The Prime Minister must refuse the registration of an applicant for registration if the applicant falls under any of the following items, or if a written application for registration referred to in Article 52-60-4, paragraph (1) or any attached document contains a false statement on material particulars or lacks a statement of material facts:
内閣総理大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は第五十二条の六十の四第一項の登録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 other than a stock company or a foreign electronic payment handling service provider (limited to a foreign company that has a business office in Japan);
株式会社又は外国電子決済等取扱業者（国内に営業所を有する外国会社に限る。）でないもの
a foreign electronic payment handling service provider that is a corporation which does not have a representative in Japan (limited to a person who has an address in Japan);
外国電子決済等取扱業者にあつては、日本における代表者（国内に住所を有するものに限る。）を定めていない法人
a corporation that does not have a financial basis that satisfies the criteria specified by Cabinet Office Order as those found to be necessary for performing electronic payment handling services in a proper and reliable manner;
電子決済等取扱業を適正かつ確実に遂行するために必要と認められる内閣府令で定める基準に適合する財産的基礎を有しない法人
a corporation that has not established a system for performing electronic payment handling services in a proper and reliable manner;
電子決済等取扱業を適正かつ確実に遂行する体制の整備が行われていない法人
a corporation which seeks to use a trade name that is the same as the one currently being used by another electronic payment handling service provider or that is likely to be mistaken for another electronic payment handling service provider;
他の電子決済等取扱業者が現に用いている商号と同一の商号又は他の電子決済等取扱業者と誤認されるおそれのある商号を用いようとする法人
a corporation subject to any of the following dispositions, and for which five years have not passed since the date of the disposition:
次に掲げる処分を受け、その処分の日から五年を経過しない法人
a revocation of the license referred to in Article 52-36, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-56, paragraph (1);
第五十二条の五十六第一項の規定による第五十二条の三十六第一項の許可の取消し
a revocation of the license referred to in Article 92-2, paragraph (1) of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act (Act No. 132 of 1947), which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-56, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 92-4, paragraph (1) of that Act;
農業協同組合法（昭和二十二年法律第百三十二号）第九十二条の四第一項において準用する第五十二条の五十六第一項の規定による同法第九十二条の二第一項の許可の取消し
a revocation of the license referred to in Article 106, paragraph (1) (License) of the Fisheries Cooperative Act (Act No. 242 of 1948), which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-56, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 108, paragraph (1) (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Banking Act to Specified Credit Business Agency Services) of that Act;
水産業協同組合法（昭和二十三年法律第二百四十二号）第百八条第一項（特定信用事業代理業に関する銀行法の準用）において準用する第五十二条の五十六第一項の規定による同法第百六条第一項（許可）の許可の取消し
a revocation of the license referred to in Article 6-3, paragraph (1) (License for Agency Services for Credit Cooperatives) of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative (Act No. 183 of 1949), which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-56, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6-4-2, paragraph (1) (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Banking Act to Credit Cooperative Agents) of that Act;
協同組合による金融事業に関する法律（昭和二十四年法律第百八十三号）第六条の四の二第一項（信用協同組合代理業者等についての銀行法の準用）において準用する第五十二条の五十六第一項の規定による同法第六条の三第一項（信用協同組合代理業の許可）の許可の取消し
a revocation of the license referred to in Article 85-2, paragraph (1) (License) of the Shinkin Bank Act, which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-56, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (5) (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Banking Act) of that Act;
信用金庫法第八十九条第五項（銀行法の準用）において準用する第五十二条の五十六第一項の規定による同法第八十五条の二第一項（許可）の許可の取消し
a revocation of the license referred to in Article 16-5, paragraph (1) (License for Agency Services for Long-Term Credit Bank) of the Long-Term Credit Bank Act, which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-56, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Banking Act) of that Act;
長期信用銀行法第十七条（銀行法の準用）において準用する第五十二条の五十六第一項の規定による同法第十六条の五第一項（長期信用銀行代理業の許可）の許可の取消し
a revocation of the license referred to in Article 89-3, paragraph (1) (License) of the Labor Bank Act (Act No. 227 of 1953), which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-56, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 94, paragraph (3) (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Banking Act) of that Act;
労働金庫法（昭和二十八年法律第二百二十七号）第九十四条第三項（銀行法の準用）において準用する第五十二条の五十六第一項の規定による同法第八十九条の三第一項（許可）の許可の取消し
a revocation of the license referred to in Article 95-2, paragraph (1) (License) of the Norinchukin Bank Act, which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-56, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 95-4, paragraph (1) (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Banking Act to Norinchukin Bank Agency Services) of that Act;
農林中央金庫法第九十五条の四第一項（農林中央金庫代理業に関する銀行法の準用）において準用する第五十二条の五十六第一項の規定による同法第九十五条の二第一項（許可）の許可の取消し
a revocation of the registration referred to in Article 52-60-3 pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-60-23, paragraph (1) or (3);
第五十二条の六十の二十三第一項又は第三項の規定による第五十二条の六十の三の登録の取消し
a revocation of the registration referred to in Article 6-4-3, paragraph (1) (Registration of Electronic Payment Handling Services for Credit Cooperatives) of the Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative, which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-60-23, paragraph (1) or (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6-5, paragraph (1) (Application, Mutatis Mutandis of the Banking Act to Electronic Payment Handling Services for Credit Cooperatives) of that Act;
協同組合による金融事業に関する法律第六条の五第一項（信用協同組合電子決済等取扱業者等についての銀行法の準用）において準用する第五十二条の六十の二十三第一項又は第三項の規定による同法第六条の四の三第一項（信用協同組合電子決済等取扱業の登録）の登録の取消し
a revocation of the registration referred to in Article 85-3, paragraph (1) (Registration) of the Shinkin Bank Act, which is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-60-23, paragraph (1) or (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (7) of that Act; or
信用金庫法第八十九条第七項において準用する第五十二条の六十の二十三第一項又は第三項の規定による同法第八十五条の三第一項（登録）の登録の取消し
a revocation of the license or the registration that is the same kind as the licenses or registrations referred to in sub-items (a) through (k) which the applicant for registration has obtained in a foreign country pursuant to the provisions of the foreign laws and regulations that are equivalent to this Act, the Agricultural Cooperatives Act, Fisheries Cooperative Act, Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative, Shinkin Bank Act, Long-Term Credit Bank Act, Labor Bank Act or Norinchukin Bank Act (including administrative dispositions similar to the license or the registration);
この法律、農業協同組合法、水産業協同組合法、協同組合による金融事業に関する法律、信用金庫法、長期信用銀行法、労働金庫法又は農林中央金庫法に相当する外国の法令の規定により当該外国において受けているイからルまでの許可又は登録と同種類の許可又は登録（当該許可又は登録に類するその他の行政処分を含む。）の取消し
a corporation that has been sentenced to a fine (including an equivalent sentence under foreign laws and regulations) for violating the provisions of this Act, the Agricultural Cooperatives Act, Fisheries Cooperative Act, Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative, Shinkin Bank Act, Long-Term Credit Bank Act, Labor Bank Act, Norinchukin Bank Act, or any other laws specified by Cabinet Order or for violating the provisions of foreign laws and regulations that are equivalent to those laws, and for which five years have not passed since the day on which the corporation finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to the sentence;
この法律、農業協同組合法、水産業協同組合法、協同組合による金融事業に関する法律、信用金庫法、長期信用銀行法、労働金庫法、農林中央金庫法その他政令で定める法律又はこれらに相当する外国の法令の規定に違反し、罰金の刑（これに相当する外国の法令による刑を含む。）に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の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 corporation which engages in another business that is found to be contrary to the public interest;
他に営む業務が公益に反すると認められる法人
a corporation whose officers include a person that fall under any of the following persons:
役員のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある法人
a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as being unable to properly perform duties related to electronic payment handling services due to mental or physical disorder;
心身の故障のため電子決済等取扱業に係る職務を適正に執行することができない者として内閣府令で定める者
a person subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings and has not been released from bankruptcy proceedings, or a person equivalent to them under foreign laws and regulations;
破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者又は外国の法令上これに相当する者
a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment (including an equivalent sentence under foreign laws and regulations), and for whom five years have not passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence, or ceased to be subject to the sentence;
拘禁刑以上の刑（これに相当する外国の法令による刑を含む。）に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の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
if a corporation was subject to one of the dispositions set forth in item (vi), sub-item (a) through (l), a person who was an officer of the corporation within 30 days prior to the date of the disposition, and for whom five years have not passed since the date of the disposition;
法人が第六号イからヲまでに掲げる処分を受けた場合において、その処分の日前三十日以内にその法人の役員であつた者で、その処分の日から五年を経過しない者
a person that was subject to one of the dispositions set forth in item (vi), sub-items (a) through (h) or sub-item (l), and for whom five years have not passed since the date of the disposition; or
第六号イからチまで又はヲに掲げる処分を受けた場合において、その処分の日から五年を経過しない者
a person that has been sentenced to a fine (including an equivalent sentence under foreign laws and regulations) for violating the provisions of this Act, the Agricultural Cooperatives Act, Fisheries Cooperative Act, Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative, Shinkin Bank Act, Long-Term Credit Bank Act, Labor Bank Act, Norinchukin Bank Act, or any other laws specified by Cabinet Order or for violating the provisions of foreign laws and regulations that are equivalent to those laws, and for whom five years have not passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to the sentence;
この法律、農業協同組合法、水産業協同組合法、協同組合による金融事業に関する法律、信用金庫法、長期信用銀行法、労働金庫法、農林中央金庫法その他政令で定める法律又はこれらに相当する外国の法令の規定に違反し、罰金の刑（これに相当する外国の法令による刑を含む。）に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の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
If the Prime Minister refuses the registration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must notify the applicant for registration to that effect by indicating the reason for the refusal, without delay.
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(License)
A person may not perform bank agency services unless licensed by the Prime Minister to do so.
銀行代理業は、内閣総理大臣の許可を受けた者でなければ、営むことができない。
Open this provision(Supervisory Dispositions for a Bank Agent)
If a bank agent falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may revoke the license referred to in Article 52-36, paragraph (1) or order it to suspend all or part of its bank agency…
内閣総理大臣は、銀行代理業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該銀行代理業者に対し、第五十二条の三十六第一項の許可を取り消し、又は期限を付して銀行代理業の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
Open this provision(Revocation of Registration)
If an electronic payment handling service provider falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may revoke the registration referred to in Article 52-60-3…
内閣総理大臣は、電子決済等取扱業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該電子決済等取扱業者に対し、第五十二条の六十の三の登録を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めて電子決済等取扱業の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
Open this provision(Revocation of Registration)
If the Prime Minister is unable to ascertain the location of the business offices of an electronic payment handling service provider or is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the officer…
内閣総理大臣は、電子決済等取扱業者の営業所の所在地を確知できないとき、又は電子決済等取扱業者を代表する役員の所在を確知できないときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その事実を公告し、その公告の日から三十日を経過しても当該電子決済等取扱業者から申出がないときは…
Open this provision(Registration)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 52-36, paragraph (1), a person that is registered by the Prime Minister may engage in electronic payment handling services.
内閣総理大臣の登録を受けた者は、第五十二条の三十六第一項の規定にかかわらず、電子決済等取扱業を営むことができる。
Open this provision(Application for Registration)
A person that seeks to obtain the registration referred to in the preceding Article (referred to as a "applicant for registration" in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 52-60-6) must…
前条の登録を受けようとする者（次条第二項及び第五十二条の六十の六において「登録申請者」という。）は、次に掲げる事項を記載した登録申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
The Prime Minister must refuse the registration of an applicant for registration if the applicant falls under any of the following items, or if a written application for registration referred to in…
内閣総理大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は第五十二条の六十の四第一項の登録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。
Open this provision(Refusal of Registration)
a corporation subject to any of the following dispositions, and for which five years have not passed since the date of the disposition:
次に掲げる処分を受け、その処分の日から五年を経過しない法人
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「電子決済等取扱業」
The business of agreeing, on a bank's entrustment and in its place, with the bank's depositors to move funds from their accounts or to credit funds received by exchange transaction (為替取引) through an electronic data processing system, and increasing or reducing their deposit claims accordingly, together with acting as intermediary in concluding deposit contracts for that bank in connection with it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (17)· applies throughout the law
electronic payment handling service provider
「電子決済等取扱業者」
A person registered under Article 52-60-3 that carries on electronic payment handling services (電子決済等取扱業).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (18)· applies throughout the law
foreign electronic payment handling service provider
「外国電子決済等取扱業者」
A person that carries on electronic payment handling services (電子決済等取扱業) in a foreign country after a registration there, under that country's equivalent of this Act, of the same kind as registration under Article 52-60-3 (or another comparable administrative disposition), or that carries on equivalent business there under that country's laws and regulations.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (19)· applies throughout the law
applicant for registration
「登録申請者」
In Article 52-60-4, Article 52-60-5, paragraph (2) and Article 52-60-6, a person seeking the registration under Article 52-60-3 to carry on electronic payment handling services (電子決済等取扱業).
Short name set inArticle 52-60-4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 52-60-5, paragraph (2); and Article 52-60-6
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.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.