# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第七条 (Article 7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-7. 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（外国為替相場） — address `art-7` - 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-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-7 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条（外国為替相場） — (Foreign Exchange Rates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-7 **第一項** 財務大臣は、本邦通貨の基準外国為替相場及び外国通貨の本邦通貨に対する裁定外国為替相場を定め、これを告示するものとする。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-7/par-1 The Minister of Finance is to set and issue public notice of the reference foreign exchange rates for Japanese currency and arbitrated foreign exchange rates of foreign currencies to Japanese currency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 財務大臣は、前項の規定により本邦通貨の基準外国為替相場を定めようとするときは、内閣の承認を得なければならない。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-7/par-2 Before setting a reference foreign exchange rate for Japanese currency pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Finance must obtain the approval of the Cabinet. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 財務大臣は、対外支払手段の売買等所要の措置を講ずることにより、本邦通貨の外国為替相場の安定に努めるものとする。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-7/par-3 The Minister of Finance is to work towards stability in the foreign exchange rates of Japanese currency by taking necessary measures such as buying and selling foreign means of payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-7/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 印紙税法 別表第一第五号ヘ（課税物件表） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/stamp-tax-act/appdx-1/item-5/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000023/appdx-1/item-5/sub-6 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七条第二項（外国為替相場） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-7/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 - 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