authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries prescribed in Article 13 and Article 14, paragraph 1 of the Act, which is to be exercised with regard to an agricultural cooperative, etc. and fishery cooperative, etc., shall be administered by the prefectural governor, if they are related to any of the specified business operators listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (ix), item (xi), or item (xiii) whose service area is within the prefectural boundary (hereinafter referred to as a "prefectural federation" in this Article); provided however, that this shall not preclude the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency or the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from exercising the authority themselves.

(5) Where a prefectural governor has, based on the main clause of the preceding paragraph, collected reports from a prefectural federation or requested it to submit materials pursuant to Article 13 of the Act, or inspected a prefectural federation pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 1 of the Act, he/she shall report the result thereof to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

(6) The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries shall, when having collected reports from a prefectural federation or requested it to submit materials pursuant to Article 13 of the Act, or having inspected a prefectural federation pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 1 of the Act, notify the relevant prefectural governor of the result thereof.

Article 22 (Exercise of Authority by Administrative Agency for Transactions Involving Norinchukin Bank)

The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries shall not, upon exercising their authority prescribed in Article 13 and Article 14, paragraph 1 of the Act (in the case of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, the authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to conduct an inspection, etc.) with regard to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xiv) of the Act, be precluded from exercising their authority independently. In this case, the provisions of Article 20, paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 23 (Delegation, etc. of Authority of Administrative Agency for Transactions Involving Insurance Companies, etc.)

(1) The authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to conduct an inspection, etc. with regard to any of the specified business operators listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, items (xvi) and (xvii) of the Act and the authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to conduct an inspection or order rectification, etc. with regard to a specified business operator listed in item (xviii) of the same paragraph shall be delegated to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau who has jurisdiction over the location of its head office or principal office or its principal branch in Japan prescribed in Article 187, paragraph 1, item (iv) of the Insurance Business Act (hereinafter referred to as the "head office, etc." in this Article) (in the case where the said location exists within the jurisdictional district of the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau, the Director-General of the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau); provided, however, that this shall not preclude the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency from exercising the authority him/herself.

(2) The provisions of Article 19, paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to conduct an inspection, etc., which is to be exercised with regard to an office or a business office or facility other than the head office, etc. of any of the specified business operators listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, items (xvi) to (xviii) of the Act.

Article 24 (Delegation, etc. of Authority of Administrative Agency for Transactions Involving Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc.)

(1) Part of the authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, which is prescribed in Article 13, Article 15 and Article 16 of the Act and which is to be exercised with regard to any of the specified business operators listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, items (i) to (xvii), and items (xxvi) and (xxviii) of the Act (limited to those who have obtained the registration prescribed in Article 33-2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) and the specified business operators listed in items (xx) to (xxii) of the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "financial instruments business operator, etc." in this Article), shall be delegated to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau who has jurisdiction over the location of its head office or principal office (in the case of a foreign legal person or an individual who has his/her address in a foreign country, its principal business office or office in Japan; hereinafter referred to as the "head office, etc." in this Article) (in the case where the said location