# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72. 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72) — address `art-72` - 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-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72 - 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. --- ### 第七十二条 art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72 **第一項** 法人（第二十六条第一項第二号、第四号及び第五号、第二十七条第十四項、第二十七条の二第七項、第二十八条第九項、第二十八条の二第七項並びに第五十五条の五第三項に規定する団体に該当するものを含む。以下この項において同じ。）の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務又は財産に関し、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1 If the representative of a corporation (including an organization that falls under any of the categories of organizations prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1), items (ii), (iv), and (v), Article 27, paragraph (14), Article 27-2, paragraph (7), Article 28, paragraph (9), Article 28-2, paragraph (7), and Article 55-5, paragraph (3); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), or an agent, employee or any other worker of a corporation or individual commits a violation referred to in any of the provisions stated in the following items with regard to the business or assets of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being punished, the corporation is subject to the fine specified in the relevant item and the individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the representative of a corporation (including an organization that falls under any of the categories of organizations prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1), items (ii), (iv), and (v), Article 27, paragraph (14), Article 27-2, paragraph (7), Article 28, paragraph (9), Article 28-2, paragraph (7), and Article 55-5, paragraph (3); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), or an agent, employee or any other worker of a corporation or individual commits a violation referred to in any of the provisions stated in the following items with regard to the business or property of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being punished, the corporation is subject to the fine specified in the relevant item and the individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **一** 第六十九条の七第二項　十億円以下（当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が十億円を超えるときは、当該価格の五倍以下）の罰金刑 art-72/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1/item-1 Article 69-7, paragraph (2):a fine of not more than one billion yen (or if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds one billion yen, a fine of not more than five times that value); machine translation, not official **二** 第六十九条の七第一項　七億円以下（当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が七億円を超えるときは、当該価格の五倍以下）の罰金刑 art-72/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1/item-2 Article 69-7, paragraph (1):a fine of not more than 700 million yen (or if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 700 million yen, a fine of not more than five times that value); machine translation, not official **三** 第六十九条の八　五億円以下（当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が五億円を超えるときは、当該価格の五倍以下）の罰金刑 art-72/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1/item-3 Article 69-8:a fine of not more than 500 million yen (or if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 500 million yen, a fine of not more than five times that value); machine translation, not official **四** 第七十条の二　三億円以下の罰金刑 art-72/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1/item-4 Article 70-2:a fine of not more than 300 million yen; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 第七十条又は前二条　各本条の罰金刑 art-72/par-1/item-5 · 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 Article 70 or the preceding two Articles:the fine referred to in the relevant Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により第六十九条の七又は第六十九条の八の違反行為につき法人又は人に罰金刑を科する場合における時効の期間は、各本条の罪についての時効の期間による。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-2 The period of statute of limitations for imposing a fine on a corporation or individual due to the violation referred to in Article 69-7 or Article 69-8 pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is the period of statute of limitations for the offense referred to in the relevant Article. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第二十六条第一項第二号、第四号及び第五号、第二十七条第十四項、第二十七条の二第七項、第二十八条第九項、第二十八条の二第七項並びに第五十五条の五第三項に規定する団体に該当するものを処罰する場合においては、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につきその団体を代表するほか、法人を被告人とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。 art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-3 If an organization that falls within any of the categories of organizations prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1), items (ii), (iv), and (v); Article 27, paragraph (14); Article 27-2, paragraph (7); Article 28, paragraph (9); Article 28-2, paragraph (7); and Article 55-5, paragraph (3) is to be punished, the representative or administrator of the organization represents the organization with regard to procedural acts, and the provisions of laws on criminal proceedings applicable if a corporation is the accused apply mutatis mutandis to them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-72/par-1: 第二十六条第一項第二号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第一項第二号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-26/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-1/item-2 - art-72/par-1: 第四号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第一項第四号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-26/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-1/item-4 - art-72/par-1: 第五号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第一項第五号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-26/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-1/item-5 - art-72/par-1: 第二十七条第十四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条第十四項 (Article 27, paragraph (14)), art-27/par-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27/par-14 - art-72/par-1: 第二十七条の二第七項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条の二第七項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (7)), art-27-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27-2/par-7 - art-72/par-1: 第二十八条第九項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条第九項 (Article 28, paragraph (9)), art-28/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28/par-9 - art-72/par-1: 第二十八条の二第七項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第七項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (7)), art-28-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-7 - art-72/par-1: 第五十五条の五第三項 → 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-72/par-1: この項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1 - art-72/par-1/item-1: 第六十九条の七第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の七第二項 (Article 69-7, paragraph (2)), art-69-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-7/par-2 - art-72/par-1/item-2: 第六十九条の七第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の七第一項 (Article 69-7, paragraph (1)), art-69-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-7/par-1 - art-72/par-1/item-3: 第六十九条の八 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の八 (Article 69-8), art-69-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8 - art-72/par-1/item-4: 第七十条の二 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条の二 (Article 70-2), art-70-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70-2 - art-72/par-1/item-5: 第七十条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70 - art-72/par-1/item-5: 前二条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十一条 (Article 71), art-71 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71 - art-72/par-1/item-5: 前二条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十一条の二 (Article 71-2), art-71-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71-2 - art-72/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第六十九条の七 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の七 (Article 69-7), art-69-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-7 - art-72/par-2: 第六十九条の八 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の八 (Article 69-8), art-69-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8 - art-72/par-3: 第二十六条第一項第二号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第一項第二号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-26/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-1/item-2 - art-72/par-3: 第四号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第一項第四号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-26/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-1/item-4 - art-72/par-3: 第五号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第一項第五号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-26/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-1/item-5 - art-72/par-3: 第二十七条第十四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条第十四項 (Article 27, paragraph (14)), art-27/par-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27/par-14 - art-72/par-3: 第二十七条の二第七項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条の二第七項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (7)), art-27-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27-2/par-7 - art-72/par-3: 第二十八条第九項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条第九項 (Article 28, paragraph (9)), art-28/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28/par-9 - art-72/par-3: 第二十八条の二第七項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第七項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (7)), art-28-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-7 - art-72/par-3: 第五十五条の五第三項 → 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 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-2 --- ## 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 72, 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-002, translated 2026-11-06 - 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