# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第二十六条 (Article 26) - 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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（自家型発行者に対する業務停止命令） — address `art-26` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-26 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-26 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十六条（自家型発行者に対する業務停止命令） — (Order to Suspend Business Given to Issuers of Prepaid Payment Instruments for Its Own Business) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-26 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、自家型発行者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、六月以内の期間を定めてその発行の業務の全部又は一部の停止を命ずることができる。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-26/par-1 If an issuer of prepaid payment instruments for its own business falls under any of the following items, the Prime Minister may order the issuer of prepaid payment instruments for their own business to suspend all or part of its business of issuing prepaid payment instruments, by setting a period for suspension not exceeding six months: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** この法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令又はこれらに基づく処分に違反したとき。 art-26/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-26/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-26/par-1/item-1 the issuer of prepaid payment instruments for their own business violates this Act or an order under this Act, or a disposition based this Act or an order; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その発行する前払式支払手段に係る第三十一条第一項の権利の実行が行われるおそれがある場合において、当該前払式支払手段の利用者の被害の拡大を防止することが必要であると認められるとき。 art-26/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-26/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-26/par-1/item-2 if the right specified in Article 31, paragraph (1) pertaining to the prepaid payment instruments issued by the issuer of prepaid payment instruments for their own business is likely to be fulfilled, when the Prime Minister finds it necessary to prevent the spread of damage to the users of those prepaid payment instruments. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26/par-1/item-2: 第三十一条第一項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-31/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 資金決済に関する法律 第二十九条第一項（監督処分の公告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-29/par-1 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-110/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-110/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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