# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3271-270`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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## 附　則 昭和二七年七月三一日法律第二七〇号
<sup>suppl-3271-270 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-3271-270 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-3271-270</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和二十七年八月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3271-270/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-3271-270/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-3271-270/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of August 1, 1952.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  改正前の外国為替及び外国貿易管理法及びこれに基く命令の規定による外国為替管理委員会の処分は、改正後の外国為替及び外国貿易管理法及びこれに基く命令の相当規定による大蔵大臣の処分とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3271-270/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-3271-270/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-3271-270/par-4</sup>
Dispositions by the Foreign Exchange Control Commission under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act prior to amendment and Orders based on it are deemed to be dispositions by the Minister of Finance under the corresponding provisions of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act after amendment and Orders based on it.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  この法律施行前にされた改正前の外国為替及び外国貿易管理法及びこれに基く命令の規定による外国為替管理委員会の処分の申請及びその受理は、改正後の外国為替及び外国貿易管理法及びこれに基く命令の相当規定による大蔵大臣の処分の申請及びその受理とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3271-270/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-3271-270/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-3271-270/par-5</sup>
Applications for dispositions by the Foreign Exchange Control Commission under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act prior to amendment and Orders based on it, made before this Act comes into effect, and the receipt of such applications, are deemed to be applications for dispositions by the Minister of Finance under the corresponding provisions of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act after amendment and Orders based on it, and the receipt of such applications.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-003, 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
