# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第百三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131)

- 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: 第百三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131) — address `suppl-4181-65/art-131`
- 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-4181-65/art-131
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-131
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### 第百三十一条
<sup>suppl-4181-65/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-131</sup>

**第一項**  旧外国証券業者法又はこれに相当する外国の法令の規定に違反し、罰金の刑（これに相当する外国の法令による刑を含む。）に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の執行を受けることがなくなった日から五年を経過しない者については、新金融商品取引法第百五十五条の三第二項第二号に該当する者とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4181-65/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-131/par-1</sup>
A person who has violated the provisions of the Former Foreign Securities Firms Act or the provisions of foreign laws and regulations equivalent thereto, has been sentenced to a fine (including a sentence under foreign laws and regulations equivalent thereto), and for whom five years have not elapsed from the day on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the person ceased to be subject to the execution of the sentence, is deemed to be a person who falls under Article 155-3, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-65/art-131/par-1: 新金融商品取引法第百五十五条の三第二項第二号 → 金融商品取引法 第百五十五条の三第二項第二号 (Article 155-3, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-155-3/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-155-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-155-3/par-2/item-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-20261023T033157-057, 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