# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第五十五条の九の四 (Article 55-9-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4. 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: 第五十五条の九の四 (Article 55-9-4)（勧告及び命令） — address `art-55-9-4` - 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-55-9-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の九の四（勧告及び命令） — (Recommendations and Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-9-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4 **第一項** 主務大臣は、前条の規定による指導又は助言をした場合において、外国為替取引等取扱業者がなお外国為替取引等取扱業者遵守基準に違反していると認めるときは、当該外国為替取引等取扱業者に対し、外国為替取引等取扱業者遵守基準を遵守すべき旨の勧告をすることができる。 art-55-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4/par-1 If the competent minister, having issued guidance or advice under the preceding Article, subsequently finds that the foreign exchange transactions service providers continue to be in violation of the compliance standards for foreign exchange transactions service providers, the competent minister may issue a recommendation for the foreign exchange transactions service providers to comply with the compliance standards for foreign exchange transactions service providers. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the competent minister, have issued instruction or advice under the preceding Article, and subsequently finds that the foreign exchange transactions service providers continue to be in violation of the compliance standards for foreign exchange transactions service providers, the competent minister may issue a recommendation for the foreign exchange transactions service providers to comply with the compliance standards for foreign exchange transactions service providers." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第二項** 主務大臣は、前項の規定による勧告を受けた者がその勧告に従わなかつたときは、当該勧告を受けた者に対し、その勧告に係る措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-55-9-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4/par-2 If a person that is issued a recommendation under the preceding paragraph fails to follow the recommendation, the competent minister may order that person to take the recommended measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第十七条の二第二項の規定は、前項の規定による命令（第五十五条の九の二第二項第三号に掲げるものに係るものに限る。）を銀行等、資金移動業者又は電子決済手段等取引業者等に対してする場合について準用する。この場合において、第十七条の二第二項中「前項」とあるのは「第五十五条の九の四第二項」と、「外国為替取引」とあるのは「外国為替取引又は電子決済手段等の移転等」と読み替えるものとする。 art-55-9-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4/par-3 The provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if the competent minister issues an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to an order in connection with those stated in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)) to a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider or an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. In this case, the term "the preceding paragraph" in Article 17-2, paragraph (2), is deemed to be replaced with "Article 55-9-4, paragraph (2)" and the term "a foreign exchange transaction" is deemed to be replaced with "a foreign exchange transaction or a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action." Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the Article 17-2 paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if the competent minister issues an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to an order in connection with those stated in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (2), item(iii)) to a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider or electronic payment instruments service providers. In this case, the term "the preceding paragraph" in Article 17-2, paragraph (2), is deemed to be replaced with "Article 55-9-4, paragraph (2)" and the term "a foreign exchange transaction" is deemed to be replaced with "a foreign exchange transaction or a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action."" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb --- ## Cites - art-55-9-4/par-1: 前条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の三 (Article 55-9-3), art-55-9-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-3 - art-55-9-4/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の四第一項 (Article 55-9-4, paragraph (1)), art-55-9-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4/par-1 - art-55-9-4/par-3: 第十七条の二第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の二第二項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (2)), art-17-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2/par-2 - art-55-9-4/par-3: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の四第二項 (Article 55-9-4, paragraph (2)), art-55-9-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4/par-2 - art-55-9-4/par-3: 第五十五条の九の二第二項第三号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の二第二項第三号 (Article 55-9-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-55-9-2/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-3 - art-55-9-4/par-3: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の二第一項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (1)), art-17-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の四第二項（勧告及び命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の四第三項（勧告及び命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-5 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十一条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-10 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第三条第一項（外国為替及び外国貿易法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5041-97/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5041-97/art-3/par-1 --- ## 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 55-9-4, 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 55-9-4, 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