# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第六十九条の五 (Article 69-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5. 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: 第六十九条の五 (Article 69-5)（外国執行当局への情報提供） — address `art-69-5` - 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-69-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5 - 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. --- ### 第六十九条の五（外国執行当局への情報提供） — (Provision of Information to Foreign Authorities) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-69-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5 **第一項** 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、この法律（第二十七条及び第二十八条に係る部分に限る。）に相当する外国の法令を執行する外国の当局（以下この条において「外国執行当局」という。）に対し、その職務（この法律の第二十七条及び第二十八条に規定する職務に相当するものに限る。次項において同じ。）の遂行に資すると認める情報の提供を行うことができる。ただし、当該情報の提供を行うことが、この法律の適正な執行に支障を及ぼし、その他我が国の利益を侵害するおそれがあると認められる場合は、この限りでない。 art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-1 The Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may provide the authorities of a foreign country that enforce a foreign law or regulation which is equivalent to this Act (limited to the parts concerning Articles 27 and 28) (hereinafter referred to as "foreign authorities" in this Article), with information that the ministers find will contribute to the performance of their duties (limited to duties equivalent to those provided for in Articles 27 and 28 of this Act; the same applies in the following paragraph); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is found that providing them with that information is likely to interfere with the proper enforcement of this Act or otherwise prejudice Japan's interests. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、外国執行当局に対し前項に規定する情報の提供を行うに際し、次に掲げる事項を確認しなければならない。 art-69-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2 The Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business must confirm the following particulars on the occasion of providing the foreign authorities with the information prescribed in the preceding paragraph: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該外国執行当局が、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣に対し、前項に規定する情報の提供に相当する情報の提供を行うことができること。 art-69-5/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2/item-1 that the foreign authorities are able to provide the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business with information equivalent to that which is prescribed in the preceding paragraph; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該外国において、前項の規定により提供する情報のうち秘密として提供するものについて、当該外国の法令により、我が国と同じ程度の秘密の保持が担保されていること。 art-69-5/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2/item-2 that, in that foreign country, the laws and regulations guarantee the same level of confidentiality as in Japan will be maintained with regard to any information that the ministers provide pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph which they provide as confidential information; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該外国執行当局において、前項の規定により提供する情報が、その職務の遂行に資する目的以外の目的で使用されないこと。 art-69-5/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2/item-3 that the foreign authorities will not use the information that the ministers provide pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph for any purpose other than one that contributes to the performance of their duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により提供される情報については、次項の規定による同意がなければ外国における裁判所又は裁判官の行う刑事手続（同項において単に「刑事手続」という。）に使用されないよう適切な措置がとられなければならない。 art-69-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-3 Appropriate measures must be taken so that information that is provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not used in criminal proceedings conducted by a court or judge in a foreign country (simply referred to as "criminal proceedings" in the following paragraph) without the consent under the following paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Appropriate measures must be taken so that information that is provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not used in criminal proceedings conducted by a court or judge in a foreign country (simply referred to as "criminal proceedings" in the following paragraph) without the consent under of the following paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第四項** 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、外国執行当局からの要請があつたときは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、第一項の規定により提供した情報を当該要請に係る刑事手続に使用することについて同意をすることができる。 art-69-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4 Except in a situation that falls under one of the following items, at the request of the foreign authorities, the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may consent to the use of the information they have provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) in the criminal proceedings to which the request pertains: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該要請に係る刑事手続の対象とされている犯罪が政治犯罪であるとき、又は当該要請が政治犯罪について刑事手続を行う目的で行われたものと認められるとき。 art-69-5/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4/item-1 if the offense subject to the criminal proceedings to which the request pertains is a political offense, or if the request is found to have been made for the purpose of conducting criminal proceedings in connection with a political offense; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該要請に係る刑事手続の対象とされている犯罪に係る行為が日本国内において行われたとした場合において、その行為が日本国の法令によれば罪に当たるものでないとき。 art-69-5/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4/item-2 if the act involved in the offense subject to the criminal proceedings to which the request pertains would not constitute an offense under the laws and regulations of Japan if it had been performed in Japan; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 日本国が行う同種の要請に応ずる旨の要請国の保証がないとき。 art-69-5/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4/item-3 if the requesting country does not guarantee that it will meet requests of the same kind that Japan makes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、前項の同意をする場合においては、あらかじめ、同項第一号及び第二号に該当しないことについて法務大臣の確認を、同項第三号に該当しないことについて外務大臣の確認を、それぞれ受けなければならない。 art-69-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-5 Before the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business give the consent referred to in the preceding paragraph, they must receive confirmation from the Minister of Justice that the situation does not fall under item (i) or (ii) of that paragraph and confirmation from the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the situation does not fall under item (iii) of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-69-5/par-1: 第二十七条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27 - art-69-5/par-1: 第二十八条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28 - art-69-5/par-1: この条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五 (Article 69-5), art-69-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5 - art-69-5/par-1: 次項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第二項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (2)), art-69-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2 - art-69-5/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第一項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (1)), art-69-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-1 - art-69-5/par-2/item-1: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第一項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (1)), art-69-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-1 - art-69-5/par-2/item-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第一項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (1)), art-69-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-1 - art-69-5/par-2/item-3: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第一項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (1)), art-69-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-1 - art-69-5/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第一項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (1)), art-69-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-1 - art-69-5/par-3: 次項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第四項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (4)), art-69-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4 - art-69-5/par-4: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第一項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (1)), art-69-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-1 - art-69-5/par-5: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第四項 (Article 69-5, paragraph (4)), art-69-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4 - art-69-5/par-5: 同項第一号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第四項第一号 (Article 69-5, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-69-5/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4/item-1 - art-69-5/par-5: 第二号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第四項第二号 (Article 69-5, paragraph (4), item (ii)), art-69-5/par-4/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4/item-2 - art-69-5/par-5: 同項第三号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第四項第三号 (Article 69-5, paragraph (4), item (iii)), art-69-5/par-4/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4/item-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第一項（外国執行当局への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第二項（外国執行当局への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第二項第一号（外国執行当局への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2/item-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第二項第二号（外国執行当局への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2/item-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第二項第三号（外国執行当局への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-2/item-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第三項（外国執行当局への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第四項（外国執行当局への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-4 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の五第五項（外国執行当局への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-5/par-5 --- ## 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 69-5, 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