# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第百四条 (Article 104)

- Law: 資金決済に関する法律 (Payment Services Act), 平成二十一年法律第五十九号
- English title "Payment Services 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: 第百四条 (Article 104)（権限の委任） — address `art-104`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-104
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-104
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### 第百四条（権限の委任） — (Delegation of Authority)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-104</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、この法律による権限（政令で定めるものを除く。）を金融庁長官に委任する。
<sup>art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-104/par-1</sup>
The Prime Minister delegates authority under this Act (excluding that specified by Cabinet Order) to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  金融庁長官は、政令で定めるところにより、前項の規定により委任された権限の一部を財務局長又は財務支局長に委任することができる。
<sup>art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-104/par-2</sup>
The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, delegate part of the authority that has been delegated to the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the Director-Generals of Local Finance Bureaus or Local Finance Branch Bureaus.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-104/par-2: 前項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-104/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 資金決済に関する法律 第百四条第二項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-104/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 資金決済に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000059/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-12
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Payment Services Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4477/tb), retrieved 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 189 — 資金決済に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-12
