①Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 52-61-2, if an electronic payment handling service provider does not fall under Article 52-61-5, paragraph (1), item (i), sub-items (c) through (e) and item (ii), sub-item (b), 4. through 6., the electronic payment handling service provider may engage in electronic payment services related to the entrusting bank only when they conduct the services upon entrustment by customers of the electronic payment handling services of the electronic payment handling service provider that have opened a deposit account with the entrusting bank.

②If an electronic payment handling service provider engages in electronic payment services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the electronic payment handling service provider is deemed to be an electronic payment service provider, and the provisions of Article 52-61-4, Article 52-61-6, Article 52-61-7, paragraph (1) (excluding item (ii)), Articles 52-61-8 through 52-61-16, Article 52-61-17, paragraph (1), Articles 52-61-19 through 52-61-30, Article 53, paragraph (6), and Article 56 (limited to the parts related to item (xxi) and items (xxiii) through (xxv)) and the provisions of Chapter IX which are related to those provisions apply. In such a case, in Article 52-61-4, paragraph (1), the phrase "If an application is filed for a registration referred to in Article 52-61-2, ..., except when refusing to register the applicant pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article" is deemed to be replaced with "If a notification under Article 52-60-8, paragraph (3) is filed," and the phrase "register the following particulars in the electronic payment service providers register" is deemed to be replaced with "record the following particulars in the register"; the phrase "particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in item (i) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "trade name, names of officers (in the case of a foreign electronic payment handling service provider, including a person that is treated in the same manner under foreign laws and regulations and its representative in Japan; the same applies in Article 52-61-7, paragraph (1), item (iii)), the name and location of the business office in which electronic payment services are conducted, and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order"; the term "date of registration and the registration number" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "date of notification and the notification acceptance number"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the term "registers" is deemed to be replaced with "enters," and the term "applicant for registration" is deemed to be replaced with "person who has filed a notification under the provisions of Article 52-60-8, paragraph (3)"; the term "electronic payment service providers register" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "register referred to in paragraph (1)"; the term "any of the items of Article 52-61-3, paragraph (1)" in Article 52-61-6, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 52-61-4, paragraph (1), item (i)"; "register...in the electronic payment service providers register" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "enter...in the register referred to in Article 52-61-4, paragraph (1)"; the term "individual or corporation" in Article 52-61-7, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "corporation"; the term "trade name or name" in Article 52-61-8, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "trade name"; the term "business office or office" in item (iv) of that paragraph and the term "business office or office" in Article 52-61-15, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced with "business office"; in Article 52-61-17, paragraph (1), the term "any of the following items" is deemed to be replaced with "item (iii)," and the term "revoke the registration under Article 52-61-2, or order the suspension of all or a part of its business during a designated period of no longer than six months" is deemed to be replaced with "order the suspension of all or a part of its electronic payment services during a designated period of no longer than six months"; and the phrase "foreign corporation or an individual who has an address in a foreign country" and the term "foreign corporation or individual" in Article 52-61-30 are deemed to be replaced with "foreign corporation"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

③When an electronic payment handling service provider seeks to engage in electronic payment services pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the electronic payment handling service provider must submit documents stating their trade name, names of the officers, the name and location of the business office where they conduct electronic payment services, and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order, documents set forth in Article 52-61-3, paragraph (2), item (iii), a document in which the electronic payment handling service provider pledges that they do not fall under Article 52-61-5, paragraph (1), item (i), sub-items (c) through (e) and item (ii), sub-item (b), 4. through 6., and other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order to the Prime Minister.

①An electronic payment handling service provider must post a sign in the form specified by Cabinet Office Order in a place that is easily seen by the public at each of their business offices where the electronic payment handling service provider performs electronic payment handling services.

②An electronic payment handling service provider must publicize their trade name and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order by using the internet or by other means specified by Cabinet Office Order.

③It is prohibited for a person other than an electronic payment handling service provider to post the sign referred to in paragraph (1) or a sign similar thereto.

An electronic payment handling service provider must not have another person engage in electronic payment handling services using their name.

①When engaging in an action set forth in any of the items of Article 2, paragraph (17), an electronic payment handling service provider must explain the following particulars to customers in advance, except in the case specified by Cabinet Office Order:

②An electronic payment handling service provider, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, must take measures of providing customers with information to prevent them from mistaking electronic payment handling services for the services conducted by banks, for ensuring the proper handling and safe control of the information on customers that the electronic payment handling service provider has acquired in connection with the electronic payment handling services, for ensuring the precise execution of electronic payment handling services when the electronic payment handling service provider entrusts a part of the services to a third party, and take other measures for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of electronic payment handling services.

An electronic payment handling service provider must not, for any reason, receive a deposit of money or other property from a customer, or have a person specified by Cabinet Order as having a close relationship with that electronic payment handling service provider deposit a customer's money or other property, in connection with the electronic payment handling services they provide; provided, however, that this does not apply in cases specified by Cabinet Office Order as being less likely to result in insufficient customer protection.

When engaging in electronic payment handling services, an electronic payment handling service provider must conclude a contract with an entrusting bank for electronic payment handling services in which particulars for sharing the liability to compensate for damages incurred by customers between the entrusting bank and the electronic payment handling service provider and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order are provided for, and conduct electronic payment handling services related to that entrusting bank in accordance with the contract.

①An electronic payment handling service provider must take the measures specified in the following items in accordance with the category of the cases set forth in each of those items:

②If an electronic payment handling service provider takes measures of concluding a basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the service provider must publicize the trade name or name of the designated dispute resolution organization for electronic payment handling services that is the other party to the basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures.

③The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the period specified in the following items, in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each of those items: