If the competent minister has made it obligatory to obtain permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and finds that a person that has made or received a payment for which it has been made obligatory to obtain permission, without obtaining that permission, is likely to again make or receive a payment for which it has been made obligatory to obtain permission pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, without obtaining that permission, the competent minister may, for a period of up to one year, prohibit that person, in whole or in part, from making payments from Japan to a foreign country (excluding a payment made through a funds transfer transaction where a bank (meaning a bank as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Banking Act (Act No. 59 of 1981); the same applies in Article 21, paragraph (3)) or any other financial institution prescribed by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as a "bank or other prescribed financial institution") or a funds transfer service provider (meaning a funds transfer service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Payment Services Act, and including a person deemed to be a funds transfer service provider under Article 37-2, paragraph (2) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter) conducts the funds transfer transaction involving a payment by its customer, and a payment made through a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action (meaning the action stated in the right column of the following table in accordance with the category of persons stated in the left column of that table; the same applies hereinafter) where an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. (meaning the persons stated in the left column of the following table; the same applies hereinafter) conducts the transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving a payment by its customer) and from making or receiving payments between a resident and a non-resident (excluding a payment made or received through a funds transfer transaction where a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider conducts the funds transfer transaction involving the making or receiving of a payment by its customer, a payment made or received through a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action where an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts the transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving the making or receiving of a payment by its customer, and any other payment prescribed by Cabinet Order), or make it obligatory, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, for that person to obtain permission for those payments.
| (i) an electronic payment instruments service provider (meaning an electronic payment instruments service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (12) of the Payment Services Act, and including a person deemed to be an electronic payment instruments service provider under Article 62-8, paragraph (2) of that Act; the same applies in this Article, Article 55-3, paragraph (2), and Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), item (i)) | a transfer of electronic payment instruments (limited to cases where the transfer of electronic payment instruments relates to any of the following making or receiving of a payment, and other cases prescribed by Cabinet Order) or an action stated in Article 2, paragraph (10), item (iv) of the Payment Services Act
(i) the making or receiving of a payment (excluding a payment from Japan to a foreign country) that a customer of the electronic payment instruments service provider conducts with any of the following persons:
(a) another customer of the electronic payment instruments service provider that entrusts management of electronic payment instruments to the electronic payment instruments service provider; or
(b) a customer of another electronic payment instruments service provider that entrusts management of electronic payment instruments to that other electronic payment instruments service provider;
(ii) the making or receiving of a payment that a customer of the electronic payment instruments service provider conducts with a customer of a foreign electronic payment instruments service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (13) of the Payment Services Act, which customer entrusts management of electronic payment instruments to that foreign electronic payment instruments service provider. |
| (ii) an electronic payment handling service provider (meaning an electronic payment handling service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (18) of the Banking Act; the same applies in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)) | an action stated in Article 2, paragraph (17), item (i) of the Banking Act |
| (iii) an electronic payment handling service provider for Shinkin Bank (meaning an electronic payment handling service provider for Shinkin Bank as prescribed in Article 85-3-2, paragraph (1) of the Shinkin Bank Act (Act No. 238 of 1951); the same applies in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)) | an action stated in Article 85-3, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Shinkin Bank Act |
| (iv) an electronic payment handling service provider for credit cooperatives (meaning an electronic payment handling service provider for credit cooperatives as prescribed in Article 6-4-4, paragraph (1) of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative (Act No. 183 of 1949); the same applies in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)) | an action stated in Article 6-4-3, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative |
| (v) a cryptoasset exchange service provider (meaning a cryptoasset exchange service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (16) of the Payment Services Act; the same applies in this Article and Article 55-3, paragraph (2)) | a transfer of cryptoassets (limited to cases where the transfer of cryptoassets relates to any of the following making or receiving of a payment, and other cases prescribed by Cabinet Order)
(i) the making or receiving of a payment (excluding a payment from Japan to a foreign country) that a customer of the cryptoasset exchange service provider conducts with any of the following persons:
(a) another customer of the cryptoasset exchange service provider that entrusts management of cryptoassets to the cryptoasset exchange service provider; or
(b) a customer of another cryptoasset exchange service provider that entrusts management of cryptoassets to that other cryptoasset exchange service provider;
(ii) the making or receiving of a payment that a customer of the cryptoasset exchange service provider conducts with a customer of a foreign cryptoasset exchange service provider as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (17) of the Payment Services Act, which customer entrusts management of cryptoassets to that foreign cryptoasset exchange service provider. |