# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第十七条の三 (Article 17-3)

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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
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- Provision: 第十七条の三 (Article 17-3)（資金移動業者への準用） — address `art-17-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第十七条の三（資金移動業者への準用） — (Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Relevant Provisions to Funds Transfer Service Providers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-17-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-3</sup>

**第一項**  前二条の規定は、資金移動業者がその顧客の支払等に係る為替取引を行う場合について準用する。
<sup>art-17-3/par-1 · 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</sup>
The provisions of the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis if a funds transfer service provider carries out a funds transfer transaction involving a payment that is made or received by its customer.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis if a funds transfer service provider carries out an exchange transaction involving a payment that is made or received by its customer." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-17-3/par-1: 前二条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17
- art-17-3/par-1: 前二条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の二 (Article 17-2), art-17-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2

## Cited by

6 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 第七十条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-5
- 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
- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5041-97/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5041-97/art-4/par-2
- 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

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## 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 17-3, 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 — 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
