# Article 29, paragraph (6), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 29, paragraph (6) (第二十九条第六項) 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 29, paragraph (6) (第二十九条第六項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-29/par-6 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-29/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:

> 第一項第二号の「禁止期間」とは、第二十七条第二項本文に規定する期間（同条第三項若しくは第六項の規定により延長され、又は同条第二項ただし書若しくは第四項の規定により短縮された場合には、当該延長され、又は短縮された期間）又は第二十八条第二項本文に規定する期間（同条第三項若しくは第六項の規定により延長され、又は同条第二項ただし書若しくは第四項の規定により短縮された場合には、当該延長され、又は短縮された期間）をいう。

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> The term "prohibition period" referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) means the period prescribed in the main clause of Article 27, paragraph (2) (or, if the period is extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or (6) of that Article or shortened pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (2) of that Article or paragraph (4) of that Article, the period so extended or shortened), or the period prescribed in the main clause of Article 28, paragraph (2) (or, if the period is extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or (6) of that Article or shortened pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (2) of that Article or paragraph (4) of that Article, the period so extended or shortened).

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

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 4 January 2027
- The amendment: Moved to paragraph (8) and reworded (Act No. 30 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030

Japanese:

> 第一項第二号の「禁止期間」とは、第二十七条第三項に規定する禁止期間（同項若しくは同条第六項若しくは第二十七条の三第二項の規定により延長され、又は第二十七条第二項ただし書若しくは第四項の規定により短縮された場合には、当該延長され、又は短縮された期間）又は第二十八条第三項に規定する禁止期間（同項若しくは同条第六項若しくは第二十八条の三第二項の規定により延長され、又は第二十八条第二項ただし書若しくは第四項の規定により短縮された場合には、当該延長され、又は短縮された期間）をいう。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> The term "prohibition period" referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) means the prohibition period prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (3) (or, if the period is extended pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph or paragraph (6) of that Article or Article 27-3, paragraph (2), or shortened pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 27, paragraph (2) or paragraph (4) of that Article, the period so extended or shortened), or the prohibition period prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (3) (or, if the period is extended pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph or paragraph (6) of that Article or Article 28-3, paragraph (2), or shortened pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 28, paragraph (2) or paragraph (4) of that Article, the period so extended or shortened).

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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)