# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第七十一条 (Article 71)

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- 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: 第七十一条 (Article 71) — address `art-71`
- 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-71
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71
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### 第七十一条
<sup>art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その違反行為をした者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1</sup>
If a person falls under any of the following items, the person that has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第十九条第三項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をして、同条第一項に規定する支払手段又は証券若しくは貴金属を輸出し、又は輸入したとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-1</sup>
  If a person has imported or exported a means of payment prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1), securities, or precious metals while failing to make a notification under paragraph (3) of that Article or making a false notification;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has imported or exported a means of payment prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1), securities, or precious metals while failing to make a notification under paragraph (3) of that Article or making a false notification;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **二**  第五十五条第一項の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-2</sup>
  If a person has failed to make a report under Article 55, paragraph (1) or made a false report;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to make a report under Article 55, paragraph (1) or made a false report;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **三**  第五十五条の三第一項又は第二項の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-3</sup>
  If a person has failed to make a report under Article 55-3, paragraph (1) or (2) or made a false report;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to make a report under Article 55-3, paragraph (1) or (2) or made a false report;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **四**  第五十五条の三第五項の規定による帳簿書類を作成せず、これに同項に規定する事項を記載せず、若しくは虚偽の記載をし、又はこれを保存しなかつたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-4</sup>
  If a person has failed to prepare books and documents under Article 55-3, paragraph (5), failed to enter the matters prescribed in that paragraph in them, made false entries in them, or failed to preserve them;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to prepare books and documents under Article 55-3, paragraph (5), failed to enter the matters prescribed in that paragraph in them, made false entries in them, or failed to preserve them;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **五**  第五十五条の四の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-5</sup>
  If a person has failed to make a report under Article 55-4 or made a false report;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to make a report under Article 55-4 or made a false report;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **六**  第五十五条の五第一項（同条第二項又は第三項の規定によりみなして適用する場合を含む。）の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-6</sup>
  If a person has failed to make a report under Article 55-5, paragraph (1) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of the same Article), or made a false report;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to make a report under Article 55-5, paragraph (1) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming the amounts as prescribed in the paragraph (2) or (3) of the same Article), or made a false report;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **七**  第五十五条の六第一項の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-7</sup>
  If a person has failed to make a report under Article 55-6, paragraph (1) or made a false report;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to make a report under Article 55-6, paragraph (1) or made a false report;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **八**  第五十五条の七の規定に基づく命令の規定に違反して、報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-8</sup>
  If a person has failed to make a report or made a false report in violation of the provisions of an Order that is based on Article 55-7;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to make a report or made a false report in violation of the provisions of an Order that is based on Article 55-7;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **九**  第五十五条の八の規定に基づく命令の規定に違反して、報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-9</sup>
  If a person has failed to make a report or made a false report in violation of the provisions of an Order that is based on Article 55-8;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to make a report or made a false report in violation of the provisions of an Order that is based on Article 55-8;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **十**  第五十五条の九の四第二項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-10 · 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</sup>
  If a person has violated an order under Article 55-9-4, paragraph (2);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **十一**  第五十五条の十二第二項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-11</sup>
  If a person has violated an order under Article 55-12, paragraph (2);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has violated an order under Article 55-12, paragraph (2);" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **十二**  第六十八条第一項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、又は忌避したとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-12 · 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</sup>
  If a person has refused, obstructed, or evaded the inspection under Article 68, paragraph (1); or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has refused, obstructed, or evaded the inspection under Article 68, paragraph (1); or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **十三**  第六十八条第一項の規定による質問に対して答弁をせず、又は虚偽の答弁をしたとき。
  <sup>art-71/par-1/item-13 · 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</sup>
  If a person has failed to answer questions under Article 68, paragraph (1), or given false answers.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a person that has failed to answer questions under Article 68, paragraph (1), or gave false answers." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-71/par-1/item-1: 第十九条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-19/par-3
- art-71/par-1/item-1: 同条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-19/par-1
- art-71/par-1/item-2: 第五十五条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55/par-1
- art-71/par-1/item-3: 第五十五条の三第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の三第一項 (Article 55-3, paragraph (1)), art-55-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-3/par-1
- art-71/par-1/item-3: 第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の三第二項 (Article 55-3, paragraph (2)), art-55-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-3/par-2
- art-71/par-1/item-4: 第五十五条の三第五項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の三第五項 (Article 55-3, paragraph (5)), art-55-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-3/par-5
- art-71/par-1/item-5: 第五十五条の四 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の四 (Article 55-4), art-55-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-4
- art-71/par-1/item-6: 第五十五条の五第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五第一項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (1)), art-55-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-1
- art-71/par-1/item-6: 同条第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五第二項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (2)), art-55-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-2
- art-71/par-1/item-6: 第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五第三項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (3)), art-55-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-3
- art-71/par-1/item-7: 第五十五条の六第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の六第一項 (Article 55-6, paragraph (1)), art-55-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-6/par-1
- art-71/par-1/item-8: 第五十五条の七 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の七 (Article 55-7), art-55-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-7
- art-71/par-1/item-9: 第五十五条の八 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の八 (Article 55-8), art-55-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-8
- art-71/par-1/item-10: 第五十五条の九の四第二項 → 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-71/par-1/item-11: 第五十五条の十二第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の十二第二項 (Article 55-12, paragraph (2)), art-55-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-12/par-2
- art-71/par-1/item-12: 第六十八条第一項 → 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
- art-71/par-1/item-13: 第六十八条第一項 → 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

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1/item-5

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