Article 52-61-17Revocation of Registration
第五十二条の六十一の十七（登録の取消し等）
If an electronic payment service provider falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may revoke the registration referred to in Article 52-61-2, or order the suspension of all or a part of their services during a designated period of no longer than six months:
内閣総理大臣は、電子決済等代行業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第五十二条の六十一の二の登録を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めて業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
when the electronic payment service provider comes to fall under any of the items of Article 52-61-5, paragraph (1);
電子決済等代行業者が第五十二条の六十一の五第一項各号のいずれかに該当することとなつたとき。
when the electronic payment service provider has obtained the registration referred to in Article 52-61-2 by wrongful means; or
不正の手段により第五十二条の六十一の二の登録を受けたとき。
when the electronic payment service provider violates this Act or a disposition based on this Act rendered by the Prime Minister, or is found to have conducted an extremely inappropriate action in relation to electronic payment services.
この法律又はこの法律に基づく内閣総理大臣の処分に違反したとき、その他電子決済等代行業の業務に関し著しく不適当な行為をしたと認められるとき。
If the Prime Minister is unable to ascertain the location of the business offices or offices of an electronic payment service provider or is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of an electronic payment service provider (if the electronic payment service provider is a corporation, the whereabouts of the officer representing the corporation), the Prime Minister may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, issue public notice of that fact and revoke the registration of the electronic payment service provider referred to in Article 52-61-2, if no application is made by the electronic payment service provider after 30 days have passed since the day of the public notice.
内閣総理大臣は、電子決済等代行業者の営業所若しくは事務所の所在地を確知できないとき、又は電子決済等代行業者の所在（法人である場合にあつては、その法人を代表する役員の所在）を確知できないときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その事実を公告し、その公告の日から三十日を経過しても当該電子決済等代行業者から申出がないときは、当該電子決済等代行業者の第五十二条の六十一の二の登録を取り消すことができる。
The provisions of Chapter III (Adverse Dispositions) of the Administrative Procedure Act do not apply to a disposition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定による処分については、行政手続法第三章（不利益処分）の規定は、適用しない。
Article 52-61-18Cancellation of Registration
第五十二条の六十一の十八（登録の抹消）
In the following cases, the Prime Minister must cancel the registration of an electronic payment service provider:
内閣総理大臣は、次に掲げる場合には、電子決済等代行業者の登録を抹消しなければならない。
when the Prime Minister has revoked the registration under Article 52-61-2 pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article; or
前条第一項又は第二項の規定により第五十二条の六十一の二の登録を取り消したとき。
when the registration under Article 52-61-2 ceases to be effective pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-61-7, paragraph (2).
第五十二条の六十一の七第二項の規定により第五十二条の六十一の二の登録がその効力を失つたとき。
Section 4 Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers
第四節 認定電子決済等代行事業者協会
Article 52-61-19Certification of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers
第五十二条の六十一の十九（認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の認定）
The Prime Minister may certify a general incorporated association that has been incorporated by electronic payment service providers and that satisfies the following requirements, as a person that conducts the services prescribed in the following paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "certified services" in this Section), upon application by the general incorporated association, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order:
the purpose of the general incorporated association is to ensure the appropriate operation of electronic payment services, and contribute to the sound development of electronic payment services and to the protection of the interests of users;
電子決済等代行業の業務の適正を確保し、並びにその健全な発展及び利用者の利益の保護に資することを目的とすること。
the articles of incorporation of the general incorporated association provides that electronic payment service providers are included as its members (hereinafter referred to as "association members" in this Section and Article 63-3, item (v));
電子決済等代行業者を社員（以下この節及び第六十三条の三第五号において「会員」という。）に含む旨の定款の定めがあること。
the general incorporated association has established the methods of business implementation necessary for performing certified services properly and reliably; and
認定業務を適正かつ確実に行うに必要な業務の実施の方法を定めていること。
the general incorporated association has sufficient knowledge, ability, and financial basis for performing certified services properly and reliably.
認定業務を適正かつ確実に行うに足りる知識及び能力並びに財産的基礎を有すること。
Article 52-61-20Services of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers
第五十二条の六十一の二十（認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の業務）
A certified association of electronic payment service providers is to perform the following services:
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会は、次に掲げる業務を行うものとする。
services of providing guidance and recommendations to association members and other services in order to have them comply with the provisions of this Act, other laws and regulations, and the rules referred to in item (iii) in conducting electronic payment services;
services of giving necessary guidance and recommendations and other services for ensuring the optimization of contracts and protecting the interests of users of the electronic payment services which association members conduct;
establishing necessary rules for the optimization of the electronic payment services which association members conduct and for the proper handling and safe control of the information that they handle;
investigating the status of the association members' compliance with this Act, orders that are based on this Act, dispositions that are based on this Act or on the orders, or the rules referred to in the preceding item;
collecting, organizing, and providing information necessary for protecting the interests of users of electronic payment services;
電子決済等代行業の利用者の利益を保護するために必要な情報の収集、整理及び提供
processing complaints filed by users concerning the electronic payment services which association members conduct;
public relation activities for users of electronic payment services; and
電子決済等代行業の利用者に対する広報
beyond what is set forth in the preceding items, providing services that contribute to the sound development of electronic payment services and to the protection of users of electronic payment services.
Article 52-61-21Public Inspection of Membership List
第五十二条の六十一の二十一（会員名簿の縦覧等）
A certified association of electronic payment service providers must make its membership list available for public inspection.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会は、会員名簿を公衆の縦覧に供しなければならない。
A person that is not a certified association of electronic payment service providers (excluding a person certified under the provisions of Article 85-9 (Certification of Certified Association of Electronic Payment 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 service providers.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会でない者（信用金庫法第八十五条の九（認定信用金庫電子決済等代行事業者協会の認定）の規定による認定を受けた者その他これに類する者として政令で定めるものを除く。）は、その名称中に、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会と誤認されるおそれのある文字を使用してはならない。
A person that is not the association member of a certified association of electronic payment service providers (excluding a person that is a member of a certified association of electronic payment service providers for Shinkin banks prescribed in Article 85-10 (Services of Certified Association of Electronic Payment 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 service providers.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の会員でない者（信用金庫法第八十五条の十（認定信用金庫電子決済等代行事業者協会の業務）に規定する認定信用金庫電子決済等代行事業者協会の社員である者その他これに類する者として政令で定めるものを除く。）は、その名称中に、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の会員と誤認されるおそれのある文字を使用してはならない。
Article 52-61-22Provision of Information Contributing to User Protection
第五十二条の六十一の二十二（利用者の保護に資する情報の提供）
A certified association of electronic payment service providers must be able to provide users of electronic payment services with the information which has been provided by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-61-29 that contributes to protecting users of electronic payment services.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会は、第五十二条の六十一の二十九の規定により内閣総理大臣から提供を受けた情報のうち電子決済等代行業の利用者の保護に資する情報について、電子決済等代行業の利用者に提供できるようにしなければならない。
Article 52-61-23Handling Complaints from Users
第五十二条の六十一の二十三（利用者からの苦情に関する対応）
If a user of electronic payment services files an application with a certified association of electronic payment service providers to resolve a complaint related to the electronic payment services which an association member conducts, the certified association of electronic payment service providers must provide consultation and necessary advice to the user who filed the application, and investigate the circumstances concerning the complaint, as well as notify the association member of the content of the complaint and ask the relevant association member to promptly process the complaint.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会は、電子決済等代行業の利用者から会員の営む電子決済等代行業に関する苦情について解決の申出があつたときは、その相談に応じ、申出人に必要な助言をし、その苦情に係る事情を調査するとともに、当該会員に対しその苦情の内容を通知してその迅速な処理を求めなければならない。
If a certified association of electronic payment service providers finds that it is necessary for resolving a complaint in relation to the application filed under the preceding paragraph, it may request the relevant association member to provide a written or oral explanation or submit materials.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会は、前項の申出に係る苦情の解決について必要があると認めるときは、当該会員に対し、文書若しくは口頭による説明を求め、又は資料の提出を求めることができる。
If a request referred to in the preceding paragraph is made by a certified association of electronic payment service providers, an association member must not refuse the request without legitimate grounds.
会員は、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会から前項の規定による求めがあつたときは、正当な理由がないのに、これを拒んではならない。
A certified association of electronic payment service providers must fully inform its association members of any application filed that is referred to in paragraph (1), the circumstances concerning the complaint, and the outcome of its resolution.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会は、第一項の申出、苦情に係る事情及びその解決の結果について会員に周知させなければならない。
Article 52-61-24Report to Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers
第五十二条の六十一の二十四（認定電子決済等代行事業者協会への報告等）
Having obtained information on acts that an electronic payment service provider has performed which result in insufficient user protection or any other information specified by Cabinet Office Order as information necessary in order to protect the interests of users of electronic payment services, an association member must report that fact to the certified association of electronic payment service providers.
会員は、電子決済等代行業者が行つた利用者の保護に欠ける行為に関する情報その他電子決済等代行業の利用者の利益を保護するために必要な情報として内閣府令で定めるものを取得したときは、これを認定電子決済等代行事業者協会に報告しなければならない。
If a certified association of electronic payment service providers is requested by an association member to provide information prescribed in the preceding paragraph that the certified association holds, it must provide the association member with that information unless it has legitimate grounds not to do so.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会は、その保有する前項に規定する情報について会員から提供の請求があつたときは、正当な理由がある場合を除き、当該請求に係る情報を提供しなければならない。
Article 52-61-25Duty of Confidentiality
第五十二条の六十一の二十五（秘密保持義務等）
It is prohibited for an officer or employee of a certified association of electronic payment service providers, or a person that has held one of those positions (referred to as a "former or current officer or employee" in the following paragraph), to divulge or misappropriate any confidential information learned in the course of duty.
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者（次項において「役員等」という。）は、その職務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らし、又は盗用してはならない。
A former or current officer or employee of a certified association of electronic payment service providers must not use any information learned in the course of duty other than for the purpose of providing the information for use in certified services (if the certified association of electronic payment service providers is a general incorporated association that has obtained the certification referred to in Article 85-9 (Certification of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers for Shinkin Banks) of the Shinkin Bank Act and the former or current officer or employee is a former or current officer or employee engaged in the services prescribed in Article 85-10 (Services of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers for Shinkin Banks) of that Act that are conducted by the general incorporated association, including those services or other services specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to them).
認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の役員等は、その職務に関して知り得た情報を、認定業務（当該認定電子決済等代行事業者協会が信用金庫法第八十五条の九（認定信用金庫電子決済等代行事業者協会の認定）の認定を受けた一般社団法人であつて、当該役員等が当該一般社団法人の同法第八十五条の十（認定信用金庫電子決済等代行事業者協会の業務）に規定する業務に従事する役員等である場合における当該業務その他これに類する業務として政令で定める業務を含む。）の用に供する目的以外に利用してはならない。
Article 52-61-26Particulars Required to be Stated in the Articles of Incorporation
第五十二条の六十一の二十六（定款の必要的記載事項）
In addition to the particulars set forth in the items of Article 11, paragraph (1) (Contents or Recorded Particulars in the Articles of Incorporation) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations and the provisions of the articles of incorporation prescribed in Article 52-61-19, item (ii), a certified association of electronic payment service providers must provide in its articles of incorporation that if an association member violates this Act, an order that is based on this Act, a disposition that is based on this Act or on the order, or the rules referred to in Article 52-61-20, item (iii), the certified association of electronic payment service providers will order the suspension or restriction of the association member's rights provided for in the articles of incorporation, or expel the association member from the certified association of electronic payment service providers.
一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第十一条第一項各号（定款の記載又は記録事項）に掲げる事項及び第五十二条の六十一の十九第二号に規定する定款の定めのほか、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会は、その定款において、この法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令若しくはこれらに基づく処分又は第五十二条の六十一の二十第三号の規則に違反した会員に対し、定款で定める会員の権利の停止若しくは制限を命じ、又は除名する旨を定めなければならない。
Article 52-61-27On-Site Inspections
第五十二条の六十一の二十七（立入検査等）
The Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, order a certified association of electronic payment service providers to make a report or submit materials that are to serve as a reference on the status of their business or property, or have relevant officials enter the office of the certified association of electronic payment service providers, have those officials ask questions about the status of their business or property, or have them inspect its books, documents, and any other articles.
内閣総理大臣は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会に対し、その業務若しくは財産に関し参考となるべき報告若しくは資料の提出を命じ、又は当該職員に当該認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の事務所に立ち入らせ、その業務若しくは財産の状況に関して質問させ、若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the relevant official must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so.
前項の場合において、当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。
The authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.
第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。
第五十二条の六十一の二十八（認定電子決済等代行事業者協会に対する監督命令等）
Upon finding that the operation of certified services needs to be improved, the Prime Minister may order a certified association of electronic payment service providers to take necessary measures to improve the operation, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act.
内閣総理大臣は、認定業務の運営に関し改善が必要であると認めるときは、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会に対し、その改善に必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
When the operations of a certified association of electronic payment service providers have violated this Act, an order that is based on this Act, or a disposition that is based on this Act or the order, the Prime Minister may revoke its certification or order the suspension of all or part of its services during a designated period of no longer than six months.
内閣総理大臣は、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の業務の運営がこの法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令又はこれらに基づく処分に違反したときは、その認定を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めてその業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
第五十二条の六十一の二十九（認定電子決済等代行事業者協会への情報提供）
In response to a request by a certified association of electronic payment service providers, the Prime Minister may provide a certified association of electronic payment service providers with the information on the service providers that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as information that contributes to certified services, to the extent necessary to ensure that the certified association of electronic payment service providers properly performs certified services.
内閣総理大臣は、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の求めに応じ、認定電子決済等代行事業者協会が認定業務を適正に行うために必要な限度において、電子決済等代行業者に関する情報であつて認定業務に資するものとして内閣府令で定める情報を提供することができる。
Section 5 Miscellaneous Provisions
第五節 雑則
第五十二条の六十一の三十
Cabinet Order prescribes technical replacements of terms for applying this Act to an electronic payment service provider that is a foreign corporation or an individual that has an address in a foreign country, and other necessary particulars for the application of the provisions of this Act to the foreign corporation or individual.
電子決済等代行業者が外国法人又は外国に住所を有する個人である場合におけるこの法律の規定の適用に当たつての技術的読替えその他当該外国法人又は個人に対するこの法律の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。