# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第三章 (Chapter 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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## 第三章　支払等 — Chapter III Making and Receiving Payments
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/ch-3</sup>

### 第十六条（支払等） — (Making and Receiving Payments)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16</sup>

**第一項**  主務大臣は、我が国が締結した条約その他の国際約束を誠実に履行するため必要があると認めるとき、国際平和のための国際的な努力に我が国として寄与するため特に必要があると認めるとき、又は第十条第一項の閣議決定が行われたときは、支払等が、これらと同一の見地から許可又は承認を受ける義務を課した取引又は行為に係る支払等である場合を除き、政令で定めるところにより、本邦から外国へ向けた支払をしようとする居住者若しくは非居住者又は非居住者との間で支払等をしようとする居住者に対し、当該支払又は支払等について、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。
<sup>art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-1</sup>
If the competent minister finds it to be necessary to do so in order for Japan to faithfully perform its obligations under a treaty or any other international agreement that it has concluded, if the competent minister finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order for Japan to contribute to international efforts towards international peace, or if a cabinet decision as referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) is reached, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign country to get permission to make that payment, and may make it obligatory for residents seeking to make or receive a payment to or from non-residents to get permission to make or receive that payment, unless the payment in question is one that is being made or received in connection with a transaction or action that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for from the same perspective as stated above.
<sup>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 to be necessary to do so in order for Japan to faithfully perform its obligations under a treaty or any other international agreement that it has concluded, if the competent minister finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order for Japan to contribute to international efforts towards international peace, or if a cabinet decision as referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) is reached, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign state to get permission to make that payment, and may make it obligatory for residents seeking to make or receive a payment to or from non-residents to get permission to make or receive that payment, unless the payment in question is one that is being made or received in connection with a transaction or action that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for from the same perspective as stated above." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

**第二項**  前項に定める場合のほか、主務大臣は、我が国の国際収支の均衡を維持するため特に必要があると認めるときは、支払が、次章から第六章までの規定により許可を受け、若しくは届出をする義務が課され、又は許可若しくは承認を受ける義務を課することができることとされている取引又は行為に係る支払である場合を除き、政令で定めるところにより、本邦から外国へ向けた支払をしようとする居住者若しくは非居住者又は非居住者に対して支払をしようとする居住者に対し、これらの支払について、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。
<sup>art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-2</sup>
Beyond as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the competent minister finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain Japan's balance of payments equilibrium, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign country or residents seeking to make a payment to non-residents to get permission to make that payment, unless the payment in question is made in connection with a transaction or action for which it has been made obligatory pursuant to the following Chapter through Chapter VI for persons to get permission or file a notification, or is made in connection with a transaction or action that, pursuant to those Chapters, the relevant authority is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the competent minister finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain Japan's balance of payments equilibrium, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign state or residents seeking to make a payment to non-residents to get permission to make that payment, unless the payment in question is made in connection with a transaction or action for which it has been made obligatory pursuant to the following Chapter through Chapter IV for persons to get permission or file a notification, or is made in connection with a transaction or action that, pursuant to those Chapters, the relevant authority is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

**第三項**  前二項に定める場合のほか、主務大臣は、この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定の確実な実施を図るため必要があると認めるときは、支払等が、次章から第六章までの規定により許可を受け、若しくは届出をする義務が課され、又は許可若しくは承認を受ける義務を課することができることとされている取引又は行為に係る支払等である場合を除き、政令で定めるところにより、本邦から外国へ向けた支払をしようとする居住者若しくは非居住者又は非居住者との間で支払等をしようとする居住者に対し、当該支払又は支払等について、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。
<sup>art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-3</sup>
Beyond as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, if the competent minister finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or an Order based on this Act, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign country to get permission to make that payment, and may make it obligatory for residents seeking to make or receive a payment to or from non-residents to get permission to make or receive that payment, unless the payment in question is made or received in connection with a transaction or action for which it has been made obligatory pursuant to the following Chapter through Chapter VI for persons to get permission or file a notification, or is made or received in connection with a transaction or action that, pursuant to those Chapters, the competent minister is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, if the competent minister finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or an Order based on this Act, the competent minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to make a payment from Japan to a foreign state to get permission to make that payment, and may make it obligatory for residents seeking to make or receive a payment to or from non-residents to get permission to make or receive that payment, unless the payment in question is made or received in connection with a transaction or action for which it has been made obligatory pursuant to the following Chapter through Chapter IV for persons to get permission or file a notification, or is made or received in connection with a transaction or action that, pursuant to those Chapters, the competent minister is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

**第四項**  前三項の規定により許可を受ける義務を課することができることとされる支払等についてこれらの規定の二以上の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された場合には、当該支払等をしようとする者は、政令で定めるところにより、当該二以上の規定による許可の申請を併せて行うことができる。この場合において、主務大臣は、当該申請に係る支払等について許可を受ける義務を課することとなつた事情を併せ考慮して、許可をするかどうかを判断するものとする。
<sup>art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-4</sup>
If, pursuant to the provisions of two or more of the preceding three paragraphs, it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission to make or receive a payment that, pursuant to each of those three paragraphs, the competent minister is permitted to make it obligatory for persons to get permission for, a person seeking to make or receive such a payment may file a combined application for the permissions under those two or more paragraphs, pursuant to Cabinet Order. In such a case, the competent minister must decide whether to give permission while taking into consideration the circumstances that have led the minister to make it obligatory for persons to get permission to make or receive the payment under the application.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定により、取引又は行為を行うことにつき許可若しくは承認を受け、又は届出をする義務が課されているときは、政令で定める場合を除き、当該許可若しくは承認を受けないで、又は当該届出をしないで当該取引又は行為に係る支払等をしてはならない。
<sup>art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-5</sup>
Except in the cases that Cabinet Order prescribes, if it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for a transaction or action or to file notification of a transaction or action pursuant to this Act or an Order based on this Act, a person must not make or receive a payment in connection with that transaction or action without getting the permission or approval or without filing the notification.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十六条の二（支払等の制限） — (Restrictions on Making and Receiving Payments)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16-2</sup>

**第一項**  主務大臣は、前条第一項の規定により許可を受ける義務を課した場合において、当該許可を受ける義務が課された支払等を当該許可を受けないで行つた者が再び同項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された支払等を当該許可を受けないで行うおそれがあると認めるときは、その者に対し、一年以内の期間を限り、本邦から外国へ向けた支払（銀行（銀行法（昭和五十六年法律第五十九号）第二条第一項に規定する銀行をいう。第二十一条第三項において同じ。）その他の政令で定める金融機関（以下「銀行等」という。）又は資金移動業者（資金決済に関する法律第二条第三項に規定する資金移動業者をいい、同法第三十七条の二第二項の規定により資金移動業者とみなされる者を含む。以下同じ。）がその顧客の支払に係る為替取引を行う場合における当該為替取引によつてされるもの及び電子決済手段等取引業者等（次の表の上欄に掲げる者をいう。以下同じ。）がその顧客の支払に係る電子決済手段等の移転等（同表の上欄に掲げる者の区分に応じそれぞれ同表の下欄に定める行為をいう。以下同じ。）を行う場合における当該電子決済手段等の移転等によつてされるものを除く。）及び居住者と非居住者との間でする支払等（銀行等又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おける当該為替取引によつてされるもの及び電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合における当該電子決済手段等の移転等によつてされるものその他政令で定めるものを除く。）について、その全部若しくは一部を禁止し、又は政令で定めるところにより許可を受ける義務を課することができる。
一　電子決済手段等取引業者（資金決済に関する法律第二条第十二項に規定する電子決済手段等取引業者をいい、同法第六十二条の八第二項の規定により電子決済手段等取引業者とみなされる者を含む。以下この条、第五十五条の三第二項及び第五十五条の九の二第一項第一号において同じ。）	電子決済手段の移転（当該電子決済手段の移転が次に掲げる支払等のいずれかに係るものである場合その他政令で定める場合に限る。）又は資金決済に関する法律第二条第十項第四号に掲げる行為
一　当該電子決済手段等取引業者の顧客が次に掲げる者のいずれかとの間で行う支払等（本邦から外国へ向けた支払を除く。）
イ　当該電子決済手段等取引業者に電子決済手段の管理を委託している当該電子決済手段等取引業者の他の顧客
ロ　他の電子決済手段等取引業者に電子決済手段の管理を委託している当該他の電子決済手段等取引業者の顧客
二　当該電子決済手段等取引業者の顧客が資金決済に関する法律第二条第十三項に規定する外国電子決済手段等取引業者に電子決済手段の管理を委託している当該外国電子決済手段等取引業者の顧客との間で行う支払等
二　電子決済等取扱業者（銀行法第二条第十八項に規定する電子決済等取扱業者をいう。第五十五条の九の二第一項第二号において同じ。）	銀行法第二条第十七項第一号に掲げる行為
三　信用金庫電子決済等取扱業者（信用金庫法（昭和二十六年法律第二百三十八号）第八十五条の三の二第一項に規定する信用金庫電子決済等取扱業者をいう。第五十五条の九の二第一項第三号において同じ。）	信用金庫法第八十五条の三第二項第一号に掲げる行為
四　信用協同組合電子決済等取扱業者（協同組合による金融事業に関する法律（昭和二十四年法律第百八十三号）第六条の四の四第一項に規定する信用協同組合電子決済等取扱業者をいう。第五十五条の九の二第一項第四号において同じ。）	協同組合による金融事業に関する法律第六条の四の三第二項第一号に掲げる行為
五　暗号資産交換業者（資金決済に関する法律第二条第十六項に規定する暗号資産交換業者をいう。以下この条及び第五十五条の三第二項において同じ。）	暗号資産の移転（当該暗号資産の移転が次に掲げる支払等のいずれかに係るものである場合その他政令で定める場合に限る。）
一　当該暗号資産交換業者の顧客が次に掲げる者のいずれかとの間で行う支払等（本邦から外国へ向けた支払を除く。）
イ　当該暗号資産交換業者に暗号資産の管理を委託している当該暗号資産交換業者の他の顧客
ロ　他の暗号資産交換業者に暗号資産の管理を委託している当該他の暗号資産交換業者の顧客
二　当該暗号資産交換業者の顧客が資金決済に関する法律第二条第十七項に規定する外国暗号資産交換業者に暗号資産の管理を委託している当該外国暗号資産交換業者の顧客との間で行う支払等
<sup>art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16-2/par-1</sup>
If the competent minister has made it obligatory to obtain permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and finds that a person that has made or received a payment for which it has been made obligatory to obtain permission, without obtaining that permission, is likely to again make or receive a payment for which it has been made obligatory to obtain permission pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, without obtaining that permission, the competent minister may, for a period of up to one year, prohibit that person, in whole or in part, from making payments from Japan to a foreign country (excluding a payment made through a funds transfer transaction where a bank (meaning a bank as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Banking Act (Act No. 59 of 1981); the same applies in Article 21, paragraph (3)) or any other financial institution prescribed by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as a "bank or other prescribed financial institution") or a funds transfer service provider (meaning a funds transfer service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Payment Services Act, and including a person deemed to be a funds transfer service provider under Article 37-2, paragraph (2) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter) conducts the funds transfer transaction involving a payment by its customer, and a payment made through a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action (meaning the action stated in the right column of the following table in accordance with the category of persons stated in the left column of that table; the same applies hereinafter) where an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. (meaning the persons stated in the left column of the following table; the same applies hereinafter) conducts the transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving a payment by its customer) and from making or receiving payments between a resident and a non-resident (excluding a payment made or received through a funds transfer transaction where a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider conducts the funds transfer transaction involving the making or receiving of a payment by its customer, a payment made or received through a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action where an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts the transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving the making or receiving of a payment by its customer, and any other payment prescribed by Cabinet Order), or make it obligatory, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, for that person to obtain permission for those payments.
(i) an electronic payment instruments service provider (meaning an electronic payment instruments service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (12) of the Payment Services Act, and including a person deemed to be an electronic payment instruments service provider under Article 62-8, paragraph (2) of that Act; the same applies in this Article, Article 55-3, paragraph (2), and Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), item (i))	a transfer of electronic payment instruments (limited to cases where the transfer of electronic payment instruments relates to any of the following making or receiving of a payment, and other cases prescribed by Cabinet Order) or an action stated in Article 2, paragraph (10), item (iv) of the Payment Services Act
(i) the making or receiving of a payment (excluding a payment from Japan to a foreign country) that a customer of the electronic payment instruments service provider conducts with any of the following persons:
(a) another customer of the electronic payment instruments service provider that entrusts management of electronic payment instruments to the electronic payment instruments service provider; or
(b) a customer of another electronic payment instruments service provider that entrusts management of electronic payment instruments to that other electronic payment instruments service provider;
(ii) the making or receiving of a payment that a customer of the electronic payment instruments service provider conducts with a customer of a foreign electronic payment instruments service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (13) of the Payment Services Act, which customer entrusts management of electronic payment instruments to that foreign electronic payment instruments service provider.
(ii) an electronic payment handling service provider (meaning an electronic payment handling service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (18) of the Banking Act; the same applies in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), item (ii))	an action stated in Article 2, paragraph (17), item (i) of the Banking Act
(iii) an electronic payment handling service provider for Shinkin Bank (meaning an electronic payment handling service provider for Shinkin Bank as prescribed in Article 85-3-2, paragraph (1) of the Shinkin Bank Act (Act No. 238 of 1951); the same applies in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), item (iii))	an action stated in Article 85-3, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Shinkin Bank Act
(iv) an electronic payment handling service provider for credit cooperatives (meaning an electronic payment handling service provider for credit cooperatives as prescribed in Article 6-4-4, paragraph (1) of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative (Act No. 183 of 1949); the same applies in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), item (iv))	an action stated in Article 6-4-3, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative
(v) a cryptoasset exchange service provider (meaning a cryptoasset exchange service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (16) of the Payment Services Act; the same applies in this Article and Article 55-3, paragraph (2))	a transfer of cryptoassets (limited to cases where the transfer of cryptoassets relates to any of the following making or receiving of a payment, and other cases prescribed by Cabinet Order)
(i) the making or receiving of a payment (excluding a payment from Japan to a foreign country) that a customer of the cryptoasset exchange service provider conducts with any of the following persons:
(a) another customer of the cryptoasset exchange service provider that entrusts management of cryptoassets to the cryptoasset exchange service provider; or
(b) a customer of another cryptoasset exchange service provider that entrusts management of cryptoassets to that other cryptoasset exchange service provider;
(ii) the making or receiving of a payment that a customer of the cryptoasset exchange service provider conducts with a customer of a foreign cryptoasset exchange service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (17) of the Payment Services Act, which customer entrusts management of cryptoassets to that foreign cryptoasset exchange service provider.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十七条（銀行等の確認義務） — (Obligation of Banks and Other Prescribed Financial Institutions to Implement Confirmations for Transactions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17</sup>

**第一項**  銀行等は、その顧客の支払等が、次の各号に掲げる支払等のいずれにも該当しないこと、又は次の各号に掲げる支払等に該当すると認められる場合には当該各号に定める要件を備えていることを確認した後でなければ、当該顧客と当該支払等に係る為替取引を行つてはならない。
<sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1</sup>
It is prohibited for a bank or other prescribed financial institution to conduct a funds transfer transaction with a customer that involves a payment being made or received by that customer until after it has confirmed that the customer's making or receiving of the payment does not constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, or, if the customer's making or receiving of the payment is found to constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, until after it has confirmed that the requirement prescribed in that item has been met:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "It is prohibited for a bank or other prescribed financial institution to conduct an exchange transaction with a customer that involves a payment being made or received by that customer until after it has confirmed that the customer's making or receiving of the payment does not constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, or, if the customer's making or receiving of the payment is found to constitute the making or receiving of a payment stated in one of the following items, until after it has confirmed that the requirement prescribed in that item has been met:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **一**  第十六条第一項から第三項までの規定により許可を受ける義務が課された支払等　当該許可を受けていること。
  <sup>art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the making or receiving of a payment that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraphs (1) through (3):the customer has gotten that permission;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the making or receiving of a payment that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraphs (1) through (3):the customer has gotten that permission; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **二**  第二十一条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された第二十条に規定する資本取引に係る支払等　当該許可を受けていること。
  <sup>art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the making or receiving of a payment in connection with a capital transaction prescribed in Article 20 that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2):the customer has gotten that permission; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the making or receiving of a payment in connection with a capital transaction prescribed in Article 20 that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2):the customer has gotten that permission;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **三**  その他この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定により許可若しくは承認を受け、又は届出をする義務が課された取引又は行為のうち政令で定めるものに係る支払等　当該許可若しくは承認を受け、又は当該届出後の所要の手続を完了していること。
  <sup>art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the making or receiving of any other payment in connection with a transaction or action prescribed by Cabinet Order that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission or approval for or for persons to file a notification for pursuant to the provisions of this Act or an Order based on this Act:the customer has gotten that permission or approval, or has completed the necessary procedures after filing the notification.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the making or receiving of any other payment in connection with a transaction or action prescribed by Cabinet Order that it has been made obligatory for persons to get permission for or for persons to file a notification for pursuant to the provisions of this Act or an Order based on this Act:the customer has gotten that permission or approval, or has completed the necessary procedures after filing the notification." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

### 第十七条の二（確認のための是正措置等） — (Measures to Rectify Confirmation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2</sup>

**第一項**  財務大臣は、銀行等が前条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い、又は当該為替取引（第五十五条の九の二第二項第三号に掲げるものを除く。）を行うおそれがあると認めるときは、当該銀行等に対し、前条の確認が適切に行われるための措置をとることを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2/par-1</sup>
If the Minister of Finance finds that a bank or other prescribed financial institution is conducting or is likely to conduct a funds transfer transaction (excluding those stated in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)), in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article, involving a payment being made or received by its customer, the minister may order it to take measures to ensure that it properly implements the confirmations referred to in the preceding Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the Minister of Finance finds that a bank or other prescribed financial institution is conducting or is likely to conduct an exchange transaction (excluding those stated in Article 55-9-2 paragraphs (2) item (iii)), in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article, involving a payment be made or received by its customer, the minister may order it to take measures to ensure that it properly implements the confirmations referred to in proceeding Article." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

**第二項**  財務大臣は、前項の規定による命令を銀行等に対してする場合において必要があると認めるときは、同項の措置がとられるまでの間、当該銀行等に対し外国為替取引に係る業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命じ、又は当該銀行等の当該業務の内容を制限することができる。
<sup>art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2/par-2</sup>
If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so when issuing an order to a bank or other prescribed financial institution pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the minister may order the bank or other prescribed financial institution to fully or partially suspend its business involving a foreign exchange transaction or restrict the content of its business, until the measures referred to in that paragraph are taken.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 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>

### 第十七条の四（電子決済手段等取引業者等への準用） — (Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Relevant Provisions to an Electronic Payment Instruments Service Provider, etc.)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-17-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-4</sup>

**第一項**  第十七条及び第十七条の二の規定は、電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合について準用する。この場合において、第十七条中「顧客と」とあるのは「顧客の」と、「為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等の移転等」と、第十七条の二第一項中「為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等の移転等」と、同条第二項中「外国為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等の移転等」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>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</sup>
The provisions of Article 17 and Article 17-2 apply mutatis mutandis where an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving the making or receiving of a payment by its customer; in this case, the phrase "with a customer" in Article 17 is deemed to be replaced with "of a customer", the phrase "funds transfer transaction" in Article 17 is deemed to be replaced with "transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action", the phrase "funds transfer transaction" in Article 17-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action", and the phrase "foreign exchange transaction" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合において、銀行等又は資金移動業者が発行する電子決済手段を移転するとき及び銀行等又は資金移動業者の委託を受けてその顧客の支払等に係る第十六条の二の表の一の項から四の項までの下欄に定める行為（電子決済手段の移転を除く。第十八条の六第二項において同じ。）を行うときは、当該銀行等又は資金移動業者に対しては、前三条の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-17-4/par-2 · 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</sup>
In the case an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving a payment that is made or received by its customer, the provisions of the preceding three Articles do not apply to a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider, if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. transfers an electronic payment instrument issued by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider, or if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts one of the actions stated in the right columns of rows 1 through 4 of the table in Article 16-2 involving making or receiving of a payment of its customer (excluding transfer of electronic payment instrument; hereinafter the same applies in Article 18-6, paragraph (2)) upon being entrusted by the bank or any other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving a payment that is made or received by its customer, the provisions of the preceding three Articles do not apply to a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider, if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. transfers electronic payment instrument issued by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider, or if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts one of the actions stated in the right columns of row1 through 4 of the table in Article 16-2 involving making or receiving of a payment of its customer(excluding transfer of electronic payment instrument; hereinafter the same applies in Article 18-6 paragraphs (2)) upon being entrusted by the bank or any other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

### 第十八条（銀行等の本人確認義務等） — (Banks' and Other Prescribed Financial Institutions' Obligation to Verify the Identities of Their Customers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  銀行等は、次の各号に掲げる顧客と本邦から外国へ向けた支払又は非居住者との間でする支払等（当該顧客が非居住者である場合を除く。）に係る為替取引（政令で定める小規模の支払又は支払等に係るものを除く。以下「特定為替取引」という。）を行うに際しては、当該顧客について、運転免許証の提示を受ける方法その他の財務省令で定める方法による当該各号に定める事項（以下「本人特定事項」という。）の確認（以下「本人確認」という。）を行わなければならない。
<sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-1</sup>
When carrying out a funds transfer transaction involving a payment that a customer as stated in one of the following items makes from Japan to a foreign country or a funds transfer transaction involving such a customer making or receiving a payment to or from a non-resident (unless that customer is a non-resident) (excluding a funds transfer transaction that involves the person in question making a small payment or making or receiving a small payment that Cabinet Order prescribes; hereinafter referred to as a "specified funds transfer transaction"), a bank or other prescribed financial institution must verify the information stated in that item (hereinafter referred to as "identifying information") for that customer by having the customer present a driver's license or by any other means that Ministry of Finance Order prescribes (hereinafter referred to as "verifying a person's identity"):
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When carrying out an exchange transaction involving a payment that a customer as stated in one of the following items makes from Japan to a foreign state or an exchange transaction involving such a customer making or receiving a payment to or from a non-resident (unless that customer is a non-resident) (excluding an exchange transaction that involves the person in question making a small payment or making or receiving a payment that Cabinet Order prescribes; hereinafter referred to as a "specified exchange transaction"), a bank or other prescribed financial institution must verify the information stated in that item (hereinafter referred to as "identifying information") for that customer by having the customer present a driver's license or by any other means that Ministry of Finance Order prescribes (hereinafter referred to as "verifying a person's identity"):" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

  **一**  自然人　氏名、住所又は居所（本邦内に住所又は居所を有しない外国人で政令で定めるものにあつては、財務省令で定める事項）及び生年月日
  <sup>art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a natural person:the person's name, domicile or residence (or the information prescribed by Ministry of Finance Order, if the person is a foreign national prescribed by Cabinet Order who has neither a domicile nor residence in Japan), and date of birth; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  法人　名称及び主たる事務所の所在地
  <sup>art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a corporation:the corporation's name and the location of its principal office.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  銀行等は、顧客の本人確認を行う場合において、会社の代表者が当該会社のために特定為替取引を行うときその他の当該銀行等との間で現に特定為替取引の任に当たつている自然人が当該顧客と異なるとき（次項に規定する場合を除く。）は、当該顧客の本人確認に加え、当該特定為替取引の任に当たつている自然人（以下この条及び次条において「代表者等」という。）についても、本人確認を行わなければならない。
<sup>art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-2</sup>
When a bank or other prescribed financial institution verifies the identity of a customer, if a company's representative is carrying out a specified funds transfer transaction on behalf of that company or in any other such case in which the natural person actually responsible for the specified funds transfer transaction with the bank or other prescribed financial institution is not the customer itself (excluding the cases prescribed in the following paragraph), the bank or other prescribed financial institution must verify the identity of the natural person responsible for the specified funds transfer transaction (referred to as the "representative or other responsible party" in this Article and the following Article), in addition to verifying the identity of the customer.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a bank or other prescribed financial institution verifies the identity of a customer, if a company's representative is carrying out a specified exchange transaction on behalf of that company or in any other such a case in which the natural person actually responsible for the specified exchange transaction with the bank or other prescribed financial institution is not the customer itself (excluding the cases prescribed in the following paragraph), the bank or other prescribed financial institution must verify the identity of the natural person responsible for the specified exchange transaction (meaning the "representative or other responsible party" in this Article and the following Article), in addition to verifying the identity of the customer." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

**第三項**  顧客が国、地方公共団体、人格のない社団又は財団その他の政令で定めるものである場合には、当該国、地方公共団体、人格のない社団又は財団その他の政令で定めるもののために当該銀行等との間で現に特定為替取引の任に当たつている自然人を顧客とみなして、第一項の規定を適用する。
<sup>art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-3</sup>
If a customer is the national government, a local government, an association or foundation without legal personality, or any other person prescribed by Cabinet Order, the natural person who is actually responsible for conducting a specified funds transfer transaction with the bank or other prescribed financial institution on its behalf is deemed to be the customer, and the provisions of paragraph (1) apply.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a customer is the national government, a local government, an association or foundation without legal personality, or any other person prescribed by Cabinet Order, the natural person who is actually responsible for conducting a specified exchange transaction with the bank or other prescribed financial institution on its behalf is deemed to be the customer, and the provisions of paragraph (1) apply." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

**第四項**  顧客（前項の規定により顧客とみなされる自然人を含む。以下この項から第二十二条の三までにおいて同じ。）及び代表者等は、銀行等が本人確認を行う場合において、当該銀行等に対して、顧客又は代表者等の本人特定事項を偽つてはならない。
<sup>art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-4</sup>
It is prohibited for a customer (including a natural person deemed to be a customer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph through Article 22-3) or a representative or other responsible party to disguise their identifying information from the bank or other prescribed financial institution when that bank or other prescribed financial institution is verifying their identity.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "It is prohibited for a customer (including a natural person deemed to be a customer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph through Article 22-3 ) or a representative or other responsible party to disguise their identifying information from the bank or other prescribed financial institute when that bank or other prescribed financial institution is confirming their identity." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

### 第十八条の二（銀行等の免責） — (Exemption of Banks and Other Prescribed Financial Institutions from Performance of Obligations)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-2</sup>

**第一項**  銀行等は、顧客又は代表者等が特定為替取引を行う際に本人確認に応じないときは、当該顧客又は代表者等がこれに応ずるまでの間、当該特定為替取引に係る義務の履行を拒むことができる。
<sup>art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-2/par-1</sup>
If a customer or a representative or other responsible party does not comply with an identity verification when conducting a specified funds transfer transaction, a bank or other prescribed financial institution may refuse to perform its obligation in the specified funds transfer transaction until the customer or the representative or other responsible party complies with this.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a customer or a representative or other responsible party does not comply with an identity verification when conducting a specified exchange transaction, a bank or other prescribed financial institution may refuse to perform its obligation in the specified exchange transaction until the customer or the representative or other responsible party complies with this." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

### 第十八条の三（本人確認記録の作成義務等） — (Obligation to Create Identity Verification Records)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3</sup>

**第一項**  銀行等は、本人確認を行つた場合には、直ちに、財務省令で定める方法により、本人特定事項その他の本人確認に関する事項として財務省令で定める事項に関する記録（次項において「本人確認記録」という。）を作成しなければならない。
<sup>art-18-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3/par-1</sup>
Once a bank or other prescribed financial institution has verified a person's identity, it must immediately prepare a record of the identifying information and other information that Ministry of Finance Order prescribes as information related to the verification of a person's identity (referred to as an "identity verification record" in the following paragraph) by the means prescribed by Ministry of Finance Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  銀行等は、本人確認記録を、特定為替取引が終了した日その他の財務省令で定める日から、七年間保存しなければならない。
<sup>art-18-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3/par-2</sup>
A bank or other prescribed financial institution must preserve an identity verification record for seven years after the day on which the specified funds transfer transaction is completed or any other such date prescribed by Ministry of Finance Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A bank or other prescribed financial institution must preserve an identity verification record for seven years after the day on which the specified exchange transaction is completed or any other such date prescribed by Ministry of Finance Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

### 第十八条の四（本人確認及び本人確認記録の作成のための是正措置） — (Measures to Rectify Identity Verifications and Preparation of Identity Verification Records)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-4</sup>

**第一項**  財務大臣は、銀行等が特定為替取引に関して第十八条第一項から第三項まで又は前条第一項若しくは第二項の規定に違反していると認めるときは、当該銀行等に対し、当該違反を是正するために必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-18-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-4/par-1</sup>
If the Minister of Finance finds that a bank or other prescribed financial institution has violated the provisions of Article 18, paragraphs (1) through (3) or the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article in connection with a specified funds transfer transaction, the Minister may order it to take the necessary measures to rectify the violation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the Minister of Finance finds that a bank or other prescribed financial institution has violated the provisions of Article 18, paragraphs (1) through (3) or the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article in connection with a specified exchange transaction, the Minister may order it to take the necessary measures to rectify the violation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

### 第十八条の五（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-18-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-5</sup>

**第一項**  第十八条から前条までの規定は、資金移動業者が特定為替取引を行う場合について準用する。
<sup>art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-5/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 18 through the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if a funds transfer service provider conducts a specified funds transfer transaction.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 18 through the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if a funds transfer service provider conducts a specified exchange transaction." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

### 第十八条の六（電子決済手段等取引業者等への準用） — (Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Relevant Provisions to an Electronic Payment Instruments Service Provider, etc.)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Relevant Provisions to Electronic Payment Instruments Service Provider, etc.)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>
<sup>art-18-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-6</sup>

**第一項**  第十八条から第十八条の四までの規定は、電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合について準用する。この場合において、第十八条第一項中「顧客と」とあるのは「顧客の」と、「係る為替取引」とあるのは「係る電子決済手段等の移転等」と、「特定為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等移転等取引」と、同条第二項及び第三項、第十八条の二、第十八条の三第二項並びに第十八条の四中「特定為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等移転等取引」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-18-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-6/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 18 through Article 18-4 apply mutatis mutandis where an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving the making or receiving of a payment by its customer; in this case, the phrase "with a customer" in Article 18, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "of a customer", the phrase "funds transfer transaction involving" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving", the phrase "specified funds transfer transaction" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "electronic payment instruments transfer transaction", and the phrase "specified funds transfer transaction" in paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Article, Article 18-2, Article 18-3, paragraph (2), and Article 18-4 is deemed to be replaced with "electronic payment instruments transfer transaction".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合において、銀行等又は資金移動業者が発行する電子決済手段を移転するとき及び銀行等又は資金移動業者の委託を受けてその顧客の支払等に係る第十六条の二の表の一の項から四の項までの下欄に定める行為を行うときは、当該銀行等又は資金移動業者に対しては、第十八条から前条までの規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-18-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-6/par-2</sup>
In the case an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving a payment that is made or received by its customer, the provisions of Article 18 through the preceding Article do not apply to a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider, if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. transfers an electronic payment instrument issued by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider, or if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts one of the actions stated in the right columns of rows 1 through 4 of the table in Article 16-2 pertaining to making or receiving of a payment of its customers upon being entrusted by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving a payment that is made or received by its customer, the provisions of Article 18 through the preceding Article do not apply to a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider, if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. transfers electronic payment instrument issued by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider, or if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts one of the actions stated in the right columns of row 1 through 4 of the table in Article 16-2 pertaining to making or receiving of a payment of its customers upon being entrusted by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

### 第十九条（支払手段等の輸出入） — (Importing and Exporting Means of Payment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-19</sup>

**第一項**  財務大臣は、この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令の規定の確実な実施を図るため必要があると認めるときは、支払手段（第六条第一項第七号ハに掲げる支払手段が入力されている証票等を含む。）又は証券を輸出し、又は輸入しようとする居住者又は非居住者に対し、政令で定めるところにより、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。
<sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-19/par-1</sup>
If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or of an Order based on this Act, the minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to import or export a means of payment (including a voucher or other such object in which a means of payment is entered as stated in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vii), (c)) or securities, to get permission to do so.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  財務大臣は、この法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定の確実な実施を図るため必要があると認めるとき、又は国際収支の均衡若しくは通貨の安定を維持するため特に必要があると認めるときは、貴金属を輸出し、又は輸入しようとする居住者又は非居住者に対し、政令で定めるところにより、許可を受ける義務を課することができる。
<sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-19/par-2</sup>
If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or of an Order based on this Act or finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain a balance of payments equilibrium or currency stability, the minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to import or export precious metals to get permission to do so.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or of an O based on this Act or finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain a balance of payments equilibrium or currency stability, the minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to import or export precious metals to get permission to do so." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb</sup>

**第三項**  居住者又は非居住者は、第一項に規定する支払手段又は証券若しくは貴金属を輸出し、又は輸入しようとするときは、当該支払手段又は当該証券若しくは貴金属の輸出又は輸入が前二項の規定に基づく命令の規定により財務大臣の許可を受けたものである場合その他政令で定める場合を除き、政令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、当該輸出又は輸入の内容、実行の時期その他の政令で定める事項を財務大臣に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-19/par-3</sup>
If a resident or non-resident seeks to import or export a means of payment prescribed in paragraph (1) or a security or precious metal, the resident or non-resident, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, must file a notification of the substance of the import or export, its timing, and other information that Cabinet Order prescribes with the Minister of Finance, unless that resident or non-resident has gotten the permission of the Minister of Finance to import or export that means of payment, security, or precious metal pursuant to the provisions of an Order based on one of the preceding two paragraphs or in any other case prescribed by Cabinet Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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- art-17/par-1/item-1: 第十六条第一項から第三項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-2
- art-17/par-1/item-1: 第十六条第一項から第三項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16/par-3
- art-17/par-1/item-2: 第二十一条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-1
- art-17/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-21/par-2
- art-17/par-1/item-2: 第二十条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-20
- art-17-2/par-1: 前条 → 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-17-2/par-1: 第五十五条の九の二第二項第三号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の九の二第二項第三号 (Article 55-9-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-55-9-2/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-9-2/par-2/item-3
- art-17-2/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の二第一項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (1)), art-17-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2/par-1
- 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
- art-17-4/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-17-4/par-1: 第十七条の二 → 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
- art-17-4/par-1: 第十七条の二第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の二第一項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (1)), art-17-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2/par-1
- art-17-4/par-1: 同条第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十七条の二第二項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (2)), art-17-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-17-2/par-2
- art-17-4/par-2: 第十六条の二 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条の二 (Article 16-2), art-16-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16-2
- art-17-4/par-2: 第十八条の六第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の六第二項 (Article 18-6, paragraph (2)), art-18-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-6/par-2
- art-17-4/par-2: 前三条 → 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-17-4/par-2: 前三条 → 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
- art-17-4/par-2: 前三条 → 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-18/par-2: 次項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-3
- art-18/par-2: この条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18
- art-18/par-2: 次条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の二 (Article 18-2), art-18-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-2
- art-18/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-1
- art-18/par-4: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-3
- art-18/par-4: この項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第四項 (Article 18, paragraph (4)), art-18/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-4
- art-18/par-4: 第二十二条の三 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十二条の三 (Article 22-3), art-22-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-22-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-22-3
- art-18-3/par-1: 次項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の三第二項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (2)), art-18-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3/par-2
- art-18-4/par-1: 第十八条第一項から第三項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-1
- art-18-4/par-1: 第十八条第一項から第三項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-2
- art-18-4/par-1: 第十八条第一項から第三項まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-3
- art-18-4/par-1: 前条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の三第一項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (1)), art-18-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3/par-1
- art-18-4/par-1: 第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の三第二項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (2)), art-18-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3/par-2
- art-18-5/par-1: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18
- art-18-5/par-1: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の二 (Article 18-2), art-18-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-2
- art-18-5/par-1: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の三 (Article 18-3), art-18-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3
- art-18-5/par-1: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の四 (Article 18-4), art-18-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-4
- art-18-6/par-1: 第十八条から第十八条の四まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18
- art-18-6/par-1: 第十八条から第十八条の四まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の二 (Article 18-2), art-18-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-2
- art-18-6/par-1: 第十八条から第十八条の四まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の三 (Article 18-3), art-18-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3
- art-18-6/par-1: 第十八条から第十八条の四まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の四 (Article 18-4), art-18-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-4
- art-18-6/par-1: 第十八条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-1
- art-18-6/par-1: 同条第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-2
- art-18-6/par-1: 第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18/par-3
- art-18-6/par-1: 第十八条の三第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の三第二項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (2)), art-18-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3/par-2
- art-18-6/par-2: 第十六条の二 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十六条の二 (Article 16-2), art-16-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-16-2
- art-18-6/par-2: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18
- art-18-6/par-2: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の二 (Article 18-2), art-18-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-2
- art-18-6/par-2: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の三 (Article 18-3), art-18-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-3
- art-18-6/par-2: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の四 (Article 18-4), art-18-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-4
- art-18-6/par-2: 第十八条から前条まで → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十八条の五 (Article 18-5), art-18-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-18-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-18-5
- art-19/par-1: 第六条第一項第七号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第六条第一項第七号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-6/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-6/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-6/par-1/item-7
- art-19/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-19/par-1
- art-19/par-3: 前二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-19/par-2

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- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-001, translated 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, 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