# 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
- 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)（経過措置） — address `suppl-5011-60/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5011-60/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  新法第二十六条第二項第三号から第五号まで及び第八号の規定は、施行日から起算して三十日を経過した日以後に行う新法第二十七条第一項に規定する対内直接投資等（以下この項において「対内直接投資等」という。）について適用し、同日前に行った対内直接投資等については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 26, paragraph (2), items (iii) through (v) and item (viii) of the New Act apply to inward direct investment or equivalent action prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1) of the New Act (hereinafter referred to as "inward direct investment or equivalent action" in this paragraph) carried out on or after the day on which 30 days have elapsed from the Effective Date, and with respect to inward direct investment or equivalent action carried out before that day, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  新法第二十七条の二第一項及び第二十八条の二第一項の規定は、施行日から起算して三十日を経過した日以後に行う新法第二十七条の二第一項に規定する対内直接投資等又は新法第二十八条第一項に規定する特定取得について適用する。
<sup>suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (1) and Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act apply to the inward direct investment or equivalent action prescribed in Article 27-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act or the specified acquisition prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the New Act that is carried out on or after the day on which 30 days have elapsed from the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1: 新法第二十六条第二項第三号から第五号まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第二項第三号 (Article 26, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-26/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-2/item-3
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1: 新法第二十六条第二項第三号から第五号まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第二項第四号 (Article 26, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-26/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-2/item-4
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1: 新法第二十六条第二項第三号から第五号まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第二項第五号 (Article 26, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-26/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-2/item-5
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1: 第八号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十六条第二項第八号 (Article 26, paragraph (2), item (viii)), art-26/par-2/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-26/par-2/item-8
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1: 新法第二十七条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27/par-1
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1: この項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-2: 新法第二十七条の二第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条の二第一項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (1)), art-27-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27-2/par-1
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-2: 第二十八条の二第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条の二第一項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (1)), art-28-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28-2/par-1
- suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-2: 新法第二十八条第一項 → 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

## Cited by

4 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（準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-2/par-1
- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第三条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-3/par-1
- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第四条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-4/par-1
- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第五条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5011-60/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5011-60/art-5/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-009, 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
