①If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of electronic payment services by an electronic payment service provider, the Prime Minister may have relevant officials enter the business office, office, or any other facilities of the electronic payment service provider, have those officials ask questions about the status of their business or property, or have them inspect the service provider's books, documents, and any other articles.

②If an entry into facilities is to be made, and questioning or inspection is to be conducted, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, have relevant officials enter the facilities of a person conducting transactions with the electronic payment service provider that are related to electronic payment services or of a person that the electronic payment service provider has entrusted with its electronic payment services, have those officials ask questions about any particulars that are required to be asked in relation to the questioning or inspection of the electronic payment service provider, or have them inspect their books, documents, and any other articles.

③In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the relevant official must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so.

④The authority under paragraphs (1) and (2) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.

⑤The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the questioning and inspection of the person conducting transactions with an electronic payment service provider that are connected with its electronic payment services or of the person that the electronic payment service provider has entrusted with electronic payment services, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2).