# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（不実の届出書等の届出者等に対する賠償請求権に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-97/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第四条（不実の届出書等の届出者等に対する賠償請求権に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Right to Claim Compensation from the Person, etc. Submitting a Securities Registration Statement, etc. That Contains a False Statement
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-97/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新証券取引法第二十条の規定は、当該規定の施行の日以後に開始する有価証券の募集又は売出し（新証券取引法第四条第三項に規定する有価証券の売出しをいう。）について適用し、同日前に開始した有価証券の募集又は売出し（旧証券取引法第四条第三項に規定する有価証券の売出しをいう。）については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4161-97/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4161-97/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4161-97/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 20 of the New Securities and Exchange Act apply to a public offering or secondary distribution of securities (meaning the secondary distribution of securities prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (3) of the New Securities and Exchange Act) that commences on or after the date of enforcement of that provision, and with regard to a public offering or secondary distribution of securities (meaning the secondary distribution of securities prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (3) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act) that commenced before that date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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

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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
