# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第七章の二 (Chapter 7-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 外国為替及び外国貿易法 (Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act), 昭和二十四年法律第二百二十八号 - English title "Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七章の二 (Chapter 7-2) — address `ch-7-2` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-01-04, standing until 2027-03-31 — NOT yet in force (revision 20270104_508AC0000000030) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/ch-7-2 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第七章の二　審査請求 — Chapter VII-2 Requests for Administrative Review heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2 ### 第五十六条 art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56 **第一項** この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定による処分又はその不作為についての審査請求に対する裁決は、行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十四条の規定により当該審査請求を却下する場合を除き、審査請求人に対して、相当な期間を置いて予告をした上、同法第十一条第二項に規定する審理員が公開による意見の聴取をした後にしなければならない。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-1 Unless an administrative agency, pursuant to Article 24 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014), dismisses a request for the review of an administrative disposition or inaction under this Act or an Order based on this Act, it must reach a determination in response to the request for review after giving the person requesting the review a reasonable amount of advance notice and after a review officer as prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (2) of that Act has heard opinions in a public forum. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の意見の聴取に際しては、審査請求人及び利害関係人に対して、当該事案について、証拠を提示し、意見を述べる機会を与えなければならない。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-2 When hearing opinions as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the agency must give the person requesting the review and any interested persons an opportunity to present evidence and state their opinions on the matter at issue. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項に規定する審査請求については、行政不服審査法第三十一条の規定は適用せず、同項の意見の聴取については、同条第二項から第五項までの規定を準用する。 art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-3 The provisions of Article 31 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act do not apply to a request for review as prescribed in paragraph (1), and the provisions of paragraphs (2) through (5) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to a hearing of opinions as referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、第一項の意見の聴取の手続について必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-4 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary particulars related to proceedings for the hearing of opinions referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十七条から第六十四条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-57-to-64 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-57-to-64 **第一項** 削除 art-57-to-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-57-to-64/par-1 no English for this paragraph --- ## Cites - art-56/par-1: 行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十四条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-24 - art-56/par-1: 同法第十一条第二項 → 行政不服審査法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-11/par-2 - art-56/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-3: 行政不服審査法第三十一条 → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31 - art-56/par-3: 同条第二項から第五項まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-2 - art-56/par-3: 同条第二項から第五項まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条第三項 (Article 31, paragraph (3)), art-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-3 - art-56/par-3: 同条第二項から第五項まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条第四項 (Article 31, paragraph (4)), art-31/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-4 - art-56/par-3: 同条第二項から第五項まで → 行政不服審査法 第三十一条第五項 (Article 31, paragraph (5)), art-31/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-31/par-5 - art-56/par-4: 前三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-4: 前三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-2 - art-56/par-4: 前三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十六条第三項 (Article 56, paragraph (3)), art-56/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030/text/ch-7-2#art-56/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — the text as 令和八年法律第三十号 leaves it, from 2027-01-04 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20270104_508AC0000000030), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 225 — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05