(3) The affairs within the authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to conduct an inspection, etc. and the authority of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport prescribed in Article 13 and Article 14, paragraph 1 of the Act, which is to be exercised with regard to a real estate specified joint enterprise operator, shall be administered by the relevant prefectural governor, if they are to be administered within the boundary of a prefecture; provided however, that this shall not preclude the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport from exercising the authority themselves.

(4) Where a prefectural governor has, based on the main clause of the preceding paragraph, collected reports from a real estate specified joint enterprise operator or requested it to submit materials pursuant to Article 13 of the Act, or inspected a real estate specified joint enterprise operator 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 Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

(5) The business of receiving a report of suspicious transactions by a real estate specified joint enterprise operator shall be administered by a prefectural governor if it is related to a person who has obtained a license from the prefectural governor prescribed in Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Real Estate Specified Joint Enterprise Act.

Article 26 (Delegation, etc. of Authority of Administrative Agency for Transactions Involving Money Lenders)

(1) The authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to conduct an inspection or order rectification, etc., which is to be exercised with regard to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xxvii) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "money lender" in this Article), shall be delegated to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau who has jurisdiction over the location of its principal business office or office (hereinafter referred to as the "principal business 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 part of the authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to conduct an inspection, etc., which is to be exercised with regard to a business office or office other than the principal business office, etc. of a money lender.

(3) The affairs within the authority of the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency to conduct an inspection, etc. shall be administered by a prefectural governor if they are related to a person who has obtained registration from the prefectural governor under Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Money Lending Business Act (hereinafter referred to as a "prefectural money lender" in this Article); provided, however, that this shall not preclude the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency from exercising the authority him/herself.

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

(5) The business of receiving a report of suspicious transactions by a money lender shall be administered by a prefectural governor if it is related to a prefectural money lender.

Article 27 (Delegation, etc. of Authority of Administrative Agency for Transactions Involving Futures Commission Merchants)

(1) The authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry prescribed in Article 13, Article 14, paragraph 1, Article 15 and Article 16 of the Act, which is to be exercised with regard to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xxix) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "futures commission merchant" in this Article), shall be delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Agricultural Administration Office and the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry who have jurisdiction over the location of its head office (in the case of a corporation established in accordance with laws and regulations of a foreign state, its principal business office in Japan; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article); provided, however, that this shall not preclude the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from exercising the authority themselves.

(2) Part of the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry