# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-22. 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（資本取引等の制限） — address `art-22` - 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-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条（資本取引等の制限） — (Restrictions on Capital Transactions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-22 **第一項** 財務大臣は、前条第一項の規定により許可を受ける義務を課した場合において、当該許可を受ける義務が課された資本取引を当該許可を受けないで行つた者が再び同項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された資本取引を当該許可を受けないで行うおそれがあると認めるときは、その者に対し、一年以内の期間を限り、資本取引を行うことについて、その全部若しくは一部を禁止し、又は政令で定めるところにより許可を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-22/par-1 If the Minister of Finance has made it obligatory to get permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and the minister finds that a person that has conducted a capital transaction which it has been made obligatory to get permission for, without getting that permission, is likely to once again conduct a capital transaction that it has been made obligatory to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph without getting that permission, the minister may prohibit the person from fully or partially conducting capital transactions, or, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, make it obligatory for that person to get permission to conduct capital transactions, but only during a period of up to one year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 財務大臣は、前条第三項各号に掲げる取引若しくは行為以外の取引若しくは行為（以下この項において「対象外取引等」という。）を特別国際金融取引勘定において経理し、又は同条第四項の規定に基づく命令の規定に違反した者が、再び対象外取引等を特別国際金融取引勘定において経理し、又は当該命令の規定に違反するおそれがあると認めるときは、その者に対し、一年以内の期間を限り、同条第三項各号に掲げる取引又は行為の全部又は一部について特別国際金融取引勘定において経理することを禁止することができる。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-22/par-2 If the Minister of Finance finds that a person that has accounted for a transaction or action other than one that is stated in the items of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as an "ineligible transaction or action" in this paragraph) by placing it in the special international financial transactions account or a person that has violated the provisions of an Order that is based on paragraph (4) of that Article is likely to once again account for an ineligible transaction or action by placing it in the special international financial transactions account or is likely to once again violate the provisions of that order, the minister may prohibit the person from fully or partially accounting for transactions and actions as stated in the items of paragraph (3) of that Article by placing them in the special international financial transactions account, but only during a period of up to one year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-1 - art-22/par-2: 前条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第三項 (Article 21, paragraph (3)), art-21/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-3 - art-22/par-2: この項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-22/par-2 - art-22/par-2: 同条第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第四項 (Article 21, paragraph (4)), art-21/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第一項（財務大臣の許可を受ける義務を課する資本取引等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第四項（財務大臣の許可を受ける義務を課する資本取引等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-4 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十二条第二項（資本取引等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-22/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-8 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-9 --- ## 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 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 — 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