# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第六十三条の四十 (Article 63-40)

- 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: 第六十三条の四十 (Article 63-40)（内閣総理大臣等への意見） — address `art-63-40`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-63-40
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-40
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### 第六十三条の四十（内閣総理大臣等への意見） — (Giving Opinion to the Prime Minister)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-63-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-63-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-40</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣、農林水産大臣又は経済産業大臣は、為替取引分析業者（第二条第二十一項第一号に掲げる行為を業として行う者に限る。）の行う為替取引分析業の適正かつ確実な遂行が確保されていないと疑うに足りる相当な理由があるため、当該為替取引分析業者に対して適当な措置をとることが必要であると認める場合には、内閣総理大臣及び財務大臣に対し、その旨の意見を述べることができる。
  <sup>art-63-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-63-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-40/par-1</sup>
  If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has reasonable grounds to suspect that the proper and steady provision of funds transfer transaction analysis services by a funds transfer transaction analysis service provider (limited to one engaging in the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (21), item (i) in the course of trade) is not ensured, and therefore finds it necessary to take appropriate measures with regard to the funds transfer transaction analysis service provider, the relevant minister may state their opinion to that effect to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  財務大臣、厚生労働大臣、農林水産大臣又は経済産業大臣は、為替取引分析業者（第二条第二十一項第一号に掲げる行為を業として行う者を除く。）の行う為替取引分析業の適正かつ確実な遂行が確保されていないと疑うに足りる相当な理由があるため、当該為替取引分析業者に対して適当な措置をとることが必要であると認める場合には、内閣総理大臣に対し、その旨の意見を述べることができる。
  <sup>art-63-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-63-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-40/par-2</sup>
  If the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has reasonable grounds to suspect that the proper and steady provision of funds transfer transaction analysis services by a funds transfer transaction analysis service provider (excluding one engaging in the act set forth in Article 2, paragraph (21), item (i) in the course of trade) is not ensured, and therefore finds it necessary to take appropriate measures with regard to the funds transfer transaction analysis service provider, the relevant minister may state their opinion to that effect to the Prime Minister.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-63-40/par-1: 第二条第二十一項第一号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二条第二十一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (21), item (i)), art-2/par-21/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-2/par-21/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2/par-21/item-1
- art-63-40/par-2: 第二条第二十一項第一号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二条第二十一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (21), item (i)), art-2/par-21/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-2/par-21/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2/par-21/item-1

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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-20261012T054915-008, 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
