# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

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- Law: 外国為替及び外国貿易法 (Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act), 昭和二十四年法律第二百二十八号
- English title "Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-3621-89/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三条
<sup>suppl-3621-89/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-3621-89/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-3621-89/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  旧法第四十八条第一項の規定に基づく命令の規定による承認を受けた貨物の輸出であつて、新法第四十八条第一項若しくは同条第二項の規定に基づく命令の規定による許可又は同条第三項の規定に基づく命令の規定による承認を要するものについては、それぞれ、同条第一項若しくは同条第二項の規定に基づく命令の規定による許可又は同条第三項の規定に基づく命令の規定による承認を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-3621-89/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-3621-89/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-3621-89/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to an export of goods for which approval has been obtained under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Former Act that requires permission under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the New Act or approval under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, the export of goods is deemed to be one for which permission under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of that Article, or approval under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, respectively, has been obtained.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-3621-89/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-3621-89/art-9/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-004, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05
