# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-4. 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（検討） — address `suppl-4291-38/art-4` - 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-4291-38/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-4 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official 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 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、新法の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、新法の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4291-38/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4291-38/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4291-38/art-4/par-1 In the case where five years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the Government is to consider the state of enforcement of the New Act, and when it finds it necessary, is to review the provisions of the New Act and take necessary measures based on the results. machine translation, not official ## 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 --- ## 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-20261105T150743-008, 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