# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第十六条 (Article 16) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16. 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（支払等） — address `art-16` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十六条（支払等） — (Making and Receiving Payments) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16 **第一項** 主務大臣は、我が国が締結した条約その他の国際約束を誠実に履行するため必要があると認めるとき、国際平和のための国際的な努力に我が国として寄与するため特に必要があると認めるとき、又は第十条第一項の閣議決定が行われたときは、支払等が、これらと同一の見地から許可又は承認を受ける義務を課した取引又は行為に係る支払等である場合を除き、政令で定めるところにより、本邦から外国へ向けた支払をしようとする居住者若しくは非居住者又は非居住者との間で支払等をしようとする居住者に対し、当該支払又は支払等について、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-1 If the competent minister finds it to be necessary to do so in order for Japan to faithfully perform its obligations under a treaty or any other international agreement that it has concluded, if the competent minister finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order for Japan to contribute to international efforts towards international peace, or if a cabinet decision as referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) is reached, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign country to get permission to make that payment, and may make it obligatory for residents seeking to make or receive a payment to or from non-residents to get permission to make or receive that payment, unless the payment in question is one that is being made or received in connection with a transaction or action that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for from the same perspective as stated above. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the competent minister finds it to be necessary to do so in order for Japan to faithfully perform its obligations under a treaty or any other international agreement that it has concluded, if the competent minister finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order for Japan to contribute to international efforts towards international peace, or if a cabinet decision as referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) is reached, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign state to get permission to make that payment, and may make it obligatory for residents seeking to make or receive a payment to or from non-residents to get permission to make or receive that payment, unless the payment in question is one that is being made or received in connection with a transaction or action that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for from the same perspective as stated above." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第二項** 前項に定める場合のほか、主務大臣は、我が国の国際収支の均衡を維持するため特に必要があると認めるときは、支払が、次章から第六章までの規定により許可を受け、若しくは届出をする義務が課され、又は許可若しくは承認を受ける義務を課することができることとされている取引又は行為に係る支払である場合を除き、政令で定めるところにより、本邦から外国へ向けた支払をしようとする居住者若しくは非居住者又は非居住者に対して支払をしようとする居住者に対し、これらの支払について、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-2 Beyond as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the competent minister finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain Japan's balance of payments equilibrium, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign country or residents seeking to make a payment to non-residents to get permission to make that payment, unless the payment in question is made in connection with a transaction or action for which it has been made obligatory pursuant to the following Chapter through Chapter VI for persons to get permission or file a notification, or is made in connection with a transaction or action that, pursuant to those Chapters, the relevant authority is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the competent minister finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain Japan's balance of payments equilibrium, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign state or residents seeking to make a payment to non-residents to get permission to make that payment, unless the payment in question is made in connection with a transaction or action for which it has been made obligatory pursuant to the following Chapter through Chapter IV for persons to get permission or file a notification, or is made in connection with a transaction or action that, pursuant to those Chapters, the relevant authority is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第三項** 前二項に定める場合のほか、主務大臣は、この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定の確実な実施を図るため必要があると認めるときは、支払等が、次章から第六章までの規定により許可を受け、若しくは届出をする義務が課され、又は許可若しくは承認を受ける義務を課することができることとされている取引又は行為に係る支払等である場合を除き、政令で定めるところにより、本邦から外国へ向けた支払をしようとする居住者若しくは非居住者又は非居住者との間で支払等をしようとする居住者に対し、当該支払又は支払等について、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-3 Beyond as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, if the competent minister finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or an Order based on this Act, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign country to get permission to make that payment, and may make it obligatory for residents seeking to make or receive a payment to or from non-residents to get permission to make or receive that payment, unless the payment in question is made or received in connection with a transaction or action for which it has been made obligatory pursuant to the following Chapter through Chapter VI for persons to get permission or file a notification, or is made or received in connection with a transaction or action that, pursuant to those Chapters, the competent minister is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, if the competent minister finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or an Order based on this Act, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign state to get permission to make that payment, and may make it obligatory for residents seeking to make or receive a payment to or from non-residents to get permission to make or receive that payment, unless the payment in question is made or received in connection with a transaction or action for which it has been made obligatory pursuant to the following Chapter through Chapter IV for persons to get permission or file a notification, or is made or received in connection with a transaction or action that, pursuant to those Chapters, the competent minister is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第四項** 前三項の規定により許可を受ける義務を課することができることとされる支払等についてこれらの規定の二以上の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された場合には、当該支払等をしようとする者は、政令で定めるところにより、当該二以上の規定による許可の申請を併せて行うことができる。この場合において、主務大臣は、当該申請に係る支払等について許可を受ける義務を課することとなつた事情を併せ考慮して、許可をするかどうかを判断するものとする。 art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-4 If, pursuant to the provisions of two or more of the preceding three paragraphs, it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission to make or receive a payment that, pursuant to each of those three paragraphs, the competent minister is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission for, a person seeking to make or receive such a payment may file a combined application for the permissions under those two or more paragraphs, pursuant to Cabinet Order. In such a case, the competent minister must decide whether to give permission while taking into consideration the circumstances that have led the minister to make it obligatory for persons to get permission to make or receive the payment under the application. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定により、取引又は行為を行うことにつき許可若しくは承認を受け、又は届出をする義務が課されているときは、政令で定める場合を除き、当該許可若しくは承認を受けないで、又は当該届出をしないで当該取引又は行為に係る支払等をしてはならない。 art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-5 Except in the cases that Cabinet Order prescribes, if it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for a transaction or action or to file notification of a transaction or action pursuant to this Act or an Order based on this Act, a person must not make or receive a payment in connection with that transaction or action without getting the permission or approval or without filing the notification. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-16/par-1: 第十条第一項 → 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/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-10/par-1 - art-16/par-2: 前項 → 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/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-1 - art-16/par-3: 前二項 → 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/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-1 - art-16/par-3: 前二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-2 - art-16/par-4: 前三項 → 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/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-1 - art-16/par-4: 前三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-2 - art-16/par-4: 前三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-3 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-10/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第二項（支払等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第三項（支払等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第四項（支払等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-4 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条の二第一項（支払等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16-2/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条第一項第一号（銀行等の確認義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1/item-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の二第二項第一号（外国為替取引等取扱業者遵守基準の策定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の二第二項第二号（外国為替取引等取扱業者遵守基準の策定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-3/par-1/item-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の三第二項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-3/par-2/item-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-2/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第二条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-2/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, written 2026-11-05 - 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 in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 16, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 16, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 16, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), 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