# Article 55-3, paragraph (2), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 55-3, paragraph (2) (第五十五条の三第二項) 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 55-3, paragraph (2) (第五十五条の三第二項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-3/par-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-3/par-2)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 64 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 銀行等、金融商品取引業者及び電子決済手段等取引業者等（電子決済手段等取引業者及び暗号資産交換業者に限る。以下この条において同じ。）は、前項第三号（第二十条の二の規定により資本取引とみなされる場合に限る。第四項において同じ。）、第五号、第十号又は第十一号に掲げる資本取引の媒介、取次ぎ又は代理をしたときは、その都度、政令で定めるところにより、当該資本取引の内容、実行の時期その他の政令で定める事項を財務大臣に報告しなければならない。

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

> On each occasion that a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a financial instruments business operator or an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. (limited to an electronic payment instruments service provider and a cryptoasset exchange service provider; the same applies in this Article) has acted as an intermediary, commission agent, or other agent for a capital transaction stated in item (iii) (limited to a transaction deemed as a capital transaction as prescribed in Article 20-2; the same applies in paragraph (4)), (v), (x), or (xi) of the preceding paragraph, it must report the substance of the capital transaction, its timing, and any other information that Cabinet Order prescribes to the Minister of Finance, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

## 2. By 22 July 2027 — Act No. 64 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 22 July 2027
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 64 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064

Japanese:

> 銀行等、金融商品取引業者及び電子決済手段等取引業者等（電子決済手段等取引業者及び暗号資産取引業者に限る。以下この条において同じ。）は、前項第三号（第二十条の二の規定により資本取引とみなされる場合に限る。第四項において同じ。）、第五号、第十号又は第十一号に掲げる資本取引の媒介、取次ぎ又は代理をしたときは、その都度、政令で定めるところにより、当該資本取引の内容、実行の時期その他の政令で定める事項を財務大臣に報告しなければならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> On each occasion that a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a financial instruments business operator or an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. (limited to an electronic payment instruments service provider and a cryptoasset trading business operator; the same applies in this Article) has acted as an intermediary, commission agent, or other agent for a capital transaction stated in item (iii) (limited to a transaction deemed as a capital transaction as prescribed in Article 20-2; the same applies in paragraph (4)), (v), (x), or (xi) of the preceding paragraph, it must report the substance of the capital transaction, its timing, and any other information that Cabinet Order prescribes to the Minister of Finance, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

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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/324AC0000000228/20270401_508AC0000000064)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20270722_508AC0000000064)