Foreign Exchange Control Order. Copyright Roderick Seeman

Article 26 (Delegation of Duties)

The matters which the Minister of Finance or the Minister of International Trade & Industry will permit The Bank of Japan or authorized foreign exchange banks to handle related to the enforcement of the Law (limited to those provisions from Chapter 1 to Chapter 4, and Article 67 and Article 69, Paragraph 2), based on the provisions of Article 69, Paragraph 1 of the Law, shall be those matters from among those listed in the following, as determined by Ministry of Finance Ordinance or Ministry of International Trade & Industry Ordinance:

(1) Matters relating to licensing based on the provisions of Article 17 of the Law, Article 21, Paragraph 1 of the Law or Article 25 of the Law, Article 6, Paragraph 2, Article 11, Paragraph 3 or Article 15, Paragraph 2;

(2) Matters relating to the acceptance of reports based on the provisions of Article 22, Paragraph 1 of the Law or Article 24, Paragraph 2 of the Law;

(3) Matters relating to notices of shortening of the period based on the provisions of Article 23, Paragraph 1 of the Law or Article 24, Paragraph 3 of the Law;

(4) Matters relating to the delivery of recommendations based on the provisions of Article 23, Paragraph 2 of the Law (including those situations which apply mutatis mutandis in Article 24, Paragraph 4 of the Law);

(5) Matters relating to the acceptance of notices relating to acquiescence based on the provisions of Article 23, Paragraph 4 of the Law (including those situations which apply mutatis mutandis to Article 24, Paragraph 4 of the Law);

(6) Matters relating to the delivery of documents describing the contents of orders based on the provisions of Article 23, Paragraph 7 of the Law (including those situations which apply mutatis mutandis to Article 24, Paragraph 4 of the Law);

(7) Matters relating to the preparation of statistics on external claims and debts and the international balance of payments based on the provisions of Article 69-2 of the Law;

(8) Matters relating to the acceptance of reports based on the provisions of Article 5 or the preceding article;

(9) Other than the matters listed in each of the preceding items, such other matters necessary for the enforcement of the Law of this Cabinet Order.