# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38)

- 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（登録の申請） — address `art-38`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38
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### 第三十八条（登録の申請） — (Application for Registration)
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<sup>art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38</sup>

  **第一項**  第三十七条の登録を受けようとする者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を記載した登録申請書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1</sup>
  A person who intends to be registered as referred to in Article 37 must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, submit a written application for registration containing the following particulars to the Prime Minister:
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    **一**  商号及び住所
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-1</sup>
    trade name and address;
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    **二**  資本金の額
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-2</sup>
    amount of capital;
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    **三**  資金移動業に係る営業所の名称及び所在地
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-3</sup>
    name and location of the business office pertaining to the funds transfer service;
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    **四**  取締役及び監査役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては取締役とし、指名委員会等設置会社にあっては取締役及び執行役とし、外国資金移動業者にあっては外国の法令上これらに相当する者とする。）の氏名
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-4</sup>
    name of company director and company auditor (company director(s) in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, etc.; company director(s) and executive officer(s) in cases of a company with nominating committee, etc.; and persons equivalent thereto pursuant to laws and regulations of a foreign state in cases of a foreign funds transfer service provider);
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    **五**  会計参与設置会社にあっては、会計参与の氏名又は名称
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-5</sup>
    in cases of a company with accounting advisors, names of accounting advisors;
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    **六**  外国資金移動業者にあっては、国内における代表者の氏名
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-6</sup>
    in cases of a foreign funds transfer service provider, name of the representative person in Japan;
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    **七**  資金移動業の種別（第一種資金移動業、第二種資金移動業及び第三種資金移動業の種別をいう。以下この章及び第百七条第六号において同じ。）
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-7</sup>
    categories of funds transfer services (meaning the categories of type I funds transfer services, type II funds transfer services, and type III funds transfer services; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter and Article 107, item (vi));
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    **八**  資金移動業の内容及び方法
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-8</sup>
    details and means of the funds transfer service;
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    **九**  資金移動業の一部を第三者に委託する場合にあっては、当該委託に係る業務の内容並びにその委託先の氏名又は商号若しくは名称及び住所
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-9</sup>
    if part of the funds transfer service is entrusted to a third party, the details of the business pertaining to the entrustment and the name or trade name or other name and address of the third party to whom the funds transfer services are entrusted;
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    **十**  他に事業を行っているときは、その事業の種類
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-10</sup>
    type of the businesses, if the service provider conducts other business; and
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    **十一**  その他内閣府令で定める事項
    <sup>art-38/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1/item-11</sup>
    other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order.
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  **第二項**  前項の登録申請書には、第四十条第一項各号に該当しないことを誓約する書面、財務に関する書類、資金移動業を適正かつ確実に遂行する体制の整備に関する事項を記載した書類その他の内閣府令で定める書類を添付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-2</sup>
  A document in which the applicant pledges that the applicant does not fall under any of the items of Article 40, paragraph (1), documents concerning finance, documents containing particulars concerning the establishment of a system for ensuring the provision of funds transfer services in a proper and steady manner, and other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order must be attached to the application for registration referred to in the preceding paragraph.
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## Cites
- art-38/par-1: 第三十七条 → 資金決済に関する法律 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-37
- art-38/par-1/item-7: 第百七条第六号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第百七条第一項第六号 (Article 107, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-107/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-107/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-107/par-1/item-6
- art-38/par-2: 前項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-1
- art-38/par-2: 第四十条第一項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-40/par-1

## Cited by

10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 資金決済に関する法律 第三十七条の二第二項（特定信託会社に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-37-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-37-2/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第三十八条第二項（登録の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-38/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第三十九条第一項第一号（資金移動業者登録簿） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-39/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-39/par-1/item-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第四十一条第一項（変更登録等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-41/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第四十一条第二項（変更登録等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-41/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第四十一条第三項（変更登録等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-41/par-3
- 資金決済に関する法律 第四十一条第四項（変更登録等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-41/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-41/par-4
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十二条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-112/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-112/par-1/item-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5021-50/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5021-50/art-7/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5021-50/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5021-50/art-7/par-3

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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