# Article 17, paragraph (1), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 17, paragraph (1) (第十七条第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act
- Provision: Article 17, paragraph (1) (第十七条第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 30 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 銀行等は、その顧客の支払等が、次の各号に掲げる支払等のいずれにも該当しないこと、又は次の各号に掲げる支払等に該当すると認められる場合には当該各号に定める要件を備えていることを確認した後でなければ、当該顧客と当該支払等に係る為替取引を行つてはならない。

English (Written for this site with AI, correcting the Ministry of Justice's English):

> It is prohibited for a bank or other prescribed financial institution to conduct a funds transfer transaction with a customer that involves a payment being made or received by that customer until after it has confirmed that the customer's making or receiving of the payment does not constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, or, if the customer's making or receiving of the payment is found to constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, until after it has confirmed that the requirement prescribed in that item has been met:

## 2. 4 January 2027 — Act No. 30 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 4 January 2027
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 30 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030

Japanese:

> 銀行等は、その顧客の支払等が、次の各号に掲げる支払等のいずれにも該当しないこと、又は次の各号に掲げる支払等に該当すると認められる場合には当該各号に定める要件を備えていることの確認をした後でなければ、当該顧客と当該支払等に係る為替取引を行つてはならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> It is prohibited for a bank or other prescribed financial institution to conduct a funds transfer transaction with a customer that involves a payment being made or received by that customer until after it has confirmed that the customer's making or receiving of the payment does not constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, or, if the customer's making or receiving of the payment is found to constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, until after it has confirmed that the requirement prescribed in that item has been met:

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20260812_508AC0000000064)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20270104_508AC0000000030)