If, in addition to a case in which a Designation is rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1), or Article 62, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 63-3, paragraph (2), a Designated Custodian falls under either of the following items, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may rescind the Designation of said Designated Custodian or order said Designated Custodian to suspend its Earnest Money Safekeeping Business in whole or in part for a prescribed period not longer than six months:
when the Designated Custodian engages in an Earnest Money Safekeeping Business without complying with a statement of business procedures as provided for in Article 51, paragraph (3), item (i), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 63-3, paragraph (2) (including that which is approved under Article 63-4; the same is to apply in Article 82);
第六十三条の三第二項において準用する第五十一条第三項第一号の事業方法書（第六十三条の四の規定による認可を受けたものを含む。第八十二条において同じ。）によらないで手付金等保管事業を営んだとき。
when the Designated Custodian, in contravention of the provisions of the preceding article, fails to prepare a trust money safekeeping book, fails to state matters as prescribed in the same article, makes a false statement in said trust money safekeeping book, or fails to retain said trust money safekeeping book.
If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism intends to order the suspension of an Earnest Money Safekeeping Business in whole or in part pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, said minister must hold a hearing irrespective of the classification of procedures for stating opinions under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedures Act.
国土交通大臣は、前項の規定により手付金等保管事業の全部又は一部の停止を命じようとするときは、行政手続法第十三条第一項の規定による意見陳述のための手続の区分にかかわらず、聴聞を行わなければならない。
The provisions of Article 16-15, paragraphs (3) through (5), does apply mutatis mutandis to any hearing that pertains to a disposition under paragraph (1).
第十六条の十五第三項から第五項までの規定は、第一項の規定による処分に係る聴聞について準用する。