# Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xxiii), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xxiii) (第七十条第一項第二十三号) 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 70, paragraph (1), item (xxiii) (第七十条第一項第二十三号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-23 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-23)
- 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:

> 第二十七条第二項（同条第十三項又は第十四項の規定によりみなして適用する場合を含む。）又は第二十八条第二項（同条第八項又は第九項の規定によりみなして適用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反して、第二十九条第六項に規定する禁止期間中に対内直接投資等若しくは特定取得又はこれらに相当するものをしたとき。

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

> If a person has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions during the prohibition period prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (6) in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or (14) of the same Article) or Article 28, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (8) or (9) of the same Article);

## 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:

> 第二十七条第二項（同条第十三項又は第十四項の規定によりみなして適用する場合を含む。）又は第二十八条第二項（同条第八項又は第九項の規定によりみなして適用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反して、第二十九条第八項に規定する禁止期間中に対内直接投資等若しくは特定取得又はこれらに相当するものをしたとき。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> If a person has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions during the prohibition period prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (8) in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or (14) of the same Article) or Article 28, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (8) or (9) of the same Article);

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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)