Transaction Business Act (for specified business operators who are deemed-building lots and buildings transaction business operators, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

(xv) Specified business operators listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xl): the Minister of Justice

(xvi) Specified business operators listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xli): the prefectural governor

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the competent administrative agency concerning the matters prescribed in Article 10 with regard to specified business operators prescribed in Article 10, paragraph 1 (excluding those listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xv)) shall be the competent administrative agency prescribed in the preceding paragraph and the Minister of Finance.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, when a specified business operator which has obtained registration under Article 33-2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act conducts registered financial institution business (which means registered financial institution business prescribed in Article 33-5, paragraph 1, item (iii) of the same Act; the same shall apply in paragraph 6, item (ii)), the competent administrative agency in charge of the matters pertaining to the said registered financial institution business shall be the Prime Minister.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, when a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xxxvii) which has obtained permission under Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Used Articles Business Act (Act No. 108 of 1949) conducts the buying and selling of precious metals, etc. which fall under used articles set forth in Article 2, paragraph 1 of the same Act, the competent administrative agency in charge of the matters pertaining to the said business affairs shall be the prefectural Public Safety Commission. In this case, affairs within the authority of the Hokkaido Public Safety Commission may be delegated to Area Public Safety Commissions pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order.

(5) The Prime Minister shall delegate his/her authority under this Act (limited to the authority under the jurisdiction of the Financial Services Agency and excluding the part specified by a Cabinet Order) to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.

(6) The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency shall delegate the authority delegated thereto pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding the part concerning Article 9, Article 15, and Article 16; such authority shall be referred to as the "authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency" in the following paragraph) to the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission with regard to the following acts; provided, however, that this shall not preclude the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency from exercising him/herself the authority to order the submission of reports or materials:

(i) Acts conducted by a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xx) and item (xxii)

(ii) Acts pertaining to registered financial institution business

(7) The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency may, pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, delegate the authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission with regard to the acts conducted by a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xxi), item (xxx) and item (xxxii) (excluding acts listed in each item of the preceding paragraph).

(8) In cases set forth in the preceding two paragraphs, an appeal under the Administrative Appeal Act (Act No. 160 of 1962) against an order for the submission of reports or materials issued by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission may be filed only with the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission.

(9) Part of the affairs within the authority of the competent administrative agency prescribed in this Act (excluding those falling within the authority of prefectural governors or prefectural Public Safety Commissions under this Act) may be administered by prefectural governors pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order.

(10) In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, any necessary matters for the execution of the authority of competent administrative agencies under Article 9, and Articles 13 to 17 shall be specified by a Cabinet Order.

### Article 21 (Competent Minister, etc.)

(1) The competent minister under this Act shall be as follows:

(i) The competent ministers prescribed in (a) to (e) below respectively, according to the categories of specified business operators listed in (a) to (e) below with regard to the matters concerning the said specified business operators (excluding the mat-