# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第六十九条の二 (Article 69-2)

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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: 第六十九条の二 (Article 69-2)（主務大臣等） — address `art-69-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-2
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### 第六十九条の二（主務大臣等） — (Competent Minister)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-69-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律における主務大臣は、政令で定める。
<sup>art-69-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-2/par-1</sup>
Cabinet Order prescribes which minister is the competent minister provided for in this Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  この法律における事業所管大臣は、別段の定めがある場合を除き、対内直接投資等、特定取得又は技術導入契約の締結等に係る事業の所管大臣として、政令で定める。
<sup>art-69-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-2/par-2</sup>
Unless otherwise provided for, Cabinet Order prescribes which minister is the competent minister for the business that is provided for in this Act, in terms of the competent minister for business involving inward direct investment and equivalent actions; for business involving specified acquisitions; and for business involving the entry into, renewal, and modification of technology introduction contracts.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条第一項（対内直接投資等の届出及び変更勧告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27/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
- 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
