Article 17-2Measures to Rectify Confirmation
If the Minister of Finance finds that a bank or other prescribed financial institution is conducting or is likely to conduct a funds transfer transaction (excluding those stated in Article 55-9-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)), in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article, involving a payment being made or received by its customer, the minister may order it to take measures to ensure that it properly implements the confirmations referred to in the preceding Article.
財務大臣は、銀行等が前条の規定に違反してその顧客の支払等に係る為替取引を行い、又は当該為替取引(第五十五条の九の二第二項第三号に掲げるものを除く。)を行うおそれがあると認めるときは、当該銀行等に対し、前条の確認が適切に行われるための措置をとることを命ずることができる。
If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so when issuing an order to a bank or other prescribed financial institution pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the minister may order the bank or other prescribed financial institution to fully or partially suspend its business involving a foreign exchange transaction or restrict the content of its business, until the measures referred to in that paragraph are taken.
Article 17-3Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Relevant Provisions to Funds Transfer Service Providers
The provisions of the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis if a funds transfer service provider carries out a funds transfer transaction involving a payment that is made or received by its customer.
Article 17-4Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Relevant Provisions to an Electronic Payment Instruments Service Provider, etc.
The provisions of Article 17 and Article 17-2 apply mutatis mutandis where an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving the making or receiving of a payment by its customer; in this case, the phrase "with a customer" in Article 17 is deemed to be replaced with "of a customer", the phrase "funds transfer transaction" in Article 17 is deemed to be replaced with "transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action", the phrase "funds transfer transaction" in Article 17-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action", and the phrase "foreign exchange transaction" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action".
第十七条及び第十七条の二の規定は、電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合について準用する。この場合において、第十七条中「顧客と」とあるのは「顧客の」と、「為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等の移転等」と、第十七条の二第一項中「為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等の移転等」と、同条第二項中「外国為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等の移転等」と読み替えるものとする。
In the case an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving a payment that is made or received by its customer, the provisions of the preceding three Articles do not apply to a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider, if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. transfers an electronic payment instrument issued by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider, or if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts one of the actions stated in the right columns of rows 1 through 4 of the table in Article 16-2 involving making or receiving of a payment of its customer (excluding transfer of electronic payment instrument; hereinafter the same applies in Article 18-6, paragraph (2)) upon being entrusted by the bank or any other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider.
電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合において、銀行等又は資金移動業者が発行する電子決済手段を移転するとき及び銀行等又は資金移動業者の委託を受けてその顧客の支払等に係る第十六条の二の表の一の項から四の項までの下欄に定める行為(電子決済手段の移転を除く。第十八条の六第二項において同じ。)を行うときは、当該銀行等又は資金移動業者に対しては、前三条の規定は、適用しない。
Article 18Banks' and Other Prescribed Financial Institutions' Obligation to Verify the Identities of Their Customers
When carrying out a funds transfer transaction involving a payment that a customer as stated in one of the following items makes from Japan to a foreign country or a funds transfer transaction involving such a customer making or receiving a payment to or from a non-resident (unless that customer is a non-resident) (excluding a funds transfer transaction that involves the person in question making a small payment or making or receiving a small payment that Cabinet Order prescribes; hereinafter referred to as a "specified funds transfer transaction"), a bank or other prescribed financial institution must verify the information stated in that item (hereinafter referred to as "identifying information") for that customer by having the customer present a driver's license or by any other means that Ministry of Finance Order prescribes (hereinafter referred to as "verifying a person's identity"):
a natural person:the person's name, domicile or residence (or the information prescribed by Ministry of Finance Order, if the person is a foreign national prescribed by Cabinet Order who has neither a domicile nor residence in Japan), and date of birth; and
自然人 氏名、住所又は居所(本邦内に住所又は居所を有しない外国人で政令で定めるものにあつては、財務省令で定める事項)及び生年月日
a corporation:the corporation's name and the location of its principal office.
法人 名称及び主たる事務所の所在地
When a bank or other prescribed financial institution verifies the identity of a customer, if a company's representative is carrying out a specified funds transfer transaction on behalf of that company or in any other such case in which the natural person actually responsible for the specified funds transfer transaction with the bank or other prescribed financial institution is not the customer itself (excluding the cases prescribed in the following paragraph), the bank or other prescribed financial institution must verify the identity of the natural person responsible for the specified funds transfer transaction (referred to as the "representative or other responsible party" in this Article and the following Article), in addition to verifying the identity of the customer.
If a customer is the national government, a local government, an association or foundation without legal personality, or any other person prescribed by Cabinet Order, the natural person who is actually responsible for conducting a specified funds transfer transaction with the bank or other prescribed financial institution on its behalf is deemed to be the customer, and the provisions of paragraph (1) apply.
It is prohibited for a customer (including a natural person deemed to be a customer pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph through Article 22-3) or a representative or other responsible party to disguise their identifying information from the bank or other prescribed financial institution when that bank or other prescribed financial institution is verifying their identity.
Article 18-2Exemption of Banks and Other Prescribed Financial Institutions from Performance of Obligations
If a customer or a representative or other responsible party does not comply with an identity verification when conducting a specified funds transfer transaction, a bank or other prescribed financial institution may refuse to perform its obligation in the specified funds transfer transaction until the customer or the representative or other responsible party complies with this.
Article 18-3Obligation to Create Identity Verification Records
Once a bank or other prescribed financial institution has verified a person's identity, it must immediately prepare a record of the identifying information and other information that Ministry of Finance Order prescribes as information related to the verification of a person's identity (referred to as an "identity verification record" in the following paragraph) by the means prescribed by Ministry of Finance Order.
A bank or other prescribed financial institution must preserve an identity verification record for seven years after the day on which the specified funds transfer transaction is completed or any other such date prescribed by Ministry of Finance Order.
第十八条の四(本人確認及び本人確認記録の作成のための是正措置)
Article 18-4Measures to Rectify Identity Verifications and Preparation of Identity Verification Records
If the Minister of Finance finds that a bank or other prescribed financial institution has violated the provisions of Article 18, paragraphs (1) through (3) or the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article in connection with a specified funds transfer transaction, the Minister may order it to take the necessary measures to rectify the violation.
財務大臣は、銀行等が特定為替取引に関して第十八条第一項から第三項まで又は前条第一項若しくは第二項の規定に違反していると認めるときは、当該銀行等に対し、当該違反を是正するために必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
Article 18-5Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Relevant Provisions to Funds Transfer Service Providers
The provisions of Article 18 through the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if a funds transfer service provider conducts a specified funds transfer transaction.
第十八条から前条までの規定は、資金移動業者が特定為替取引を行う場合について準用する。
Article 18-6Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Relevant Provisions to an Electronic Payment Instruments Service Provider, etc.
The provisions of Article 18 through Article 18-4 apply mutatis mutandis where an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving the making or receiving of a payment by its customer; in this case, the phrase "with a customer" in Article 18, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "of a customer", the phrase "funds transfer transaction involving" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving", the phrase "specified funds transfer transaction" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "electronic payment instruments transfer transaction", and the phrase "specified funds transfer transaction" in paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Article, Article 18-2, Article 18-3, paragraph (2), and Article 18-4 is deemed to be replaced with "electronic payment instruments transfer transaction".
第十八条から第十八条の四までの規定は、電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合について準用する。この場合において、第十八条第一項中「顧客と」とあるのは「顧客の」と、「係る為替取引」とあるのは「係る電子決済手段等の移転等」と、「特定為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等移転等取引」と、同条第二項及び第三項、第十八条の二、第十八条の三第二項並びに第十八条の四中「特定為替取引」とあるのは「電子決済手段等移転等取引」と読み替えるものとする。
In the case an electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action involving a payment that is made or received by its customer, the provisions of Article 18 through the preceding Article do not apply to a bank or other prescribed financial institution or a funds transfer service provider, if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. transfers an electronic payment instrument issued by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider, or if the electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. conducts one of the actions stated in the right columns of rows 1 through 4 of the table in Article 16-2 pertaining to making or receiving of a payment of its customers upon being entrusted by the bank or other prescribed financial institution or by the funds transfer service provider.
電子決済手段等取引業者等がその顧客の支払等に係る電子決済手段等の移転等を行う場合において、銀行等又は資金移動業者が発行する電子決済手段を移転するとき及び銀行等又は資金移動業者の委託を受けてその顧客の支払等に係る第十六条の二の表の一の項から四の項までの下欄に定める行為を行うときは、当該銀行等又は資金移動業者に対しては、第十八条から前条までの規定は、適用しない。
Article 19Importing and Exporting Means of Payment
If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or of an Order based on this Act, the minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to import or export a means of payment (including a voucher or other such object in which a means of payment is entered as stated in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vii), (c)) or securities, to get permission to do so.
If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the reliable implementation of the provisions of this Act or of an Order based on this Act or finds it to be particularly necessary to do so in order to maintain a balance of payments equilibrium or currency stability, the minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may make it obligatory for residents or non-residents seeking to import or export precious metals to get permission to do so.
If a resident or non-resident seeks to import or export a means of payment prescribed in paragraph (1) or a security or precious metal, the resident or non-resident, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, must file a notification of the substance of the import or export, its timing, and other information that Cabinet Order prescribes with the Minister of Finance, unless that resident or non-resident has gotten the permission of the Minister of Finance to import or export that means of payment, security, or precious metal pursuant to the provisions of an Order based on one of the preceding two paragraphs or in any other case prescribed by Cabinet Order.
定義第六条第一項第一号
本州、北海道、四国、九州及び財務省令・経済産業省令で定めるその附属の島
わかりやすく言うと
本州、北海道、四国、九州と、これらに附属する島のうち財務省令・経済産業省令で定めるものを合わせた地域のことです。
定義第六条第一項第七号
次に掲げるもの
わかりやすく言うと
銀行券・政府紙幣・硬貨、小切手(旅行小切手を含みます)・為替手形・郵便為替・信用状、証票や電子機器などに電磁的に記録された財産的価値で不特定又は多数の人の間の支払に使え、通貨に近い使われ方をするとして政令で定めるもの、及び銀行券などや小切手などに準ずるとして政令で定めるもののことです。
略称規定第六条第一項第七号ハ・この規定及び第十九条第一項の中だけ
証票、電子機器その他の物(第十九条第一項において「証票等」という。)に電磁的方法(電子的方法、磁気的方法その他の人の知覚によつて認識することができない方法をいう。)により入力されている財産的価値であつて…
わかりやすく言うと
証票、電子機器その他の物で、支払手段となる財産的価値が電子的・磁気的な方法などで入力されるもののことです。その財産的価値は、不特定または多数の人の間の支払に使え、使われ方が通貨に近いとして政令で定めるものです。
定義第六条第一項第十一号
券面が発行されていると否とを問わず、公債、社債、株式、出資の持分、公債又は株式に関する権利を与える証書、債券、国庫証券、抵当証券、利潤証券、利札、配当金受領証、利札引換券その他これらに類する証券又は証書として政令で定めるもの
わかりやすく言うと
公債、社債、株式、出資の持分、債券、国庫証券、抵当証券、利札、配当金受領証などのほか、これらに類する証券や証書として政令で定めるもののことです。券面が発行されているかどうかは問いません。
定義第十六条の二第一項
資金決済に関する法律第二条第三項に規定する資金移動業者をいい、同法第三十七条の二第二項の規定により資金移動業者とみなされる者を含む
わかりやすく言うと
資金決済に関する法律第三十七条の内閣総理大臣の登録を受けて、銀行など以外の者として為替取引を業として営む者のことです。資金決済に関する法律第三十七条の二第二項により資金移動業者とみなされる特定信託会社も含みます。
略称規定第十六条の二第一項
…その者に対し、一年以内の期間を限り、本邦から外国へ向けた支払(銀行(銀行法(昭和五十六年法律第五十九号)第二条第一項に規定する銀行をいう。第二十一条第三項において同じ。)その他の政令で定める金融機関(以下「銀行等」という。)又は資金移動…
わかりやすく言うと
銀行法の免許を受けて銀行業を営む銀行と、その他の政令で定める金融機関をまとめた呼び名です。細かな範囲は政令で定められています。
定義第十六条の二第一項
同表の上欄に掲げる者の区分に応じそれぞれ同表の下欄に定める行為
わかりやすく言うと
電子決済手段等取引業者、電子決済等取扱業者、暗号資産交換業者など第十六条の二の表に挙げる事業者が行う、その種類ごとに表で定められた行為のことです。たとえば電子決済手段等取引業者では、表に掲げる支払に係る場合その他政令で定める場合に限った電子決済手段の移転などが当たります。
定義第十六条の二第一項
次の表の上欄に掲げる者
わかりやすく言うと
第十六条の二の表に挙げる五種類の事業者、つまり電子決済手段等取引業者、電子決済等取扱業者、信用金庫電子決済等取扱業者、信用協同組合電子決済等取扱業者、暗号資産交換業者をまとめた呼び名です。
略称規定第十八条第一項
…当該顧客について、運転免許証の提示を受ける方法その他の財務省令で定める方法による当該各号に定める事項(以下「本人特定事項」という。)の確認(以下「本人確認」という。)を行わなければならない。
わかりやすく言うと
銀行等が外国に向けた支払などに係る特定為替取引を行う際に顧客について確認する事項で、個人なら氏名、住所又は居所と生年月日(日本に住所も居所もない一定の外国人は財務省令で定める事項)、法人なら名称と主たる事務所の所在地のことです。
略称規定第十八条第一項
…当該顧客について、運転免許証の提示を受ける方法その他の財務省令で定める方法による当該各号に定める事項(以下「本人特定事項」という。)の確認(以下「本人確認」という。)を行わなければならない。
わかりやすく言うと
銀行等が外国に向けた支払などに係る特定為替取引を行う際に、運転免許証の提示を受けるなど財務省令で定める方法で、顧客の本人特定事項(個人なら氏名、住所又は居所、生年月日など、法人なら名称と主たる事務所の所在地)を確かめることです。
略称規定第十八条第一項
銀行等は、次の各号に掲げる顧客と本邦から外国へ向けた支払又は非居住者との間でする支払等(当該顧客が非居住者である場合を除く。)に係る為替取引(政令で定める小規模の支払又は支払等に係るものを除く。以下「特定為替取引」という。)を行うに際して…
わかりやすく言うと
銀行などが行う為替取引のうち、顧客による日本から外国への支払、または顧客が非居住者との間でする支払など(顧客自身が非居住者の場合を除く)に関するものです。政令で定める小規模な支払などに関するものは除きます。銀行などはこの取引の際、顧客の本人確認をしなければなりません。
略称規定第十八条第二項・この条及び第十八条の二の中だけ
…当該顧客の本人確認に加え、当該特定為替取引の任に当たつている自然人(以下この条及び次条において「代表者等」という。)についても、本人確認を行わなければならない。
わかりやすく言うと
会社の代表者が会社のために取引するときなど、銀行等との間で実際に特定為替取引を担当している自然人が顧客と異なる場合の、その自然人のことです。顧客が国、地方公共団体、人格のない社団・財団など政令で定めるものの場合は、取引を担当する自然人が顧客とみなされ、代表者等には当たりません。
略称規定第十八条の三第一項・この規定及び第十八条の三第二項の中だけ
銀行等は、本人確認を行つた場合には、直ちに、財務省令で定める方法により、本人特定事項その他の本人確認に関する事項として財務省令で定める事項に関する記録(次項において「本人確認記録」という。)を作成しなければならない。
わかりやすく言うと
銀行等が本人確認を行ったときに、直ちに財務省令で定める方法で作らなければならない記録で、本人特定事項その他の本人確認に関する事項として財務省令で定めるものを記したもののことです。