This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date specified in the respective items.

An issuer of prepaid payment instruments for its own business (meaning an issuer of prepaid payment instruments for its own business prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (6) of the Payment Services Act) that has actually submitted the written notice referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Payment Services Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 14 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Payment Services Act") at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is deemed to have submitted the written notice referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Payment Services Act as amended by the provisions of Article 14 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Payment Services Act").

The provisions then in force continue to govern dispositions on an application for registration under Article 7 of the Payment Services Act filed before the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, for which no disposition on whether to grant registration has been made at the time those provisions come into effect.

A person who actually holds approval under Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Former Payment Services Act at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is deemed to have made the notification under Article 16, paragraph (1) of the New Payment Services Act on the day on which those provisions come into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "item (ii) Effective Date").

A person who has actually submitted the written notice referred to in Article 30, paragraph (2) of the Former Payment Services Act at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is deemed to have submitted the written notice referred to in Article 30, paragraph (2) of the New Payment Services Act.

①A person who is actually registered under Article 37 of the Payment Services Act at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect (including a person who has obtained registration under Article 37 of that Act, as to which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the following Article) is deemed to have been registered under Article 37 of that Act as a funds transfer service provider (meaning a funds transfer service provider prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Payment Services Act; the same applies in Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions) engaged in type II funds transfer services (meaning type II funds transfer services prescribed in Article 36-2, paragraph (2) of the New Payment Services Act; the same applies hereinafter).

②A person deemed to have been registered under Article 37 of the Payment Services Act pursuant to the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "deemed registered type II service provider") must submit to the Prime Minister, within the period specified by Cabinet Office Order, a document stating the particulars set forth in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the New Payment Services Act and the documents specified by Cabinet Office Order prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article.

③When the document is submitted pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister is to enter the particulars set forth in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the New Payment Services Act that are stated in the document in the register of funds transfer service providers.

The provisions then in force continue to govern dispositions on an application for registration under Article 37 of the Payment Services Act filed before the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, for which no disposition on whether to grant registration has been made at the time those provisions come into effect.

With respect to type II funds transfer services carried out by a deemed registered type II service provider, the provisions of Articles 43 through 45, Article 47 and Article 58-2 of the New Payment Services Act apply from the day on which one week has elapsed from the day following the base date prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Former Payment Services Act immediately preceding the item (ii) Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the making of security deposits for providing funds transfer services in relation to type II funds transfer services carried out by a deemed registered type II service provider before that day.

①The security deposits for providing funds transfer services that a deemed registered type II service provider has deposited pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Former Payment Services Act (including cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the preceding Article) are deemed to be security deposits for providing funds transfer services in relation to type II funds transfer services deposited pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (1) of the New Payment Services Act.

②With respect to the application of Article 43, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the New Payment Services Act to type II funds transfer services carried out by a deemed registered type II service provider, on the item (ii) Effective Date, the period that a funds transfer service provider specifies for each type of funds transfer services within the one week prescribed in that item is deemed to have been specified as one week, and the period that a funds transfer service provider specifies for each type of funds transfer services within the period specified by Cabinet Office Order within the one week prescribed in that item is deemed to have been specified as the same period as the period specified by that Cabinet Office Order.

A guarantee contract for security deposits for providing funds transfer services prescribed in Article 44 of the Former Payment Services Act that has actually been concluded at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is deemed to be a guarantee contract for security deposits for providing funds transfer services prescribed in Article 44 of the New Payment Services Act (limited to those relating to type II funds transfer services).

①A trust agreement for security deposits for providing funds transfer services prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (1) of the Former Payment Services Act that has actually been concluded at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is deemed to be a trust agreement for security deposits for providing funds transfer services prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (1) of the New Payment Services Act (limited to those relating to type II funds transfer services).

②A deemed registered type II service provider that actually holds approval under Article 45, paragraph (1) of the Former Payment Services Act at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is deemed, with respect to the type II funds transfer services that it carries out, to have made the notification under Article 45, paragraph (1) of the New Payment Services Act on the item (ii) Effective Date.

③With respect to the application of Article 43, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the New Payment Services Act to type II funds transfer services carried out by a deemed registered type II service provider that is deemed to have made the notification under Article 45, paragraph (1) of the New Payment Services Act pursuant to the preceding paragraph (referred to as a "deemed registered type II service provider with a trust agreement" in the following paragraph), notwithstanding Article 10, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions, on the item (ii) Effective Date, the period that a funds transfer service provider specifies for each type of funds transfer services within the one week prescribed in that item and the period that a funds transfer service provider specifies for each type of funds transfer services within the period specified by Cabinet Office Order within the one week prescribed in that item are each deemed to have been specified as one business day.

④The provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions do not apply to a deemed registered type II service provider with a trust agreement.

A person who had been deemed to be a funds transfer service provider pursuant to Article 62 of the Former Payment Services Act is deemed to be a funds transfer service provider engaged only in type II funds transfer services for the purpose of applying the provisions of the New Payment Services Act, within the scope of the purpose of completing the performance of obligations borne by the person in relation to the funds transfer transactions that the person carries out.

①A person who fails to submit the documents referred to in Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions, or submits them with false statements, is punished by a fine of 300,000 yen or less.

②Where the representative person or administrator of a corporation (including an association or foundation without juridical personality for which a representative person or administrator has been designated; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), or an agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual, commits a violation set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard to the business of that corporation or individual, in addition to punishing the offender, the penalty prescribed in that paragraph is imposed on that corporation or individual.

③If the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without juridical personality, the representative person or administrator thereof represents the association or foundation without juridical personality with regard to the procedural act, and the provisions of Acts concerning criminal procedures where a corporation is the defendant or a suspect apply mutatis mutandis.

Dispositions, procedures, or other acts carried out under the provisions of the Former Payment Services Act or orders thereunder before the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, for which there are corresponding provisions in the New Payment Services Act, are deemed to have been carried out under the corresponding provisions of the New Payment Services Act, except as otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions.

①The Prime Minister delegates the authority under the provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.

②The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, delegate the authority delegated to the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the Director-Generals of Local Finance Bureaus or Local Finance Branch Bureaus.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed before the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, and to an act committed after the provisions listed in that item come into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

The government is to, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of the enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "the respective Acts as amended"), when it finds it necessary, review the provisions of the respective Acts as amended, and take the required measures based on the results of that review.