# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第五十三条 (Article 53)

- 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（報告書） — address `art-53`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53
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### 第五十三条（報告書） — (Written Reports)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53</sup>

  **第一項**  資金移動業者は、事業年度ごとに、内閣府令で定めるところにより、資金移動業に関する報告書を作成し、内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-1</sup>
  A funds transfer service provider must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, prepare a written report on its funds transfer services for each business year and submit it to the Prime Minister.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  資金移動業者は、前項の報告書のほか、六月を超えない範囲内で内閣府令で定める期間（第二号において単に「期間」という。）ごとに、内閣府令で定めるところにより、次の各号に掲げる資金移動業者の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める報告書を作成し、内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2</sup>
  In addition to the written reports prescribed in the preceding paragraph, a funds transfer service provider must prepare a written report specified in the following items in accordance with the respective types of funds transfer service providers set forth therein for each period specified by Cabinet Office Order not exceeding six months (simply referred to as the "period" in item (ii)), and submit it to the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  次号に掲げる者以外の資金移動業者　未達債務の額及び履行保証金の供託、履行保証金保全契約、履行保証金信託契約、履行保証人債務引受契約、履行保証人保証契約又は履行保証金弁済信託契約に関する報告書
    <sup>art-53/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-1</sup>
    funds transfer service providers other than those set forth in the following item: a written report on the amount of outstanding obligations in the process of being transferred, and the status of security deposits for providing funds transfer services, guarantee contracts for security deposits for providing funds transfer services, trust agreements for security deposits for providing funds transfer services, performance guarantor's debt assumption contracts, performance guarantor's guarantee contracts, or trust agreements for repayment in place of security deposits for providing funds transfer services; or
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  直前の期間において第四十五条の二第一項の規定の適用を受けていた資金移動業者　前号に定める報告書及び第三種資金移動業に係る預貯金等管理方法による管理の状況に関する報告書
    <sup>art-53/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-2</sup>
    funds transfer service providers to whom the provisions of Article 45-2, paragraph (1) were applied in the immediately preceding period:the written report specified in the preceding item and a written report on the status of management by the method of management by bank deposits or savings pertaining to type III funds transfer services.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の報告書には、次の各号に掲げる資金移動業者の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める書類を添付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-3</sup>
  Documents specified in the following items in accordance with the respective types of funds transfer service providers set forth therein must be attached to the written report referred to in the preceding two paragraphs:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  前項第一号に掲げる者　財務に関する書類その他の内閣府令で定める書類
    <sup>art-53/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-3/item-1</sup>
    a person set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph:documents concerning finance and other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  前項第二号に掲げる者　財務に関する書類、当該書類についての公認会計士又は監査法人の監査報告書その他の内閣府令で定める書類
    <sup>art-53/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-3/item-2</sup>
    a person set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph:documents concerning finance, an audit report prepared by a certified public accountant or audit corporation regarding these documents, and other documents specified by Cabinet Office Order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-53/par-2: 前項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-1
- art-53/par-2: 第二号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項第二号 (Article 53, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-53/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-2
- art-53/par-2/item-1: 次号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項第二号 (Article 53, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-53/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-2
- art-53/par-2/item-2: 第四十五条の二第一項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第四十五条の二第一項 (Article 45-2, paragraph (1)), art-45-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-45-2/par-1
- art-53/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項第一号 (Article 53, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-53/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-1
- art-53/par-3: 前二項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-1
- art-53/par-3: 前二項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2
- art-53/par-3/item-1: 前項第一号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項第一号 (Article 53, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-53/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-1
- art-53/par-3/item-2: 前項第二号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項第二号 (Article 53, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-53/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-2

## Cited by

9 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 第四十五条の二第一項第一号（預貯金等による管理） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-45-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-45-2/par-1/item-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項（報告書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項第一号（報告書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第二項第二号（報告書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第三項（報告書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-3
- 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第三項第一号（報告書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-3/item-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第五十三条第三項第二号（報告書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-53/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-53/par-3/item-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百九条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-109/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-109/par-1/item-6

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch payment-services-act-20261012T054915-002, translated 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
