosure procedure must, if the person has conducted that continuous disclosure procedure using the electronic data processing system for disclosure pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (including where the person has done so by submitting a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article), conduct all continuous disclosure procedures conducted on or after that continuous disclosure procedure using the electronic data processing system for disclosure, as provided by Cabinet Order. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により流通開示手続を行わなければならない者は、電気通信回線の故障その他の事由により開示用電子情報処理組織を使用して当該流通開示手続を行うことができない場合には、前項の規定にかかわらず、政令で定めるところにより、内閣総理大臣の承認を得て、開示用電子情報処理組織の使用に代えて、磁気ディスクの提出によりその流通開示手続を行うことができる。この場合においては、前条第二項及び第四項の規定を準用する。 suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-2 A person who must conduct a continuous disclosure procedure pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may, if unable to conduct that continuous disclosure procedure using the electronic data processing system for disclosure due to a failure in telecommunication lines or any other cause, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, conduct that continuous disclosure procedure by submitting a magnetic disk, instead of using the electronic data processing system for disclosure, with the approval of the Prime Minister and as provided by Cabinet Order. In this case, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第三項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合であって、内閣総理大臣が承認するときは、第一項の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3 If a case falls under any of the following items and the Prime Minister approves, the provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply. machine translation, not official **一** 新証券取引法第二十七条の三十の二の電子計算機の故障その他政令で定める事由があると認められるとき。 suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3/item-1 when it is found that there is a malfunction in the computer referred to in Article 27-30-2 of the New Securities and Exchange Act or there are otherwise grounds specified by Cabinet Order; machine translation, not official **二** 開示用電子情報処理組織を使用して流通開示手続を行うことが著しく困難であると認められるとき。 suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3/item-2 when it is found to be extremely difficult to conduct a continuous disclosure procedure using the electronic data processing system for disclosure. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の承認に係る手続については、内閣府令で定める。 suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-4 The procedures for the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Office Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1: 前条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-1 - suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1: 同条第三項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (3)), suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-3 - suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1: 第二項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (2)), suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-2 - suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 - suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-2: 前条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (2)), suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-2 - suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-2: 第四項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (4)), suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-4 - suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-1 - suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-4: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第七条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (3)), suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 附則第六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-6/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 附則第七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 附則第七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-3 - 金融商品取引法 附則第七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-7/par-4 - 金融商品取引法 附則第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4121-96/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4121-96/art-8/par-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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T033157-042, 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