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

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How the wording of Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i) (第十七条第一項第一号) 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), item (i) (第十七条第一項第一号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-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:

> 第十六条第一項から第三項までの規定により許可を受ける義務が課された支払等　当該許可を受けていること。

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

> the making or receiving of a payment that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraphs (1) through (3):the customer has gotten that permission;

## 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:

> 第十六条第一項から第三項までの規定により許可を受ける義務が課された支払等（同項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された支払等にあつては、同条第一項若しくは第二項若しくは第二十一条第一項若しくは第二項の規定又はこれらの規定に基づく命令の規定の確実な実施を図るために許可を受ける義務が課されたもの以外のものとして政令で定める支払等を除く。）　当該許可を受けていること。

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> the making or receiving of a payment that it has been made obligatory for persons to obtain permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraphs (1) through (3) (excluding, in the case of the making or receiving of a payment that it has been made obligatory for persons to obtain permission for pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, a payment prescribed by Cabinet Order as other than one for which the obligation to obtain permission has been imposed in order to ensure reliable implementation of the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2) or the provisions of orders based on those provisions):the customer has obtained that permission;

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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)