# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第七十三条 (Article 73)

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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: 第七十三条 (Article 73) — address `art-73`
- 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-73
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-73
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### 第七十三条
<sup>art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-73</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、十万円以下の過料に処する。ただし、その行為について刑を科すべきときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-73/par-1</sup>
A person that falls under either of the following items is subject to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person's act should be subject to criminal punishment:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第五十五条の三第六項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者
  <sup>art-73/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-73/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-73/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person that has failed to make a notification under Article 55-3, paragraph (6) or made a false notification; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a person that has filed to make a notification under Article 55-3, paragraph (6) or made a false notification; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **二**  第六十七条第一項の規定により付した条件に違反した者
  <sup>art-73/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-73/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-73/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person that has violated the conditions attached to the permission or approval pursuant to the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-73/par-1/item-1: 第五十五条の三第六項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の三第六項 (Article 55-3, paragraph (6)), art-55-3/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-3/par-6
- art-73/par-1/item-2: 第六十七条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-67/par-1

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## 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 73, paragraph (1), item (i) — 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
