# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-4. 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) — address `suppl-4091-59/art-4` - 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/suppl-4091-59/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条 suppl-4091-59/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-4 **第一項** この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に旧法第二十二条第一項の規定によりされた届出に係る資本取引でこの法律の施行の際現に行われていないもの（旧法第二十三条第一項の規定の適用のある資本取引に限る。以下この条及び次条において「旧法事前審査対象資本取引」という。）が、新法第二十三条第一項の規定に基づく命令の規定により届け出なければならないとされる対外直接投資（次項において「新法事前審査対象対外直接投資」という。）に該当するものであって、施行日前に、旧法第二十三条第一項の規定により資本取引を行ってはならないとされる期間が満了したもの、旧法第二十三条第五項に規定する勧告（同条第二項に規定する内容の変更に係るものに限る。）を応諾する旨の通知がされたもの又は同条第七項の規定により内容の変更を命じられたもの（次項及び次条において「届出手続完了資本取引」という。）に該当するものであるときは、当該旧法事前審査対象資本取引は、それぞれ新法第二十三条第三項の規定により対外直接投資を行ってはならないとされる期間が満了したもの、同条第七項に規定する勧告（同条第四項に規定する内容の変更に係るものに限る。）を応諾する旨の通知がされたもの又は同条第九項の規定により内容の変更を命じられたものとみなす。 suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1 If a capital transaction pertaining to a notification submitted under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Former Act before the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") that is not actually being carried out as of the time this Act comes into effect (limited to a capital transaction to which Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Former Act applies; hereinafter referred to as a "capital transaction subject to prior review under the Former Act" in this Article and the following Article) falls under outward direct investment that must be notified under the provisions of an order based on the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the New Act (referred to as "outward direct investment subject to prior review under the New Act" in the following paragraph), and falls under one for which, before the Effective Date, the period during which a capital transaction must not be carried out under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Former Act has expired, one for which notice of acceptance of the recommendation prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (5) of the Former Act (limited to a recommendation pertaining to the modification to the content prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article) has been given, or one for which modification to the content has been ordered under the provisions of paragraph (7) of that Article (referred to as a "capital transaction for which notification procedures have been completed" in the following paragraph and the following Article), that capital transaction subject to prior review under the Former Act is deemed to be, respectively, one for which the period during which outward direct investment must not be carried out under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (3) of the New Act has expired, one for which notice of acceptance of the recommendation prescribed in paragraph (7) of that Article (limited to a recommendation pertaining to the modification to the content prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article) has been given, or one for which modification to the content has been ordered under the provisions of paragraph (9) of that Article. machine translation, not official **第二項** 旧法事前審査対象資本取引が、新法事前審査対象対外直接投資に該当するものであって、届出手続完了資本取引に該当するものでないときは、当該旧法事前審査対象資本取引に係る届出については、これを当該届出がされた日において新法第二十三条第一項の規定によりされたものとみなして、新法の規定を適用する。この場合において、当該旧法事前審査対象資本取引についてあった旧法第二十三条第二項の規定による勧告又は同条第四項の規定による通知（同条第五項に規定する勧告を応諾する旨の通知を除く。）は、それぞれ新法第二十三条第四項の規定による勧告又は同条第六項の規定による通知とみなす。 suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2 If a capital transaction subject to prior review under the Former Act falls under outward direct investment subject to prior review under the New Act and does not fall under a capital transaction for which notification procedures have been completed, the provisions of the New Act apply to the notification pertaining to that capital transaction subject to prior review under the Former Act, deeming it to have been submitted under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the New Act on the day on which that notification was submitted. In this case, a recommendation under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2) of the Former Act or a notice under the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article (excluding a notice of acceptance of the recommendation prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article) made with respect to that capital transaction subject to prior review under the Former Act is deemed to be a recommendation under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (4) of the New Act or a notice under the provisions of paragraph (6) of that Article, respectively. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1: この条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4091-59/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-4 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1: 次条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4091-59/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-5 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1: 新法第二十三条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-23/par-1 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1: 次項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1: 新法第二十三条第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第三項 (Article 23, paragraph (3)), art-23/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-23/par-3 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1: 同条第七項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第七項 (Article 23, paragraph (7)), art-23/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-23/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-23/par-7 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1: 同条第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第四項 (Article 23, paragraph (4)), art-23/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-23/par-4 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1: 同条第九項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第九項 (Article 23, paragraph (9)), art-23/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-23/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-23/par-9 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2: 新法第二十三条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-23/par-1 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2: 新法第二十三条第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第四項 (Article 23, paragraph (4)), art-23/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-23/par-4 - suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-2: 同条第六項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十三条第六項 (Article 23, paragraph (6)), art-23/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-23/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-23/par-6 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-4/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第九条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-4091-59/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-4091-59/art-9/par-1 --- ## 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-20261105T150743-006, 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