If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or of an Order based on this Act, the minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to import or export a means of payment (including a voucher or other such object in which a means of payment is entered as stated in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vii), (c)) or securities, to get permission to do so.
If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or of an Order based on this Act or finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain a balance of payments equilibrium or currency stability, the minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to import or export precious metals to get permission to do so.
If a resident or non-resident seeks to import or export a means of payment prescribed in paragraph (1) or a security or precious metal, the resident or non-resident, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, must file a notification of the substance of the import or export, its timing, and other information that Cabinet Order prescribes with the Minister of Finance, unless that resident or non-resident has gotten the permission of the Minister of Finance to import or export that means of payment, security, or precious metal pursuant to the provisions of an Order based on one of the preceding two paragraphs or in any other case prescribed by Cabinet Order.
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resident
「居住者」
A natural person with a domicile or residence in Japan, or a corporation with its principal office in Japan; a Japanese branch, sales office or other office of a non-resident is also treated as a resident, even if its principal office is in a foreign country and whether or not it has legal authority to act for it.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (v)
non-resident
「非居住者」
A natural person or corporation other than a resident (居住者).
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (vi)
means of payment
「支払手段」
Banknotes, government notes and coins; cheques (including traveller's cheques), bills of exchange, postal money orders and letters of credit; property value recorded electronically on a voucher, device or other object that can be used to pay unspecified or many persons and that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as used much as currency is; and other things a Cabinet Order treats as equivalent to the first two groups.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (vii)
voucher or other such object
「証票等」
In Article 19, paragraph (1), vouchers, electronic devices and other objects in which property value usable for payment is recorded by electronic, magnetic or other means people cannot perceive.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (vii), (c)· applies only in this provision and in Article 19, paragraph (1)
precious metal
「貴金属」
Gold bullion, bullion of gold alloys, gold coins not in circulation, and other things made mainly of gold.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (x)
security
「証券」
Public bonds, corporate bonds, shares, equity interests, certificates giving rights to public bonds or shares, debentures, treasury securities, mortgage securities, profit certificates, coupons, dividend receipts, coupon exchange tickets and other similar securities or certificates a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, whether or not a certificate has been issued.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (xi)