Article 22-3Application, Mutatis Mutandis, to Persons Engaging in Currency Exchange Business
第二十二条の三（両替業務を行う者への準用）
The provisions of Article 18, paragraphs (2) through (4), Articles 18-2 through 18-4, and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if a person engaging in the currency exchange business (meaning buying and selling foreign currencies or traveler's checks in the course of trade) in Japan (this person is referred to as a "currency exchange operator" in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1)) exchanges currencies (excluding a small currency exchange prescribed by Cabinet Order) with a customer.
第十八条第二項から第四項まで、第十八条の二から第十八条の四まで及び前条第一項の規定は、本邦において両替業務（業として外国通貨又は旅行小切手の売買を行うことをいう。）を行う者（第五十五条の九の二第一項において「両替業者」という。）が顧客と両替（政令で定める小規模のものを除く。）を行う場合について準用する。
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Japan
「本邦」
Japan for the purposes of this Act and the orders under it: Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu and the islands attached to them that an Order of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (財務省令・経済産業省令) sets.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (i)
foreign currency
「外国通貨」
Any currency other than Japanese currency (本邦通貨).
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (iv)
currency exchange operator
「両替業者」
In Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), a person that carries on currency exchange business in Japan, that is, buying and selling foreign currencies or traveller's cheques as a business.
Short name set inArticle 22-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1)