If an issuer of prepaid payment instruments has concluded a guarantee contract for security deposits for issuance (meaning a contract in which a deposit-taking institution satisfying the requirements specified by Cabinet Order or any other person specified by Cabinet Order promises that security deposits for issuance will be made on behalf of the issuer of prepaid payment instruments in response to an order by the Prime Minister; the same applies in this Chapter) and has notified the Minister to that effect, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, it may choose not to deposit all or part of the security deposits for issuance with regard to the secured amount (meaning the amount of money to be deposited under the guarantee contract for security deposits for issuance; the same applies in Article 17) limited to the period during which the contract remains in force.
前払式支払手段発行者は、政令で定めるところにより、発行保証金保全契約（政令で定める要件を満たす銀行等その他政令で定める者が前払式支払手段発行者のために内閣総理大臣の命令に応じて発行保証金を供託する旨の契約をいう。以下この章において同じ。）を締結し、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出たときは、当該発行保証金保全契約の効力の存する間、保全金額（当該発行保証金保全契約において供託されることとなっている金額をいう。第十七条において同じ。）につき、発行保証金の全部又は一部の供託をしないことができる。