Article 35-17-5Refusal to Effect a Registration
第三十五条の十七の五（登録の拒否）
If the person submitting an application as referred to in Article 35-17-3, paragraph (1) falls under one of the following items, or if the application or a document accompanying it contains false statement concerning important matters, or omits a statement of important fact, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must refuse that registration.
経済産業大臣は、第三十五条の十七の三第一項の申請書を提出した者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は当該申請書若しくはその添付書類のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。
a person that is not a corporation;
法人でない者
if it is established under a foreign law, one that has no business office in Japan;
外国法人である場合には、国内に営業所を有しない者
a corporation whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-17-11, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), and five years have not yet passed since the date of rescission;
第三十五条の十七の十一第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しない法人
a corporation that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this law, and five years have not yet passed since the day on which it finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
この法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない法人
a person that has not had rights restored after having the order for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings;
破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者
a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, if five years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者
a person that has been sentenced to a fine for violating the provisions of this law or the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (excluding the provisions of Article 32-3, paragraph (7) and Article 32-11, paragraph (1) of that Act) or for committing a crime stated in the Penal Code or in the Act on the Punishment of Violent Acts, if five years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
この法律若しくは暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律の規定（同法第三十二条の三第七項及び第三十二条の十一第一項の規定を除く。）に違反し、又は刑法若しくは暴力行為等処罰に関する法律の罪を犯し、罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者
a person that was, during the thirty days before the relevant disposition, the officer of a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers (the one who is registered pursuant to Article 35-17-2; the same applies below), whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 35-17-11, and five years have not yet passed since the date of that disposition; or
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者（第三十五条の十七の二の登録を受けた者をいう。以下同じ。）が第三十五条の十七の十一第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消された場合において、その処分のあつた日前三十日以内にそのクレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の役員であつた者で、その処分のあつた日から五年を経過しないもの
a member of an organized crime group, etc.;
a corporation whose business activities are controlled by the member of an organized crime group, etc.;
暴力団員等がその事業活動を支配する法人
a corporation that is likely to allow the member of an organized crime group, etc. to engage in its business activities or to employ that person as an assistant in its business activities;
暴力団員等をその業務に従事させ、又はその業務の補助者として使用するおそれのある法人
a corporation that is found not to have in place the system specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as necessary for ensuring the proper implementation of the business involving making of a contract for handling credit card numbers (meaning the contract provided for in each item of Article 35-17-2; the same applies below) and the investigations provided for in Article 35-17-8, paragraphs (1) or (3).
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約（第三十五条の十七の二各号に規定する契約をいう。以下同じ。）の締結に係る業務及び第三十五条の十七の八第一項又は第三項の規定による調査の適確な実施を確保するために必要なものとして経済産業省令で定める体制が整備されていると認められない法人
The provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis when an application for registration under the provisions of Article 35-17-3, paragraph (1) is filed.
第十五条第三項の規定は、第三十五条の十七の三第一項の規定による登録の申請があつた場合に準用する。
Article 35-17-6Notification of a Change
第三十五条の十七の六（変更の届出）
If a matter stated in one of the items of Article 35-17-3, paragraph (1) changes, the business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this without delay.
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、第三十五条の十七の三第一項各号に掲げる事項について変更があつたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
Upon receipt of the notification prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must register the matters reported in the notification to the business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers register.
経済産業大臣は、前項の規定による変更の届出を受理したときは、その届出があつた事項をクレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者登録簿に登録しなければならない。
The provisions of Article 35-17-3, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis when the notification of a change under the provisions of paragraph (1) is filed.
第三十五条の十七の三第二項及び第三項の規定は、第一項の規定による変更の届出をする場合に準用する。
Article 35-17-7Inspection of the Register
第三十五条の十七の七（登録簿の閲覧）
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must make the business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers register available for public inspection.
経済産業大臣は、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者登録簿を一般の閲覧に供しなければならない。
Article 35-17-8Investigation of a Business That has a Contract for Handling Credit Card Numbers
第三十五条の十七の八（クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の調査等）
When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers intends to make a contract for handling credit card numbers, it must, preparatory to making the contract, in accordance with the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and for the purpose of proper management of credit card numbers by seller or service provider and prevention of illegal use of credit card numbers by users, investigate the matters prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, concerning the likelihood of risk of harm to proper management of credit card numbers or in prevention of illegal use of credit card numbers by users (referred to below as "proper management of credit card numbers") with respect to seller or service provider intending to conclude a contract.
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約を締結しようとする場合には、その契約の締結に先立つて、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、販売業者又は役務提供事業者によるクレジットカード番号等の適切な管理及び利用者によるクレジットカード番号等の不正な利用の防止を図るため、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約を締結しようとする販売業者又は役務提供事業者に関し、クレジットカード番号等の適切な管理又は利用者によるクレジットカード番号等の不正な利用の防止（以下「クレジットカード番号等の適切な管理等」という。）に支障を及ぼすおそれの有無に関する事項であつて経済産業省令で定める事項を調査しなければならない。
When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers finds that, based on the matters learned from the investigation prescribed in the preceding paragraph and other means, the measures provided in Article 35-16, paragraph (1) or (3) or Article 35-17-15 that a seller or service provider intends to take do not conform to, or are likely not to conform to, the standards specified in Article 35-16, paragraph (1) or (3) or Article 35-17-15 respectively, it must not conclude the contract for handling credit card numbers.
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、前項の規定による調査その他の方法により知つた事項からみて、販売業者又は役務提供事業者が講じようとする第三十五条の十六第一項若しくは第三項又は第三十五条の十七の十五に規定する措置がそれぞれ第三十五条の十六第一項若しくは第三項又は第三十五条の十七の十五に規定する基準に適合せず、又は適合しないおそれがあると認めるときは、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約を締結してはならない。
A business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers must investigate the matters prescribed in paragraph (1) about a seller affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases or service provider affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases that concluded the contract for handling credit card numbers periodically, or as necessary, in accordance with the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、そのクレジットカード番号等取扱契約を締結したクレジットカード等購入あつせん関係販売業者又はクレジットカード等購入あつせん関係役務提供事業者について、定期的に、又は必要に応じて、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、第一項に規定する事項を調査しなければならない。
When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers finds that, based on the matters learned from the investigation prescribed in the preceding paragraph and other means, the measures provided in Article 35-16, paragraph (1) or (3) or Article 35-17-15 that a seller affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases or service provider affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases take do not conform to, or are likely not to conform to, the standards specified in Article 35-16, paragraph (1) or (3) or Article 35-17-15 respectively, it must cancel the contract for handling credit card numbers or take other necessary measures prescribed by the provisions of the Order of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、前項の規定による調査その他の方法により知つた事項からみて、クレジットカード等購入あつせん関係販売業者又はクレジットカード等購入あつせん関係役務提供事業者が講ずる第三十五条の十六第一項若しくは第三項又は第三十五条の十七の十五に規定する措置がそれぞれ第三十五条の十六第一項若しくは第三項又は第三十五条の十七の十五に規定する基準に適合せず、又は適合しないおそれがあると認めるときは、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約の解除その他の経済産業省令で定める必要な措置を講じなければならない。
A business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers must prepare and archive the record concerning the investigation prescribed by paragraphs (1) and (3) pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、第一項及び第三項の規定による調査に関する記録を作成し、これを保存しなければならない。
Article 35-17-9Measures Concerning Business Operations
第三十五条の十七の九（業務の運営に関する措置）
A business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers must take necessary measures for proper management of the information regarding credit card numbers obtained in connection with the business operations that relates to making a contract for handling credit card numbers, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、そのクレジットカード番号等取扱契約の締結に係る業務に関して取得したクレジットカード番号等に関する情報の適切な管理のために必要な措置を講じなければならない。
Article 35-17-10Improvement Orders
第三十五条の十七の十（改善命令）
When the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds that a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers falls under the provisions of Article 35-17-5, paragraph (1), item (viii), or when it finds that the party violates the provisions of the preceding two Articles, it may order the business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers, within the scope that it is necessary, to take necessary measures to improve the operations of the business related to making a contract for handling credit card numbers.
経済産業大臣は、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者が第三十五条の十七の五第一項第八号の規定に該当することとなつたと認めるとき、又は前二条の規定に違反していると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者に対し、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約の締結に係る業務の運営を改善するため必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
Article 35-17-11Rescission of Registration
第三十五条の十七の十一（登録の取消し）
When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must rescind its registration:
経済産業大臣は、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その登録を取り消さなければならない。
when it falls under any of item (ii) or from item (iv) through item (vii) of paragraph (1) of Article 35-17-5;
第三十五条の十七の五第一項第二号又は第四号から第七号までのいずれかに該当することとなつたとき。
when it is registered under Article 35-17-2 by wrongful means.
不正の手段により第三十五条の十七の二の登録を受けたとき。
When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may rescind its registration:
経済産業大臣は、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その登録を取り消すことができる。
when it violates the order provided in the preceding Article;
前条の規定による命令に違反したとき。
when it fails to file a notification under the provision of Article 35-17-6, paragraph (1), or when it files a false notification.
第三十五条の十七の六第一項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をしたとき。
When the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry rescinds registration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, it must so notify the party that used to be a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers of this by indicating the reason without delay.
経済産業大臣は、前二項の規定により登録を取り消したときは、遅滞なく、その理由を示して、その旨を当該クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者であつた者に通知しなければならない。
Article 35-17-12Deletion of Registration
第三十五条の十七の十二（登録の消除）
When any of the following items applies, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must delete the registration of a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers with respect to a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers register:
経済産業大臣は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者登録簿につき、そのクレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者に関する登録を消除しなければならない。
when the registration is rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) or (2) of the preceding Article;
when a notification under the provisions of Article 35-17-14 is filed, or when it is discovered that the business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers has been discontinued.
第三十五条の十七の十四の規定による届出があつたときその他クレジットカード番号等取扱契約の締結に係る業務を廃止したことが判明したとき。
The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis when a registration is deleted under the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding paragraph.
Article 35-17-13Public Notice of a Disposition
第三十五条の十七の十三（処分の公示）
When the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has rescinded a registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-17-11, paragraphs (1) or (2), or when it has deleted a registration pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it must issue a public notice of this pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
経済産業大臣は、第三十五条の十七の十一第一項若しくは第二項の規定により登録を取り消したとき、又は前条第一項第二号の規定により登録を消除したときは、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、その旨を公示しなければならない。
Article 35-17-14Notification of Discontinuation
第三十五条の十七の十四（廃止の届出）
When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers has discontinued its operations regarding the contract for handling credit card numbers, it must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this without delay.
クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約の締結に係る業務を廃止したときは、遅滞なく、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
Article 35-17-15Prevention of Illegal Use of Credit Card Numbers
第三十五条の十七の十五（クレジットカード番号等の不正な利用の防止）
A seller affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchase or service provider affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchase must take necessary measures for prevention of illegal use of credit card numbers by users, in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
クレジットカード等購入あつせん関係販売業者又はクレジットカード等購入あつせん関係役務提供事業者は、経済産業省令で定める基準に従い、利用者によるクレジットカード番号等の不正な利用を防止するために必要な措置を講じなければならない。
service provider
「役務提供事業者」
A person engaged in the business of providing services (役務).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)
officermachine translation
「役員」
In Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter III and Section 2 of Chapter III-4, a member who executes the business, a director, an executive officer or an equivalent person of a corporation, including anyone, whatever their title, an Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業省令) recognizes as having at least as much control over the corporation as they do.
Defined inArticle 32, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies only in this section and in Chapter 3, Section 2; and Chapter 3-4, Section 2
organized crime group member, etc.machine translation
「暴力団員等」
An organized crime group member (暴力団員) as defined in Article 2, item (vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members, or a person who ceased to be one less than five years ago.
Short name set inArticle 33-2, paragraph (1), item (vii), (e)
credit card numbersmachine translation
「クレジットカード番号等」
A number, symbol or other code of the kind in Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i) — such as a credit card number — that a comprehensive credit purchase intermediary (包括信用購入あつせん業者) or a business offering the intermediation of two-month installment purchases (二月払購入あつせん) gives a user in the course of its business.
Defined inArticle 35-16, paragraph (1)
service provider affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchasesmachine translation
「クレジットカード等購入あつせん関係役務提供事業者」
A service provider that provides services to be paid for through the intermediation of credit card purchases (クレジットカード等購入あつせん) — one that accepts payment by credit card or card number.
Short name set inArticle 35-16, paragraph (1), item (ii)
seller affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchasesmachine translation
「クレジットカード等購入あつせん関係販売業者」
A seller that sells goods or rights to be paid for through the intermediation of credit card purchases (クレジットカード等購入あつせん) — one that accepts payment by credit card or card number.
Short name set inArticle 35-16, paragraph (1), item (ii)
business that has a contract for handling credit card numbersmachine translation
「クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者」
A business registered under Article 35-17-2 — a credit card purchase intermediary (クレジットカード等購入あつせん業者), or a business acting for a particular one — whose business is making contracts that allow sellers and service providers to handle the credit card numbers and similar codes (クレジットカード番号等) given to users.
Defined inArticle 35-17-5, paragraph (1), item (v), (d)
contract for handling credit card numbersmachine translation
「クレジットカード番号等取扱契約」
A contract of a kind Article 35-17-2 lists, by which a credit card purchase intermediary (クレジットカード等購入あつせん業者), or a business acting for a particular one, allows a seller or service provider that takes card payments to handle the credit card numbers and similar codes (クレジットカード番号等) the intermediary gives its users.
Defined inArticle 35-17-5, paragraph (1), item (viii)
proper management of credit card numbers
「クレジットカード番号等の適切な管理等」
Keeping credit card numbers and similar codes (クレジットカード番号等) properly managed, or preventing users from using them fraudulently — what a business must check a seller or service provider for under Article 35-17-8 before contracting to let it handle them.
Short name set inArticle 35-17-8, paragraph (1)
cancellation
解除
Ending a contract by one party's notice to the other, where the contract or the law gives that party a right to cancel (Civil Code, Article 540, paragraph (1)). The Civil Code lets a party cancel for the other's failure to perform: after a demand to perform within a reasonable time that is not met, unless what is still missing is minor (Article 541), or at once where performance has become wholly impossible, or the other party has clearly refused to perform, among other cases where performance clearly will not come (Article 542, paragraph (1)). On cancellation each party must put the other back in the position before the contract, and damages can still be claimed (Article 545, paragraphs (1) and (4)); a lease, though, ends only from then on (Article 620). Cancellation differs from rescission (取消し), after which the act is treated as void from the start (Article 121).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 121, 540, 541, 542, 545, 620 as a reference.
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.