①A specified business operator (excluding a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xlv) (referred to as an "attorney, etc." in Article 12); the same applies hereinafter) must, when conducting with a customer, etc. a transaction specified in the right-hand column of the Appended Table (referred to as a "specified transaction" in item (ii) of the following paragraph, excluding one that falls under the transactions prescribed in the first sentence of that paragraph) out of the business specified in the middle column of that table (hereinafter referred to as "specified business") corresponding to the category of specified business operator listed in the left-hand column of that table, verify the following matters concerning that customer, etc. by the method specified by order of the competent ministry.

②A specified business operator must, when conducting with a customer, etc. a transaction falling under any of the following items out of its specified business, verify, as provided by order of the competent ministry, with respect to that customer, etc., the matters set out in the items of the preceding paragraph and, in the case where the transaction involves a transfer of property whose value exceeds the amount specified by Cabinet Order, the status of assets and income (for a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xlvi), the matters set out in the items of the preceding paragraph). In this case, the verification of the matters set out in item (i) of that paragraph conducted upon a transaction listed in item (i), (a) or (b) is to be conducted by a method different from the method of verifying those matters taken when the related verification at the time of transaction prescribed in item (i), (a) or (b) was conducted, and the verification of the status of assets and income is to be conducted to the extent necessary for judging whether the case falls under one where notification under Article 8, paragraph (1) or (2) is to be made.

③The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to a transaction specified by Cabinet Order out of the transactions with a customer, etc. for whom the specified business operator has already conducted, at the time of another transaction, the verification under the provisions of that paragraph or the preceding paragraph (including where these provisions are applied with replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (5)) (limited to a verification for which it has prepared, and is preserving, a verification record under Article 6) and the transactions specified by Cabinet Order as equivalent to them.

④When a specified business operator conducts the verification under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) concerning a customer, etc., in the case where the representative of a company conducts with that specified business operator, on behalf of that company, a transaction prescribed in paragraph (1) or the first sentence of paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to as a "specified transaction, etc."), or otherwise where the natural person actually in charge of the specified transaction, etc. with that specified business operator differs from that customer, etc. (excluding the case prescribed in the following paragraph), it must, in addition to that verification of that customer, etc., also verify the identification data of the natural person in charge of that specified transaction, etc., as provided by order of the competent ministry.

⑥A customer, etc. and a representative, etc. (meaning the natural person actually in charge of the specified transaction, etc. prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs; the same applies hereinafter) must not, when a specified business operator conducts the verification under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) (including where these provisions are applied with replacement of terms pursuant to the preceding paragraph) or paragraph (4) (hereinafter referred to as "verification at the time of transaction"), misrepresent to that specified business operator the matters relating to that verification at the time of transaction.

When a customer, etc. or representative, etc. does not comply with verification at the time of transaction upon conducting a specified transaction, etc., the specified business operator may refuse to perform the obligations relating to that specified transaction, etc. until that customer, etc. or representative, etc. complies.

①When a specified business operator has conducted verification at the time of transaction, it must immediately prepare, by the method specified by order of the competent ministry, a record (hereinafter referred to as a "verification record") of the matters relating to that verification at the time of transaction, the measures taken for that verification at the time of transaction, and other matters specified by order of the competent ministry.

②A specified business operator must preserve a verification record for seven years from the day on which the contract relating to the specified transaction, etc. terminated or another day specified by order of the competent ministry.

①A specified business operator (excluding a specified business operator prescribed in the following paragraph) must, in the case where it has conducted a transaction pertaining to specified business, except for a transaction of a small amount or other transaction specified by Cabinet Order, immediately prepare, by the method specified by order of the competent ministry, a record of the matters for searching the verification record of the customer, etc., the date and content of that transaction, and other matters specified by order of the competent ministry.

②A specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), items (xlvi) through (xlix) must, in the case where it has carried out agency, etc. for specified mandated acts (meaning the agency, etc. for specified mandated acts prescribed in the middle column of the row for the persons listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xlvi) in the Appended Table; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and in paragraph (2) of the following Article), except for agency, etc. for specified mandated acts specified by Cabinet Order, such as agency for the disposition of property of small value, immediately prepare, by the method specified by order of the competent ministry, a record of the matters for searching the verification record of the customer, etc., the date and content of that agency, etc. for specified mandated acts, and other matters specified by order of the competent ministry.

③A specified business operator must preserve the records prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs (hereinafter referred to as "transaction records, etc.") for seven years from the day on which the transaction or the agency, etc. for specified mandated acts was carried out.

①A specified business operator (excluding a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), items (xlvi) through (xlix)) must, with regard to a transaction pertaining to specified business, determine whether there is a suspicion that property received in that transaction is criminal proceeds, or that the customer, etc. is committing, in relation to that transaction, an act constituting the offense under Article 10 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act or the offense under Article 6 of the Narcotics Special Provisions Act, and if it finds that there is such a suspicion, must promptly notify the administrative agency of the matters specified by Cabinet Order, as provided by Cabinet Order.

②A specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), items (xlvii) through (xlix) must, with regard to agency, etc. for specified mandated acts, determine whether there is a suspicion that property received in that agency, etc. for specified mandated acts is criminal proceeds, or that the customer, etc. is committing, in relation to that agency, etc. for specified mandated acts, an act constituting the offense under Article 10 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act or the offense under Article 6 of the Narcotics Special Provisions Act, and if it finds that there is such a suspicion, must promptly notify the administrative agency of the matters specified by Cabinet Order, as provided by Cabinet Order. However, this does not apply if those matters include matters that must not be divulged under the provisions of the Act specified in the respective items below in accordance with the category of specified business operator listed in the respective items.

③The determination under the preceding two paragraphs must be made in light of the results of the verification at the time of transaction pertaining to the transaction under paragraph (1) or the agency, etc. for specified mandated acts under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "transaction, etc."), the mode of that transaction, etc. and other circumstances, and the contents of the criminal proceeds transfer risk assessment report prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (3), and by a method of checking whether there is anything suspicious about that transaction, etc. in accordance with the items specified by order of the competent ministry, or by another method specified by order of the competent ministry.

④A specified business operator (including its officers and employees) must not divulge the fact that it is about to make or has made a notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) (hereinafter referred to as a "suspicious transaction report") to the customer, etc. pertaining to that suspicious transaction report or to a person related to that person.

⑤When an administrative agency (limited to a prefectural governor or a Prefectural Public Safety Commission) has received a suspicious transaction report, it is to promptly notify the competent minister of the matters pertaining to that suspicious transaction report.

⑥When an administrative agency (excluding a prefectural governor and a Prefectural Public Safety Commission) or the competent minister prescribed in the preceding paragraph (excluding the National Public Safety Commission) has received a suspicious transaction report or a notification under that paragraph, it is to promptly notify the National Public Safety Commission of the matters pertaining to that suspicious transaction report or notification.

A specified business operator (limited to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), items (i) through (xv) and item (xxxi); the same applies in the following Article) must, when concluding with a foreign-based exchange transaction operator (meaning a person that is located in a foreign country (meaning a country or region outside Japan; the same applies hereinafter) and engages in funds transfer transactions as a business; the same applies hereinafter) a contract the content of which is to carry out funds transfer transactions on an ongoing basis or repeatedly, verify the following matters concerning that foreign-based exchange transaction operator by the method specified by order of the competent ministry.

①When a specified business operator carries out with a customer a funds transfer transaction pertaining to a payment from Japan to a foreign country (excluding a country or region specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) (excluding one by a method specified by Cabinet Order, such as issuance of a check) and entrusts that payment to another specified business operator or a foreign-based exchange transaction operator (excluding one located in the country or region specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), it must do so by notifying them of the identification data on that customer and on the other party to that customer's payment and other matters specified by order of the competent ministry.

②When a specified business operator has been entrusted or further entrusted with a payment from Japan to a foreign country upon receiving a notification from another specified business operator under the provisions of the preceding paragraph or this paragraph, and further entrusts that payment to another specified business operator or a foreign-based exchange transaction operator, it must do so by notifying them of the matters pertaining to that notification.

③When a specified business operator has been entrusted or further entrusted with a payment from a foreign country to Japan or from a foreign country to another foreign country upon receiving a notification from a foreign-based exchange transaction operator under the provisions of foreign laws and regulations equivalent to the provisions of this Article, and further entrusts that payment to another specified business operator or a foreign-based exchange transaction operator, it must do so by notifying them of the matters pertaining to that notification (limited to those specified by order of the competent ministry).

④When a specified business operator has further entrusted a payment from a foreign country to Japan or from a foreign country to another foreign country upon receiving a notification from another specified business operator under the provisions of the preceding paragraph or this paragraph, and further entrusts that payment to another specified business operator or a foreign-based exchange transaction operator, it must do so by notifying them of the matters pertaining to that notification (limited to those specified by order of the competent ministry).

A specified business operator (limited to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xxxi)-2 and a specified business operator listed in items (i) through (xv) and item (xxxi) of that paragraph that is deemed to be an electronic payment instruments service provider prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (12) of the Payment Services Act pursuant to Article 62-8, paragraph (2) of that Act; referred to as an "electronic payment instruments service provider" in the following Article and Article 22, paragraph (2), item (ii)) must, when concluding with a foreign-based electronic payment instruments service provider (meaning a person that is located in a foreign country and engages in business of the same type as electronic payment instrument-related business (meaning electronic payment instrument-related business prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (11) of that Act); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) a contract the content of which is to carry out transfers of electronic payment instruments (meaning electronic payment instruments prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of that Act, excluding specified trust beneficiary rights prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter) (excluding those accompanying the exchange, etc. of electronic payment instruments prescribed in paragraph (10) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter) on an ongoing basis or repeatedly, verify the following matters concerning that foreign-based electronic payment instruments service provider by the method specified by order of the competent ministry.

①An electronic payment instruments service provider must, in the case where it carries out a transfer of electronic payment instruments at the request of a customer, when it makes that transfer to a receiving customer (meaning a person that receives that transfer and that has entrusted the management of electronic payment instruments to another electronic payment instruments service provider or a foreign electronic payment instruments service provider (meaning a foreign electronic payment instruments service provider prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (13) of the Payment Services Act, excluding one located in a country or region specified by Cabinet Order) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "other electronic payment instruments service provider, etc.") as a customer of that other electronic payment instruments service provider, etc.; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 22, paragraph (2), item (ii)), or when it entrusts that transfer to a receiving customer to another electronic payment instruments service provider, etc., carry out the transfer by notifying the identification data on the customer who made the request and on the receiving customer and other matters specified by order of the competent ministry to the other electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. that manages the electronic payment instruments pertaining to that transfer for that receiving customer (excluding the person that has been entrusted as stated above) or to the person that has been entrusted as stated above.

②An electronic payment instruments service provider must, in the case where it has been entrusted or further entrusted with a transfer of electronic payment instruments upon receiving a notification from another electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. under the provisions of this Article or provisions of the laws and regulations of a foreign country equivalent thereto, when it makes that transfer to a receiving customer, or when it further entrusts that transfer to a receiving customer to another electronic payment instruments service provider, etc., carry out the transfer by notifying the matters pertaining to that notification (limited to those specified by order of the competent ministry) to the other electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. that manages the electronic payment instruments pertaining to that transfer for that receiving customer (excluding the person that has been further entrusted as stated above) or to the person that has been further entrusted as stated above.

A specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xxxii) (hereinafter referred to as a "cryptoasset exchange service provider") must, when entering into a contract with a foreign-based cryptoasset exchange service provider (meaning a person that is located in a foreign country and engages in business of the same type as cryptoasset exchange services (meaning cryptoasset exchange services prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (15) of the Payment Services Act); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) the content of which is to carry out transfers of cryptoassets (meaning cryptoassets prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (14) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter) (excluding those accompanying the exchange, etc. of cryptoassets prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (15) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter) on an ongoing basis or repeatedly, verify the following matters concerning that foreign-based cryptoasset exchange service provider by the method specified by order of the competent ministry.

①A cryptoasset exchange service provider must, in the case where it carries out a transfer of cryptoassets at the request of a customer, when it makes that transfer to a receiving customer (meaning a person that receives that transfer and that has entrusted the management of cryptoassets to another cryptoasset exchange service provider or a foreign cryptoasset exchange service provider (meaning a foreign cryptoasset exchange service provider prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (17) of the Payment Services Act, excluding one located in a country or region specified by Cabinet Order) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "other cryptoasset exchange service provider, etc.") as a customer of that other cryptoasset exchange service provider, etc.; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 22, paragraph (2), item (iii)), or when it entrusts that transfer to a receiving customer to another cryptoasset exchange service provider, etc., carry out the transfer by notifying the identification data on the customer who made the request and on the receiving customer and other matters specified by order of the competent ministry to the other cryptoasset exchange service provider, etc. that manages the cryptoassets pertaining to that transfer for that receiving customer (excluding the person that has been entrusted as stated above) or to the person that has been entrusted as stated above.

②A cryptoasset exchange service provider must, in the case where it has been entrusted or further entrusted with a transfer of cryptoassets upon receiving a notification from another cryptoasset exchange service provider, etc. under the provisions of this Article or provisions of the laws and regulations of a foreign country equivalent thereto, when it makes that transfer to a receiving customer, or when it further entrusts that transfer to a receiving customer to another cryptoasset exchange service provider, etc., carry out the transfer by notifying the matters pertaining to that notification (limited to those specified by order of the competent ministry) to the other cryptoasset exchange service provider, etc. that manages the cryptoassets pertaining to that transfer for that receiving customer (excluding the person that has been further entrusted as stated above) or to the person that has been further entrusted as stated above.

In order to accurately carry out measures such as verification at the time of transaction, preservation of transaction records, etc. and suspicious transaction reports (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "measures for verification at the time of transaction, etc."), a specified business operator is to take measures to keep up to date the information on the matters it has verified in the verification at the time of transaction, and must also endeavor to take the following measures.

①Measures equivalent to verification at the time of transaction, preparation and preservation of verification records, preparation and preservation of transaction records, etc., and measures for accurately carrying out these, by attorneys, etc. are as provided by the rules of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, in line with the example of the specified business operators listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xlvi).

②The provisions of Article 5 apply mutatis mutandis to measures equivalent to verification at the time of transaction that attorneys, etc. take under the provisions of the rules of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

③The government and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations are to cooperate with each other with regard to the prevention of transfer of criminal proceeds.