# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の六十一の十九 (Article 52-61-19) - Law: 銀行法 (Banking Act), 昭和五十六年法律第五十九号 - English title "Banking Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第五十二条の六十一の十九 (Article 52-61-19)（認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の認定） — address `art-52-61-19` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-19 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十二条の六十一の十九（認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の認定） — (Certification of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-61-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-19 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、政令で定めるところにより、電子決済等代行業者が設立した一般社団法人であつて、次に掲げる要件を備える者を、その申請により、次条に規定する業務（以下この節において「認定業務」という。）を行う者として認定することができる。 art-52-61-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-19/par-1 The Prime Minister may certify a general incorporated association that has been incorporated by electronic payment service providers and that satisfies the following requirements, as a person that conducts the services prescribed in the following paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "certified services" in this Section), upon application by the general incorporated association, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 電子決済等代行業の業務の適正を確保し、並びにその健全な発展及び利用者の利益の保護に資することを目的とすること。 art-52-61-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-19/par-1/item-1 the purpose of the general incorporated association is to ensure the appropriate operation of electronic payment services, and contribute to the sound development of electronic payment services and to the protection of the interests of users; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 電子決済等代行業者を社員（以下この節及び第六十三条の三第五号において「会員」という。）に含む旨の定款の定めがあること。 art-52-61-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-19/par-1/item-2 the articles of incorporation of the general incorporated association provides that electronic payment service providers are included as its members (hereinafter referred to as "association members" in this Section and Article 63-3, item (v)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 認定業務を適正かつ確実に行うに必要な業務の実施の方法を定めていること。 art-52-61-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-19/par-1/item-3 the general incorporated association has established the methods of business implementation necessary for performing certified services properly and reliably; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 認定業務を適正かつ確実に行うに足りる知識及び能力並びに財産的基礎を有すること。 art-52-61-19/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-19/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-19/par-1/item-4 the general incorporated association has sufficient knowledge, ability, and financial basis for performing certified services properly and reliably. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-61-19/par-1: 次条 → 銀行法 第五十二条の六十一の二十 (Article 52-61-20), art-52-61-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-20 - art-52-61-19/par-1/item-2: 第六十三条の三第五号 → 銀行法 第六十三条の三第一項第五号 (Article 63-3, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-63-3/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63-3/par-1/item-5 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第二条第二十三項（定義等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-2/par-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-2/par-23 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の八第二項（電子決済等取扱業に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-60-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-8/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十一の二十六第一項（定款の必要的記載事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-26/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十六条第一項第二十三号（内閣総理大臣の告示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-56/par-1/item-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-56/par-1/item-23 - 銀行法 第五十六条第一項第二十四号（内閣総理大臣の告示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-56/par-1/item-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-56/par-1/item-24 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 銀行法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/356AC0000000059/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Banking Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4498/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 銀行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11