# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第二章 (Chapter 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-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: 第二章 (Chapter 2) — address `ch-2` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-07-22 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 22 July 2027 — the amending law allows up to one year from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20270722_508AC0000000064) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-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-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. --- ## 第二章　我が国の平和及び安全の維持のための措置 — Chapter II Measures to Maintain Peace and Security in Japan heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2 ### 第十条 art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-10 **第一項** 我が国の平和及び安全の維持のため特に必要があるときは、閣議において、対応措置（この項の規定による閣議決定に基づき主務大臣により行われる第十六条第一項、第二十一条第一項、第二十三条第四項、第二十四条第一項、第二十五条第六項、第四十八条第三項及び第五十二条の規定による措置をいう。）を講ずべきことを決定することができる。 art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-10/par-1 If it is particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain peace and security in Japan, it may be decided, in a Cabinet meeting, that responsive measures (meaning measures under Article 16, paragraph (1), Article 21, paragraph (1), Article 23, paragraph (4), Article 24, paragraph (1), Article 25, paragraph (6), Article 48, paragraph (3), and Article 52, which are taken by the competent minister based on a cabinet decision under this paragraph) are to be implemented. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 政府は、前項の閣議決定に基づき同項の対応措置を講じた場合には、当該対応措置を講じた日から二十日以内に国会に付議して、当該対応措置を講じたことについて国会の承認を求めなければならない。ただし、国会が閉会中の場合又は衆議院が解散されている場合には、その後最初に召集される国会において、速やかに、その承認を求めなければならない。 art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-10/par-2 If the government has implemented the responsive measures referred to in the preceding paragraph based on the cabinet decision referred to in that paragraph, it must refer these measures to the Diet for discussion within 20 days from the day on which it implemented them, and seek Diet approval for having implemented them; provided, however, that if the Diet has been adjourned or the House of Representatives has been dissolved, the government must seek this approval promptly at the first Diet session convoked thereafter. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 政府は、前項の場合において不承認の議決があつたときは、速やかに、当該対応措置を終了させなければならない。 art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-10/par-3 If a resolution of disapproval is passed in a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the government must terminate the responsive measures promptly. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第十一条から第十五条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-11-to-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-11-to-15 **第一項** 削除 art-11-to-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-11-to-15/par-1 no English for this paragraph --- ## Cites - art-10/par-1: この項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-10/par-1 - art-10/par-1: 第十六条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-3/from-art-16#art-16/par-1 - art-10/par-1: 第二十一条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-21/par-1 - art-10/par-1: 第二十三条第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第四項 (Article 23, paragraph (4)), art-23/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-4/from-art-22#art-23/par-4 - art-10/par-1: 第二十四条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-4/from-art-24#art-24/par-1 - art-10/par-1: 第二十五条第六項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第六項 (Article 25, paragraph (6)), art-25/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-4/from-art-24#art-25/par-6 - art-10/par-1: 第四十八条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第三項 (Article 48, paragraph (3)), art-48/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6#art-48/par-3 - art-10/par-1: 第五十二条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-6#art-52 - art-10/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-10/par-1 - art-10/par-3: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064/text/ch-2#art-10/par-2 --- ## 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 令和八年法律第六十四号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20270722_508AC0000000064), 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