# Foreign Exchange Order (Tentative translation) 

(Cabinet Order No. 260 of October 11, 1980) 

The Cabinet, pursuant to Article 6, Article 9, Article 11-2, Articles 15 through 18, Articles 20 through 25, Article 66, Article 67, Article 69, Article 69-2, and Article 69-4 of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act (Act No. 228 of 1949), and in order to enforce the provisions of the same Act, enacts this Cabinet Order. 

## Table of Contents 

Chapter I General Provisions (Articles 1 to 3) 

Chapter II Deleted 

Chapter III Payment, etc. (Articles 6 to 8-2) 

Chapter IV Capital Transactions, etc. (Articles 9 to 18-3) 

Chapter IV-2 Report (Articles 18-4 to 18-9) 

Chapter V Miscellaneous Provisions (Articles 19 to 27) 

Supplementary Provisions 

(Purpose) 

## Chapter I General Provisions 

Article 1 This Cabinet Order is to specify necessary matters, etc. in regard to the payment, etc. prescribed in Chapters I, III and IV of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (Act No. 228 of 1949; hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), control or coordination pertaining to capital transactions or other transactions or acts, and the report, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Chapter VI-2 of the Act. 

(Definitions) 

Article 2 (1) The means of payment specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Act are the following: 

(i) promissory notes (excluding those falling under securities or certificates prescribed in the following paragraph); 

(ii) those which are similar to any of those listed in (a) or (b) of Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Act or in the preceding item, which may be used for payment. 

(2) The securities or certificates specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (xi) of the Act are the deposit certificates of negotiable deposits or other securities or certificates, which are specified by 

