# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第五十五条の九の三 (Article 55-9-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-3. 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: 第五十五条の九の三 (Article 55-9-3)（指導及び助言） — address `art-55-9-3` - 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-55-9-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-3 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の九の三（指導及び助言） — (Guidance and Advice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Instruction and advice)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb art-55-9-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-3 **第一項** 主務大臣は、外国為替取引等が適正に行われることを確保するため必要があると認めるとき（外国為替取引等取扱業者が第十七条（第十七条の三及び第十七条の四第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反してその顧客の支払等に係る為替取引を行つたと認める場合を除く。）は、外国為替取引等取扱業者に対し、外国為替取引等取扱業者遵守基準に従つた外国為替取引等が行われるよう必要な指導及び助言をすることができる。 art-55-9-3/par-1 · 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 If the competent minister finds it necessary to ensure that foreign exchange transactions or similar transactions are properly conducted (excluding when the competent minister finds that the foreign exchange transactions service providers have conducted a funds transfer transaction involving a payment that is made or received by its customer in violation of the provisions of Article 17 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17-3 and 17-4, paragraph (1))), the competent minister may provide the necessary guidance and advice to the foreign exchange transactions service providers so that they will conduct foreign exchange transactions or similar transactions based on the compliance standards for foreign exchange transactions service providers. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the competent minister finds it necessary to ensure that foreign exchange transactions or similar transactions are properly conducted (excluding when the competent minister finds that the foreign exchange transactions service providers have conducted an exchange transaction involving a payment that is made or received by its customer in violation of the provisions of Article 17 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17-3 and 17-4, paragraph (1)), the competent minister may provide the necessary instruction or advice to the foreign exchange transactions service providers so that they will conduct foreign exchange transactions or similar transactions based on the compliance standards for foreign exchange transactions service providers." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb --- ## Cites - art-55-9-3/par-1: 第十七条 → 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-55-9-3/par-1: 第十七条の三 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の三 (Article 17-3), art-17-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-3 - art-55-9-3/par-1: 第十七条の四第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の四第一項 (Article 17-4, paragraph (1)), art-17-4/par-1 — 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 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の二第一項（外国為替取引等取扱業者遵守基準の策定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-2/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の四第一項（勧告及び命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-4/par-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 55-9-3 — 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 55-9-3, 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