# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-28/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5041-28/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5041-28/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5041-28/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  第一条の規定による改正後の外国為替及び外国貿易法第二十条の二の規定により資本取引とみなされる取引に係る同法第五十五条の三第一項及び第五十五条の四の規定は、公布の日から起算して六月を経過した日以後に行う当該取引について適用する。
<sup>suppl-5041-28/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5041-28/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5041-28/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to a transaction deemed to be a capital transaction pursuant to the provisions of Article 20-2 of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1, the provisions of Article 55-3, paragraph (1) and Article 55-4 of that Act apply to that transaction conducted on or after the day on which six months have elapsed from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5041-28/art-2/par-1: 外国為替及び外国貿易法第二十条の二 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2), art-20-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-20-2
- suppl-5041-28/art-2/par-1: 同法第五十五条の三第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の三第一項 (Article 55-3, paragraph (1)), art-55-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-3/par-1
- suppl-5041-28/art-2/par-1: 第五十五条の四 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の四 (Article 55-4), art-55-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-4

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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-20261105T150743-001, translated 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act-20261105T150743-009, 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
