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.

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 have relevant officials enter the business office or any other facilities of the electronic payment handling service provider, have those officials ask questions about the status of their business or property, and have them inspect their books, documents and any other articles.

②If an entry into facilities is to be made, and questioning or inspection is to be conducted, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, have relevant officials enter the facilities of a person conducting transactions with the electronic payment handling service provider that are related to electronic payment handling services or of a person that the electronic payment handling service provider has entrusted with its electronic payment handling services, have those officials ask that person questions about any particulars that are required to be asked in relation to the questioning or inspection of the electronic payment handling service provider, or have them inspect that person's books, documents and any other articles.

③In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the relevant official must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so.

④The authority under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.

⑤The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the questioning and inspection of the person conducting transactions with an electronic payment handling service provider that are connected with electronic payment handling services or of the person that the electronic payment handling service provider has entrusted with its electronic payment handling services, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2).

If 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 order the electronic payment handling service provider to change its business content and business methods and order other measures that are necessary for supervision, to the extent necessary.

①If an electronic payment handling service provider falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may revoke the registration referred to in Article 52-60-3, or order the suspension of all or a part of the electronic payment handling services during a designated period of no longer than six months:

②If an electronic payment handling service provider that provides electronic payment handling services pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-60-8, paragraph (1) violates the provisions of this Act which apply pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article or a disposition based on these provisions by the Prime Minister or is found to have committed an extremely inappropriate action in relation to electronic payment handling services, the Prime Minister may order the electronic payment handling service provider to discontinue the electronic payment handling services.

③If the Prime Minister is unable to ascertain the location of the business offices of an electronic payment handling service provider or is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the officer representing an electronic payment handling service provider, the Prime Minister may issue public notice of that fact and revoke the electronic payment handling service provider's registration under the provisions of Article 52-60-3 if no application is made by the electronic payment handling service provider after 30 days have passed since the day of the public notice, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

④The provisions of Chapter III (Adverse Dispositions) of the Administrative Procedure Act do not apply to a disposition pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

In the following cases, the Prime Minister must cancel the registration of an electronic payment handling service provider:

The Prime Minister may certify a general incorporated association that has been incorporated by electronic payment handling service providers and that satisfies the following requirements, as a person that conducts services prescribed in the following Article (hereinafter referred to as "certified services" in this Section), upon application by the general incorporated association, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order:

A certified association of electronic payment handling service providers is to perform the following services:

①A certified association of electronic payment handling service providers must make its membership list available for public inspection.

②A person that is not a certified association of electronic payment handling service providers (excluding a person certified under the provisions of Article 85-3-4 (Certification of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Handling Service Providers for Shinkin Banks) of the Shinkin Bank Act and any other person specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to them) must not use a word in their name which is likely to be mistaken for a certified association of electronic payment handling service providers.

③A person that is not the association member of a certified association of electronic payment handling service providers (excluding a person that is a member of a certified association of electronic payment handling service providers for Shinkin banks prescribed in Article 85-3-5 (Services of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Handling Service Providers for Shinkin Banks) of the Shinkin Bank Act and any other person specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to them) must not use a word in their name which is likely to be mistaken for an association member of the certified association of electronic payment handling service providers.

A certified association of electronic payment handling service providers must be able to provide customers of electronic payment handling services with the information with which it has been provided by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-60-35 which contributes to protecting customers of electronic payment handling services.