# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4031-40/art-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-4031-40/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4031-40/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4031-40/art-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4031-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4031-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4031-40/art-2 **第一項** 次条第三項に定めるものを除き、この法律による改正前の外国為替及び外国貿易管理法（以下「旧法」という。）第二十六条第三項の規定によりこの法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前にされた届出に係る対内直接投資等（以下「旧法の規定による届出に係る対内直接投資等」という。）で、施行日前に同条第四項に規定する対内直接投資等を行ってはならない期間（旧法第二十七条第一項又は第三項の規定により当該期間が延長された場合には、当該延長された期間）が満了したものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4031-40/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4031-40/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4031-40/art-2/par-1 Except as provided in paragraph (3) of the following Article, with regard to inward direct investment or equivalent action pertaining to a notification made before the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter the "Effective Date") pursuant to Article 26, paragraph (3) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act prior to amendment by this Act (hereinafter the "Former Act") (hereinafter referred to as "inward direct investment or equivalent action notified under the Former Act"), for which the period prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article during which the inward direct investment or equivalent action must not be carried out (where that period has been extended pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Former Act, the extended period) has expired before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** 附則第四条第四項に定めるものを除き、旧法第二十九条第一項の規定により施行日前にされた届出に係る技術導入契約の締結等（以下「旧法の規定による届出に係る技術導入契約の締結等」という。）で、施行日前に同条第三項に規定する技術導入契約の締結等をしてはならない期間（旧法第三十条第一項又は第三項の規定により当該期間が延長された場合には、当該延長された期間）が満了したものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4031-40/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4031-40/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4031-40/art-2/par-2 Except as provided in Article 4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions, with regard to entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract pertaining to a notification made before the Effective Date pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Former Act (hereinafter referred to as "entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract notified under the Former Act"), for which the period prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article during which the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract must not be carried out (where that period has been extended pursuant to Article 30, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Former Act, the extended period) has expired before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4031-40/art-2/par-1: 次条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)), suppl-4031-40/art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4031-40/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4031-40/art-3/par-3 - suppl-4031-40/art-2/par-2: 附則第四条第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第四条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (4)), suppl-4031-40/art-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4031-40/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4031-40/art-4/par-4 --- ## 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-20261105T150743-001, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-005, 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