# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第十七条 (Article 17) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17. 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（銀行等の確認義務） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（銀行等の確認義務） — (Obligation of Banks and Other Prescribed Financial Institutions to Implement Confirmations for Transactions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17 **第一項** 銀行等は、その顧客の支払等が、次の各号に掲げる支払等のいずれにも該当しないこと、又は次の各号に掲げる支払等に該当すると認められる場合には当該各号に定める要件を備えていることを確認した後でなければ、当該顧客と当該支払等に係る為替取引を行つてはならない。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1 It is prohibited for a bank or other prescribed financial institution to conduct a funds transfer transaction with a customer that involves a payment being made or received by that customer until after it has confirmed that the customer's making or receiving of the payment does not constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, or, if the customer's making or receiving of the payment is found to constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, until after it has confirmed that the requirement prescribed in that item has been met: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "It is prohibited for a bank or other prescribed financial institution to conduct an exchange transaction with a customer that involves a payment being made or received by that customer until after it has confirmed that the customer's making or receiving of the payment does not constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, or, if the customer's making or receiving of the payment is found to constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, until after it has confirmed that the requirement prescribed in that item has been met:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **一** 第十六条第一項から第三項までの規定により許可を受ける義務が課された支払等　当該許可を受けていること。 art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1/item-1 the making or receiving of a payment that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraphs (1) through (3):the customer has gotten that permission; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the making or receiving of a payment that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraphs (1) through (3):the customer has gotten that permission; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **二** 第二十一条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された第二十条に規定する資本取引に係る支払等　当該許可を受けていること。 art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1/item-2 the making or receiving of a payment in connection with a capital transaction prescribed in Article 20 that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2):the customer has gotten that permission; and Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the making or receiving of a payment in connection with a capital transaction prescribed in Article 20 that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2):the customer has gotten that permission;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **三** その他この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定により許可若しくは承認を受け、又は届出をする義務が課された取引又は行為のうち政令で定めるものに係る支払等　当該許可若しくは承認を受け、又は当該届出後の所要の手続を完了していること。 art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1/item-3 the making or receiving of any other payment in connection with a transaction or action prescribed by Cabinet Order that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for or for persons to file a notification for pursuant to the provisions of this Act or an Order based on this Act:the customer has gotten that permission or approval, or has completed the necessary procedures after filing the notification. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the making or receiving of any other payment in connection with a transaction or action prescribed by Cabinet Order that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for or for persons to file a notification for pursuant to the provisions of this Act or an Order based on this Act:the customer has gotten that permission or approval, or has completed the necessary procedures after filing the notification." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb --- ## Cites - art-17/par-1/item-1: 第十六条第一項から第三項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-1 - art-17/par-1/item-1: 第十六条第一項から第三項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-2 - art-17/par-1/item-1: 第十六条第一項から第三項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-3 - art-17/par-1/item-2: 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/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-1 - art-17/par-1/item-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/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-2 - art-17/par-1/item-2: 第二十条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-20 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の二第一項（確認のための是正措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の三第一項（資金移動業者への準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-3/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の四第一項（電子決済手段等取引業者等への準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-4/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の四第二項（電子決済手段等取引業者等への準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-4/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の三第一項（指導及び助言） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-3/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5041-97/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5041-97/art-4/par-1 - 資金決済に関する法律 第二条第二十一項第一号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-2/par-21/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2/par-21/item-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, written 2026-11-05 - 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 (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 17, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 17, paragraph (1), item (iii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), 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 - 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