①If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of electronic payment handling services by an electronic payment handling service provider, the Prime Minister may ask the electronic payment handling service provider to make a report or submit materials on the status of their business or property.

②If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of electronic payment handling services by an electronic payment handling service provider, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, request a person that conducts transactions with the electronic payment handling service provider related to electronic payment handling services or a person that the electronic payment handling service provider has entrusted with its electronic payment handling services (including a person further entrusted by that entrusted person (including entrustment at two or more degrees of separation from the original entrustment); the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraphs (2) and (5) of the following Article) to make a report or submit materials on the status of business or property of the electronic payment handling service provider.

③A person conducting transactions with an electronic payment handling service provider related to electronic payment handling services or a person that an electronic payment handling service provider has entrusted with its electronic payment handling services may refuse to make a report or submit materials pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph if the person has legitimate grounds for doing so.