(権限の委任)

(Delegation of Authority)

第五十七条法第百五十七条第一項及び第二項、第二百十四条の三第三項ただし書及び第五項、第二百三十一条第一項から第三項まで、第二百三十二条第一項及び第二項、第二百三十五条第一項及び第二項、第二百三十七条及び第二百四十条の二十五において準用する法第百五十八条第二項、第二百四十条の十七及び第三百四十九条第三項において準用する法第二百十四条の三第三項ただし書及び第五項、第二百四十条の二十二第一項及び第二項並びに第三百四十九条第五項及び第七項の規定による主務大臣の権限(法第百五十七条第一項及び第二項、第二百三十一条第一項及び第三項、第二百四十条の二十二第一項並びに第三百四十九条第五項の規定による農林水産大臣の立入検査の権限を除く。)であつて次の各号に掲げるものは、当該各号に定める者に行わせるものとする。ただし、主務大臣が自らその権限を行うことを妨げない。

Article 57(1)The authority of the competent minister under the provisions of Article 157, paragraphs (1) and (2), the proviso to Article 214-3, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5), Article 231, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 232, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 235, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 158, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 237 and Article 240-25, the proviso to Article 240-3, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 240-17 and Article 349, paragraph (3), Article 240-22, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 349, paragraphs (5) and (7) of the Act (excluding the authority for on-site inspections of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under the provisions of Article 157, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 231, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 240-22, paragraph (1), and Article 349, paragraph (5) of the Act), which is stated in the following items is to be exercised by the persons prescribed in each of those items; provided, however, that this does not preclude the competent minister from personally exercising the authority:

一農林水産省関係商品市場のみを開設する商品取引所又はその会員等に関する農林水産大臣の権限当該商品取引所の主たる事務所又は本店の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長

(i)the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries concerning a commodity exchange which has established only commodity markets related to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or its members, etc.: the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office who has jurisdiction over the locality of the principal office or the head office of the commodity exchange;

二経済産業省関係商品市場のみを開設する商品取引所又はその会員等に関する経済産業大臣の権限当該商品取引所の主たる事務所又は本店の所在地を管轄する経済産業局長

(ii)the authority of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry concerning a commodity exchange which has established only commodity markets related to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry or its members, etc.: the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has jurisdiction over the locality of the principal office or the head office of the commodity exchange;

三商品取引所であつて前二号に規定するもの以外のもの又はその会員等に関する農林水産大臣及び経済産業大臣の権限当該商品取引所の主たる事務所又は本店の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長

(iii)the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry concerning a commodity exchange other than those prescribed in the preceding two items or its members, etc.: the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has jurisdiction over the locality of the principal office or the head office of the commodity exchange;

四商品先物取引業者に関する農林水産大臣及び経済産業大臣の権限当該商品先物取引業者の本店等の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長

(iv)the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry concerning commodity derivatives brokers: the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has jurisdiction over the locality of the head office, etc. of the commodity derivatives broker;

五商品先物取引仲介業者に関する農林水産大臣及び経済産業大臣の権限当該商品先物取引仲介業者の本店等の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長

(v)the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry concerning commodity derivatives intermediary service providers: the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has jurisdiction over the locality of the head office, etc. of the commodity derivatives intermediary service provider;

六農林水産省関係商品のみを対象とした特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引に係る特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者に関する農林水産大臣の権限当該特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の本店等の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長

(vi)the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries concerning specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives brokers related to specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives transactions whose underlying goods are only commodities related to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office who has jurisdiction over the locality of the head office, etc. of those specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives broker;

七経済産業省関係商品のみを対象とした特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引に係る特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者に関する経済産業大臣の権限当該特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の本店等の所在地を管轄する経済産業局長

(vii)the authority of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry concerning specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives brokers related to specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives transactions whose underlying goods only commodities related to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office who has jurisdiction over the locality of the head office, etc. of the specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives brokers; and;

八特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者であつて前二号に規定するもの以外のものに関する農林水産大臣及び経済産業大臣の権限当該特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の本店等の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長

(viii)the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry concerning specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives brokers other than those prescribed in the preceding two items: the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has jurisdiction over the location of the head office, etc. of such specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives brokers.

2法第二百三十一条第一項から第三項までの規定による権限(同条第一項及び第三項の規定による農林水産大臣の立入検査の権限を除く。)であつて商品先物取引業者の支店等に関するものについては、前項第四号に規定する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長のほか、当該支店等の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長も行うことができる。

(2)The authority under the provisions of Article 231, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Act (excluding the authority for on-site inspections of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) of that Article) concerning branch offices, etc. of commodity derivatives brokers may be exercised by the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has jurisdiction over the locality of the branch offices, etc., in addition to the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry prescribed in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph.

3前項の規定により商品先物取引業者の支店等に対して法第二百三十一条第一項の規定による報告又は資料の提出の命令(以下この項において「命令」という。)を行つた地方農政局長及び経済産業局長は、当該商品先物取引業者の本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対して命令の必要を認めたときは、当該本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対し、命令を行うことができる。

(3)The director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has issued an order to submit a report or materials under the provisions of Article 231, paragraph (1) of the Act (referred to below as an "order" in this paragraph) to branch offices, etc. of a commodity derivatives broker pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may issue an order to branch offices, etc. other than the head office, etc. or the branch offices, etc. of the commodity derivatives broker, if the director-general finds this necessary.

4第二項の規定により商品先物取引業者の支店等に対して法第二百三十一条第一項の規定による立入検査(以下この項において「立入検査」という。)を行つた経済産業局長は、当該商品先物取引業者の本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対して立入検査の必要を認めたときは、当該本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対し、立入検査を行うことができる。

(4)The director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has conducted an on-site inspection under Article 231, paragraph (1) of the Act (referred to below as an "on-site inspection" in this paragraph) for branch offices, etc. of a commodity derivatives broker pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) may conduct an on-site inspection for branch offices, etc. other than the head office, etc. or the branch offices, etc. of the commodity derivatives broker, if the director-general finds this necessary.

5法第二百四十条の二十二第一項及び第二項の規定による権限(同条第一項の規定による農林水産大臣の立入検査の権限を除く。)であつて商品先物取引仲介業者の支店等に関するものについては、第一項第五号に規定する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長のほか、当該支店等の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長も行うことができる。

(5)The authority under the provisions of Article 240-22, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act (excluding the authority for on-site inspections of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article) concerning branch offices, etc. of a commodity derivatives intermediary service provider may be exercised by the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has jurisdiction over the locality of the branch offices, etc., in addition to the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry prescribed in paragraph (1), item (v).

6前項の規定により商品先物取引仲介業者の支店等に対して法第二百四十条の二十二第一項の規定による報告又は資料の提出の命令(以下この項において「命令」という。)を行つた地方農政局長及び経済産業局長は、当該商品先物取引仲介業者の本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対して命令の必要を認めたときは、当該本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対し、命令を行うことができる。

(6)The director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has issued an order to submit a report or materials under Article 240-22, paragraph (1) of the Act (referred to below as an "order" in this paragraph) to branch offices, etc. of a commodity derivatives intermediary service provider pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may issue an order to branch offices, etc. other than the head office, etc. or the branch offices, etc. of the commodity derivatives intermediary service provider, if the director-general finds this necessary.

7第五項の規定により商品先物取引仲介業者の支店等に対して法第二百四十条の二十二第一項の規定による立入検査(以下この項において「立入検査」という。)を行つた経済産業局長は、当該商品先物取引仲介業者の本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対して立入検査の必要を認めたときは、当該本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対し、立入検査を行うことができる。

(7)The director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has conducted an on-site inspection under the provisions of Article 240-22, paragraph (1) of the Act (referred to below as an "on-site inspection" in this paragraph) for branch offices, etc. of a commodity derivatives intermediary service provider pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) may conduct an on-site inspection for branch offices, etc. other than the head office etc. or the branch offices, etc. of the commodity derivatives intermediary service provider, if the director-general finds this necessary.

8法第三百四十九条第五項の規定による報告又は資料の提出の命令(次項において「命令」という。)の権限であつて第一項第六号に規定する特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の支店等に関するものについては、同号に規定する地方農政局長のほか、当該支店等の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長も行うことができる。

(8)With regard to the authority to issue an order to submit a report or materials under the provisions of Article 349, paragraph (5) of the Act (referred to as an "order" in the following paragraph) related to branch offices, etc. of specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives brokers prescribed in paragraph (1), item (vi), the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office who has jurisdiction over the locality of the branch offices, etc. may also exercise the authority, in addition to the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office prescribed in that item.

9前項の規定により第一項第六号に規定する特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の支店等に対して命令を行つた地方農政局長は、当該特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対して命令の必要を認めたときは、当該本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対し、命令を行うことができる。

(9)The director-general of a regional agricultural administration office who has issued an order to branch offices, etc. of a specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives broker prescribed in paragraph (1), item (vi) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may issue an order to branch offices, etc. other than the head office, etc. or branch offices, etc., if the director-general finds this necessary.

10法第三百四十九条第五項の規定による権限であつて第一項第七号に規定する特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の支店等に関するものについては、同号に規定する経済産業局長のほか、当該支店等の所在地を管轄する経済産業局長も行うことができる。

(10)With regard to the authority under the provisions of Article 349, paragraph (5) of the Act over branch offices, etc. of a specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives broker prescribed in paragraph (1), item (vii), the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has jurisdiction over the locality of the branch offices, etc. may exercise the authority, in addition to the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry prescribed in that item.

11前項の規定により第一項第七号に規定する特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の支店等に対して法第三百四十九条第五項の規定による報告若しくは資料の提出の命令又は立入検査(以下この項において「検査等」という。)を行つた経済産業局長は、当該特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対して検査等の必要を認めたときは、当該本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対し、検査等を行うことができる。

(11)The director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has issued an order to submit a report or materials or has conducted an on-site inspection under the provisions of Article 349, paragraph (5) of the Act (referred to as an "inspection, etc." in this paragraph below) for branch offices, etc. of a specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives broker prescribed in paragraph (1), item (vii) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may conduct an inspection, etc. for branch offices, etc., other than the head office, etc., or branch offices, etc. of the specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives broker, if the director-general find this necessary.

12法第三百四十九条第五項の規定による権限(同項の規定による農林水産大臣の立入検査の権限を除く。)であつて第一項第八号に規定する特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の支店等に関するものについては、同号に規定する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長のほか、当該支店等の所在地を管轄する地方農政局長及び経済産業局長も行うことができる。

(12)With regard to the authority under the provisions of Article 349, paragraph (5) of the Act (excluding the authority for on-site inspections by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph) over branch offices, etc., of specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives brokers prescribed in paragraph (1), item (viii), the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry that has jurisdiction over the locality of the branches, etc. may exercise that authority, in addition to the director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry prescribed in that item.

13前項の規定により第一項第八号に規定する特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の支店等に対して法第三百四十九条第五項の規定による報告又は資料の提出の命令(以下この項において「命令」という。)を行つた地方農政局長及び経済産業局長は、当該特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対して命令の必要を認めたときは、当該本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対し、命令を行うことができる。

(13)The director-general of a regional agricultural administration office or the director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has issued an order to submit a report or materials under the provisions of Article 349, paragraph (5) of the Act (referred to below as an "order" in this paragraph) to branch offices, etc. of a specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives broker prescribed in paragraph (1), item (viii) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may issue an order to branch offices, etc. other than the head office, etc. or branch offices, etc., if the director-general finds this necessary.

14第十二項の規定により第一項第八号に規定する特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の支店等に対して法第三百四十九条第五項の規定による立入検査(以下この項において「立入検査」という。)を行つた経済産業局長は、当該特定店頭商品デリバティブ取引業者の本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対して立入検査の必要を認めたときは、当該本店等又は当該支店等以外の支店等に対し、立入検査を行うことができる。

(14)The director-general of a bureau of economy, trade and industry who has conducted an on-site inspection under the provisions of Article 349, paragraph (5) of the Act (referred below to as an "on-site inspection" in this paragraph) for branch offices, etc. of a specified over-the-counter commodity derivatives broker prescribed in paragraph (1), item (viii) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (12) may conduct an on-site inspection for branch offices, etc. other than the head office, etc. or branch offices, etc., if the director-general finds this necessary.