# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（新たにみなし有価証券とされたものに関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-97/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二条（新たにみなし有価証券とされたものに関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning What Is Newly Treated as Deemed Securities
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<sup>suppl-4161-97/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  平成十六年十二月一日前に取得の申込みの勧誘又は売付けの申込み若しくは買付けの申込みの勧誘を開始したみなし有価証券（証券取引法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十八年法律第六十五号。以下この条において「平成十八年証券取引法改正法」という。）第三条の規定による改正前の証券取引法第二条第二項第三号に掲げる権利及び同項第五号に掲げる権利（投資事業有限責任組合契約に類する契約に基づくものに限る。）であって、平成十八年証券取引法改正法第三条の規定による改正後の金融商品取引法（以下「新金融商品取引法」という。）第二条第一項に規定する有価証券又は同条第二項の規定により有価証券とみなされる権利に該当するものをいう。次項において同じ。）に係るこれらの勧誘については、新金融商品取引法第二章の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to those solicitations relating to a deemed security (meaning a right set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Securities and Exchange Act prior to the amendment by Article 3 of the Act Partially Amending the Securities and Exchange Act, etc. (Act No. 65 of 2006; hereinafter referred to as the "2006 Securities and Exchange Act Amendment Act" in this Article) and a right set forth in item (v) of that paragraph (limited to one based on a contract similar to a limited partnership agreement for investment), which falls under a security prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act after the amendment by Article 3 of the 2006 Securities and Exchange Act Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act") or a right deemed to be a security pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies in the following paragraph) for which the solicitation of an offer to acquire, or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, was commenced before December 1, 2004, the provisions of Chapter II of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act do not apply.
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**第二項**  前項のみなし有価証券で、平成十八年六月一日における所有者の数が五百以上であるものは、同日に新証券取引法第二十四条第一項第三号に該当したものとみなして、新証券取引法第二十一条の二、第二十一条の三、第二十四条から第二十四条の五まで、第二十五条及び第二十六条（これらの規定を新証券取引法第二十七条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定（これらの規定に係る罰則を含む。）を適用する。
<sup>suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2</sup>
With regard to a deemed security set forth in the preceding paragraph for which the number of holders as of June 1, 2006 is 500 or more, the provisions of Articles 21-2, 21-3, 24 through 24-5, 25 and 26 of the New Securities and Exchange Act (including the case where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27 of the New Securities and Exchange Act) (including penal provisions relating to these provisions) apply, deeming that it fell under Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the New Securities and Exchange Act on that date.
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## Cites
- suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1: 第二条第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-1
- suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1: 同条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1

## Cited by

3 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三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-1/par-1/item-3
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第一項（新たにみなし有価証券とされたものに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二条第二項（新たにみなし有価証券とされたものに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-2/par-2

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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-20261023T033157-047, translated 2026-10-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T033157-047, 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
