Article 9Verification at the Time of Concluding a Contract with a Foreign-Based Exchange Transaction Operator
第九条（外国所在為替取引業者との契約締結の際の確認）
A specified business operator (limited to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), items (i) through (xv) and item (xxxi); the same applies in the following Article) must, when concluding with a foreign-based exchange transaction operator (meaning a person that is located in a foreign country (meaning a country or region outside Japan; the same applies hereinafter) and engages in funds transfer transactions as a business; the same applies hereinafter) a contract the content of which is to carry out funds transfer transactions on an ongoing basis or repeatedly, verify the following matters concerning that foreign-based exchange transaction operator by the method specified by order of the competent ministry.
特定事業者（第二条第二項第一号から第十五号まで及び第三十一号に掲げる特定事業者に限る。次条において同じ。）は、外国所在為替取引業者（外国（本邦の域外にある国又は地域をいう。以下同じ。）に所在して業として為替取引を行う者をいう。以下同じ。）との間で、為替取引を継続的に又は反復して行うことを内容とする契約を締結するに際しては、主務省令で定める方法により、当該外国所在為替取引業者について、次に掲げる事項の確認を行わなければならない。
The foreign-based exchange transaction operator has established a system that conforms to the standards specified by order of the competent ministry as necessary for accurately carrying out measures equivalent to verification at the time of transaction, etc., including that it has placed the business offices and other facilities necessary for accurately carrying out measures equivalent to the measures under the provisions of Article 4, the preceding three Articles and the following Article (hereinafter in this item referred to as "measures equivalent to verification at the time of transaction, etc."), and a person who supervises and manages the implementation of measures equivalent to verification at the time of transaction, etc., in the country in which the foreign-based exchange transaction operator is located or in a foreign country other than that country, and that, with respect to the implementation of measures equivalent to verification at the time of transaction, etc., it is in a state of being under appropriate supervision by an authority of the country in which it is located or a foreign authority of that foreign country that performs duties equivalent to the duties of the administrative agencies prescribed in Articles 15 through 18 (referred to in the following item simply as "state of being under supervision");
当該外国所在為替取引業者が、第四条、前三条及び次条の規定による措置に相当する措置（以下この号において「取引時確認等相当措置」という。）を的確に行うために必要な営業所その他の施設並びに取引時確認等相当措置の実施を統括管理する者を当該外国所在為替取引業者の所在する国又は当該所在する国以外の外国に置き、かつ、取引時確認等相当措置の実施に関し、第十五条から第十八条までに規定する行政庁の職務に相当する職務を行う当該所在する国又は当該外国の機関の適切な監督を受けている状態（次号において単に「監督を受けている状態」という。）にあることその他の取引時確認等相当措置を的確に行うために必要な基準として主務省令で定める基準に適合する体制を整備していること。
The foreign-based exchange transaction operator has not concluded a contract the content of which is to carry out funds transfer transactions on an ongoing basis or repeatedly with a person that engages in funds transfer transactions as a business and that is not in a state of being under supervision.
当該外国所在為替取引業者が、業として為替取引を行う者であって監督を受けている状態にないものとの間で為替取引を継続的に又は反復して行うことを内容とする契約を締結していないこと。