# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第六十九条の八 (Article 69-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8. 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: 第六十九条の八 (Article 69-8) — address `art-69-8` - 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-69-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8 - 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. --- ### 第六十九条の八 art-69-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その違反行為をした者は、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。ただし、当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が千万円を超えるときは、罰金は、当該価格の五倍以下とする。 art-69-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1 If a person falls under any of the following items, the person that has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years, a fine of not more than 10 million yen, or both; provided, however, that if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 10 million yen, the fine to which the person is subject is not more than five times that value: machine translation, not official **一** 第二十五条第二項の規定に基づく命令の規定による許可を受けないで特定技術の提供を目的とする取引をしたとき。 art-69-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-1 If a person has conducted a transaction meant to provide specified technology, without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2); machine translation, not official **二** 第二十五条第三項の規定に基づく命令の規定による許可を受けないで同項第一号に定める行為をしたとき。 art-69-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-2 If a person has done an act specified in Article 25, paragraph (3), item (i), without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of that paragraph; machine translation, not official **三** 第四十八条第二項の規定に基づく命令の規定による許可を受けないで貨物の輸出をしたとき。 art-69-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-3 If a person has exported goods without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (2); machine translation, not official **四** 第四十八条第三項の規定に基づく命令の規定による承認を受けないで貨物の輸出をしたとき。 art-69-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-4 If a person has exported goods without obtaining approval under an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (3); or machine translation, not official **五** 第五十二条の規定に基づく命令の規定による承認を受けないで貨物の輸入をしたとき。 art-69-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-5 If a person has imported goods without obtaining approval under an order based on the provisions of Article 52. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項第二号（第二十五条第三項第一号イに係る部分に限る。）の未遂罪は、罰する。 art-69-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-2 An attempt to commit the offense referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part concerning Article 25, paragraph (3), item (i), (a)) is also punishable. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-69-8/par-1/item-1: 第二十五条第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-2 - art-69-8/par-1/item-2: 第二十五条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第三項 (Article 25, paragraph (3)), art-25/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-3 - art-69-8/par-1/item-2: 同項第一号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第三項第一号 (Article 25, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-25/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-3/item-1 - art-69-8/par-1/item-3: 第四十八条第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第二項 (Article 48, paragraph (2)), art-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-2 - art-69-8/par-1/item-4: 第四十八条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第四十八条第三項 (Article 48, paragraph (3)), art-48/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-48/par-3 - art-69-8/par-1/item-5: 第五十二条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-52 - art-69-8/par-2: 前項第二号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の八第一項第二号 (Article 69-8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-69-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-1/item-2 - art-69-8/par-2: 第二十五条第三項第一号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第三項第一号 (Article 25, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-25/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-3/item-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六十九条の八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-69-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-69-8/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1/item-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-2 --- ## 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 - 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