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

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How the wording of Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii) (第十七条第一項第二号) 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 (ii) (第十七条第一項第二号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-2)
- 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:

> 第二十一条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された第二十条に規定する資本取引に係る支払等　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 in connection with a capital transaction prescribed in Article 20 that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2):the customer has gotten that permission; and

## 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:

> 第二十一条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された第二十条に規定する資本取引（以下この号において「資本取引」という。）に係る支払等（銀行等が当該確認をしなくても当該義務の履行が確保されるよう必要な態勢が整備されている者が行う資本取引に係る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 in connection with a capital transaction prescribed in Article 20 (hereinafter referred to as a "capital transaction" in this item) that it has been made obligatory for persons to obtain permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2) (excluding a payment prescribed by Cabinet Order as one in connection with a capital transaction conducted by a person that has put in place the system necessary to ensure performance of that obligation even if the bank or other prescribed financial institution does not conduct that confirmation):the customer has obtained that permission; and

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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)