# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第二十一条 (Article 21)

- 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: 第二十一条 (Article 21)（情報の安全管理） — address `art-21`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-21
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-21
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### 第二十一条（情報の安全管理） — (Management of Information Security)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-21</sup>

  **第一項**  前払式支払手段発行者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その発行の業務に係る情報の漏えい、滅失又はき損の防止その他の当該情報の安全管理のために必要な措置を講じなければならない。
  <sup>art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-21/par-1</sup>
  An issuer of prepaid payment instruments must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, take measures necessary for preventing leakage, loss, or damage to information pertaining to the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments and other measures for ensuring security management of the relevant information.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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