# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第六十二条の十三 (Article 62-13)

- 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
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- Provision: 第六十二条の十三 (Article 62-13)（金銭等の預託の禁止） — address `art-62-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-62-13
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### 第六十二条の十三（金銭等の預託の禁止） — (Prohibition on Depositing Money)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-62-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-62-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-62-13</sup>

  **第一項**  電子決済手段等取引業者は、いかなる名目によるかを問わず、その行う電子決済手段等取引業に関して、利用者から金銭その他の財産（電子決済手段を除く。）の預託を受け、又は当該電子決済手段等取引業者と密接な関係を有する者として政令で定める者に利用者の金銭その他の財産を預託させてはならない。ただし、利用者の保護に欠けるおそれが少ない場合として内閣府令で定める場合は、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-62-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-62-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-62-13/par-1</sup>
  An electronic payment instruments service provider must not, for any reason, receive a deposit of money or other property (excluding electronic payment instruments) from a user, or have a person specified by Cabinet Order as being closely related to that electronic payment instruments service provider deposit a user's money or other property, in connection with the electronic payment instruments services it provides; provided, however, that this does not apply in cases specified by Cabinet Office Order as being less likely to weaken the protection of users.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-110/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-110/par-1/item-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
