# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第六十八条 (Article 68) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68. 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: 第六十八条 (Article 68)（立入検査） — address `art-68` - 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-68 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68 - 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. --- ### 第六十八条（立入検査） — (On-site Inspections) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68 **第一項** 主務大臣は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、当該職員をして、この法律の適用を受ける取引、行為若しくは支払等を行つた者又はその関係者の営業所、事務所、工場その他の施設に立ち入り、帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させ、又は関係人に質問させることができる。 art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68/par-1 To the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, the competent minister may have their ministry officials enter the business office, office, factory, or other facility of a person that has carried out a transaction or other action or made or received a payment governed by this Act or of any relevant person to inspect books and documents or other objects or to question any relevant person. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "To the extent necessary for bringing this Act into effect, the competent minister may have their ministry officials enter the business office, office, factory, or other facility of a person that has carried out a transaction or other action or made or received a payment governed by this Act or of any relevant person to inspect books and documents or other objects or to question any relevant person." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第二項** 前項の規定により当該職員が立ち入るときは、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、関係人に提示しなければならない。 art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68/par-2 When a ministry official enters a facility pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they must carry identification and present it to the relevant persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による立入検査及び質問の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68/par-3 The authority to conduct an on-site inspection or questioning under paragraph (1) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of a criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-68/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68/par-1 - art-68/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十八条第二項（立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十八条第三項（立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-68/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十一条第一項第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-12 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十一条第一項第十三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-13 --- ## 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 68, 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 — 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