一certificates, electronic devices, or other items (hereinafter referred to as "certificates, etc." in this Chapter) or numbers, markings, or other signs (including additions to the amount recorded in the certificate, etc. by electronic or magnetic means in exchange for the receipt of consideration equivalent to the additional amount recorded) issued in exchange for the receipt of consideration equivalent to the amount (if the amount is found each time to be converted to and indicated as an amount indicated in another unit, include the number of that unit; the same applies hereinafter in this item and in paragraph (3)) recorded in the certificate, etc. or recorded using electronic or magnetic means (meaning in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that is impossible to perceive by the human senses alone; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) which can be used for the purpose of paying consideration for the purchase or leasing of goods, etc. or the receipt of provision of services from the issuer or the person designated by the issuer (referred to as the "issuer, etc." in the following item) by way of presentation, delivery, notification, or other means;

二certificates, etc. or numbers, markings, or other signs issued in exchange for the receipt of consideration equivalent to the quantity of goods, etc. or services recorded in the certificate, etc. or recorded using electronic or magnetic means (including additions to the quantity of goods, etc. or services recorded in the certificate, etc. by electronic or magnetic means in exchange for the receipt of consideration equivalent to the recorded additional quantity) which can be used for the purpose of claiming the delivery or provision of those goods, etc. or services from the issuer, etc. by way of presentation, delivery, notification, or other means.

一prepaid payment instruments specified in item (i) of the preceding paragraph:The amount that is available for the payment of consideration as of the base date; and

二prepaid payment instruments specified in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph:The monetary amounts obtained by converting the quantity of goods, etc. or services into the equivalent amounts that can be claimed as of the base date pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

一prepaid payment instruments for third-party business for which the unused balance (meaning the amount that is available for the payment of consideration in the case of the prepaid payment instruments referred to in paragraph (1), item (i), and the monetary amounts obtained by converting the quantity of goods, etc. or services into the equivalent amounts that can be claimed pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order in the case of the prepaid payment instruments referred to in item (ii) of that paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this item, the following paragraph, and Article 11-2, paragraph (1), item (i)) is recorded in a prepaid payment instruments record account, and which can be transferred by using an electronic data processing system (limited to prepaid payment instruments which satisfy the requirements specified by Cabinet Office Order as being likely to weaken the protection of users of prepaid payment instruments or hinder the sound and appropriate management of the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments, including the requirement that the amount of unused balanced per transferable instrument or the total amount of unused balance within a certain transferable period is a high value); and

二anything specified by Cabinet Office Order as being equivalent to what is set forth in the preceding item.