# Article 27, paragraph (3), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 27, paragraph (3) (第二十七条第三項) 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 27, paragraph (3) (第二十七条第三項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-3 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-3)
- 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:

> 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第一項の規定による届出があつた場合において、当該届出に係る対内直接投資等が次に掲げるいずれかの対内直接投資等（以下「国の安全等に係る対内直接投資等」という。）に該当しないかどうかを審査する必要があると認めるときは、当該届出に係る対内直接投資等を行つてはならない期間を、当該届出を受理した日から起算して四月間に限り、延長することができる。

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

> When a notification under paragraph (1) has been filed, on finding it necessary to examine whether the inward direct investment or equivalent action that is subject to that notification falls under one of the following categories of inward direct investment or equivalent action (hereinafter referred to as "inward direct investment or an equivalent action that is a matter of national security or a similar concern"), the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may extend the period during which the inward direct investment or equivalent action that is subject to that notification must not be undertaken, but only to a period of four months starting on the day on which the notification is received:

## 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:

> 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第一項の規定による届出があつた場合において、当該届出に係る対内直接投資等が次に掲げるいずれかの対内直接投資等（以下「国の安全等に係る対内直接投資等」という。）に該当しないかどうかを審査する必要があると認めるときは、政令で定めるところにより、当該届出に係る前項本文に規定する期間（以下この条及び第二十七条の三において「禁止期間」という。）を、当該届出を受理した日から起算して四月を経過する日までの間に限り、延長することができる。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> When a notification under paragraph (1) has been filed, on finding it necessary to examine whether the inward direct investment or equivalent action that is subject to that notification falls under one of the following categories of inward direct investment or equivalent action (hereinafter referred to as "inward direct investment or equivalent action that is a matter of national security or a similar concern"), the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, extend the prohibition period (meaning the period prescribed in the main clause of the preceding paragraph that relates to that notification; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 27-3), but only until the final day in the four-month period that starts on the day on which the notification is received:

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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)