# Article 27, paragraph (6), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 27, paragraph (6) (第二十七条第六項) 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 (6) (第二十七条第六項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-6 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-6)
- 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:

> 前項の規定により関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴く場合において、関税・外国為替等審議会が当該事案の性質に鑑み、第三項に規定する四月の期間内に意見を述べることが困難である旨を申し出た場合には、同項に規定する対内直接投資等を行つてはならない期間は、同項の規定にかかわらず、五月とする。

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

> Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), if the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business hear the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, but the Council informs them that, in light of the nature of the case, it will be difficult for the Council to state its opinions within the four-month period prescribed in paragraph (3), the period during which the inward direct investment or equivalent action must not be conducted as prescribed in that paragraph is five months.

## 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:

> 前項の規定により関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴く場合において、関税・外国為替等審議会が当該事案の性質に鑑み、第一項の規定による届出が受理された日から起算して四月を経過する日までの期間（第二十七条の三第二項の規定により当該期間を超えて禁止期間が延長された場合には、当該延長された禁止期間の満了する日までの期間）内に意見を述べることが困難である旨を申し出た場合には、禁止期間は、第三項又は同条第二項の規定にかかわらず、第一項の規定による届出が受理された日から起算して五月を経過する日までの期間（同条第二項の規定により第一項の規定による届出が受理された日から起算して四月を経過する日までの期間を超えて禁止期間が延長された場合には、当該延長された禁止期間の満了する日の翌日から起算して一月を経過する日までの期間）とする。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) or Article 27-3, paragraph (2), if the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business hear the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, but the Council informs them that, in light of the nature of the case, it will be difficult for the Council to state its opinions within the period until the final day in the four-month period that starts on the date on which the notification under paragraph (1) is received (or, where the prohibition period has been extended beyond that period pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-3, paragraph (2), the period until the day on which the extended prohibition period expires), the prohibition period is the period until the final day in the five-month period that starts on the date on which the notification under paragraph (1) is received (or, where the prohibition period has been extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article beyond the period until the final day in the four-month period that starts on the date on which the notification under paragraph (1) is received, the period until the final day in the one-month period that starts on the day following the day on which the extended prohibition period expires).

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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)