# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-3. 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4091-59/art-3` - 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-4091-59/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条 suppl-4091-59/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-3 **第一項** 旧法第二十一条第一項の規定若しくは同条第二項若しくは旧法第二十四条第一項の規定に基づく命令の規定又は旧法第二十五条第三項の規定による許可を受けた資本取引（旧法第二十条に規定する資本取引をいう。以下同じ。）又は同項に規定する取引が、新法第二十一条第一項若しくは第二項、第二十四条第一項若しくは第二項又は第二十五条第四項の規定に基づく命令の規定により許可を受ける義務を課されたものに該当する場合には、当該資本取引又は当該取引は、政令で定めるものを除き、これらの命令の相当規定によって許可を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1 If a capital transaction (meaning a capital transaction prescribed in Article 20 of the Former Act; the same applies hereinafter) for which permission was obtained under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, or under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (3) of the Former Act, or a transaction prescribed in that paragraph, falls under those on which the obligation to obtain permission is imposed under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 24, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 25, paragraph (4) of the New Act, that capital transaction or that transaction is, except for what is specified by Cabinet Order, deemed to have been permitted under the corresponding provisions of those orders. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現にされている旧法第二十一条第一項の規定若しくは同条第二項若しくは旧法第二十四条第一項の規定に基づく命令の規定又は旧法第二十五条第三項の規定による許可の申請に係る資本取引又は同項に規定する取引が、新法第二十一条第一項若しくは第二項、第二十四条第一項若しくは第二項又は第二十五条第四項の規定に基づく命令の規定により許可を受ける義務を課されたものに該当する場合には、当該申請については、これをこれらの命令の相当規定によりされた許可の申請とみなして、新法の規定を適用する。 suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2 If a capital transaction, or a transaction prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (3) of the Former Act, pertaining to an application for permission under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, or under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (3) of the Former Act, which has actually been filed as of the time this Act comes into effect, falls under those on which the obligation to obtain permission is imposed under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 24, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 25, paragraph (4) of the New Act, the provisions of the New Act apply to that application, deeming it to be an application for permission filed under the corresponding provisions of those orders. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1: 新法第二十一条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-1 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1: 第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-2 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1: 第二十四条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-1 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1: 第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-2 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-1: 第二十五条第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第四項 (Article 25, paragraph (4)), art-25/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-4 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2: 新法第二十一条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-1 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2: 第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-2 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2: 第二十四条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-1 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2: 第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-24/par-2 - suppl-4091-59/art-3/par-2: 第二十五条第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第四項 (Article 25, paragraph (4)), art-25/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-4 ## 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（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-9/par-1 --- ## 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-20261105T150743-006, 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