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.

一passenger tickets, admission tickets, and those similar thereto specified by Cabinet Order;

二prepaid payment instruments that can be used only during a certain period from the date of issuance specified by Cabinet Order;

三prepaid payment instruments issued by the State or local governments (hereinafter referred to as the "State, etc." in the following item);

四prepaid payment instruments issued by corporations specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to the State, etc., including corporations that have been established directly pursuant to the Act, corporations established by a special act of incorporation pursuant to the special Act, or corporations established by a local government pursuant to the special Act that are wholly owned by the State, etc.;

五prepaid payment instruments for their own business issued only to the employees of the issuer (including closely related persons) (limited to those to be used only by those employees) and other prepaid payment instruments specified by Cabinet Order as being similar thereto;

六prepaid payment instruments specified by Cabinet Order as those pertaining to transactions that are subject to measures to protect advances pursuant to the provisions of the Installment Sales Act (Act No. 159 of 1961) and other Acts; and

七prepaid payment instruments that are intended to be used only in a transaction that constitutes a commercial transaction for the users of prepaid payment instruments.

一name, trade name or other name and address;

二in cases of a corporation, the amount of capital or contribution;

三name and location of the business office or office for the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments;

四in cases of a corporation (including an association or foundation without juridical personality for which the representative person or administrator has been designated), name of the representative person or administrator;

五unused balance on the base date as of the relevant base date;

六the type, the name, and the amount available for payment, etc. of the prepaid payment instruments;

七if a specified period of time which is available for the purpose of paying consideration for the purchase or renting of goods, etc. or the receipt of services being provided or for the purpose of claiming the delivery or provision of the goods, etc. or services, or the expiry date is set for the prepaid payment instruments, the period of time or due date;

八content and means of the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments;

九if a part of the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments is entrusted to a third party, the details of the business pertaining to the entrustment, the name or trade name or other name and address of the third party to whom the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments is entrusted;

十location and contact address of the business office or office that handles complaints from the users about the issuance and use of prepaid payment instruments or provide consultations for the users; and

十一other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order.