# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第六十九条 (Article 69) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69. 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: 第六十九条 (Article 69)（事務の一部委任） — address `art-69` - 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-69 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69 - 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. 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. --- ### 第六十九条（事務の一部委任） — (Partial Delegation of Functions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69 **第一項** 主務大臣は、政令で定めるところにより、この法律の施行に関する事務の一部を日本銀行に取り扱わせることができる。 art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69/par-1 The competent minister may have the Bank of Japan handle some of the administrative functions connected with this Act's enforcement, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The competent minister may have the Bank of Japan handle some of the administrative functions connected with this Act's entry into force, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第二項** 前項の規定により事務の一部を日本銀行に取り扱わせる場合における当該事務の一部については、日本銀行法（平成九年法律第八十九号）第四十三条第一項の規定は、適用しない。 art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69/par-2 If the competent minister has the Bank of Japan handle some administrative functions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Bank of Japan Act (Act No. 89 of 1997) do not apply to those administrative functions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により事務の一部を日本銀行に取り扱わせる場合においては、その事務の取扱いに要する経費は、日本銀行の負担とすることができる。 art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69/par-3 If the competent minister has the Bank of Japan handle some administrative functions pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it may be decided that the Bank of Japan will bear the expenses required to handle those functions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-69/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69/par-1 - art-69/par-2: 日本銀行法（平成九年法律第八十九号）第四十三条第一項 → e-Gov law 409AC0000000089, 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-69/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条第二項（事務の一部委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条第三項（事務の一部委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69/par-3 --- ## 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 69, 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