# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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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
- 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-4291-38/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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<sup>suppl-4291-38/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の外国為替及び外国貿易法（次項及び附則第四条において「新法」という。）第二十八条第一項及び第二項の規定は、この法律の施行の日（次項において「施行日」という。）から起算して三十日を経過した日以後に行う同条第一項に規定する特定取得について適用する。
<sup>suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 28, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act after its amendment by this Act (referred to as the "New Act" in the following paragraph and Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions) apply to a specified acquisition prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article that is made on or after the day on which 30 days have elapsed from the day on which this Act comes into effect (referred to as the "Effective Date" in the following paragraph).
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**第二項**  新法第五十三条第三項又は第四項の規定（これらの規定に係る罰則を含む。）は、施行日以後にされた貨物の輸出又は輸入に関しての外国為替及び外国貿易法第五十三条第一項又は新法第五十三条第二項の規定による禁止について適用し、施行日前にされた貨物の輸出又は輸入に関しての外国為替及び外国貿易法第五十三条第一項又はこの法律による改正前の外国為替及び外国貿易法第五十三条第二項の規定による禁止については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 53, paragraph (3) or (4) of the New Act (including the penal provisions pertaining to those provisions) apply to a prohibition under Article 53, paragraph (1) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act or Article 53, paragraph (2) of the New Act in relation to the export or import of goods made on or after the Effective Date, and with respect to a prohibition under Article 53, paragraph (1) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act or Article 53, paragraph (2) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act prior to its amendment by this Act in relation to the export or import of goods made before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1: 附則第四条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4291-38/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-4
- suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1: 第二十八条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28/par-1
- suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1: 第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条第二項 (Article 28, paragraph (2)), art-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28/par-2
- suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2: 新法第五十三条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十三条第三項 (Article 53, paragraph (3)), art-53/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-53/par-3
- suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2: 第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十三条第四項 (Article 53, paragraph (4)), art-53/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-53/par-4
- suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2: 外国為替及び外国貿易法第五十三条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-53/par-1
- suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-2: 新法第五十三条第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-53/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-2/par-1
- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第三条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-3/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-20261105T150743-001, translated 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-008, 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
