# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第九十六条 (Article 96) - 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: 第九十六条 (Article 96)（認定資金決済事業者協会に対する監督命令等） — address `art-96` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-96 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-96 - 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. --- ### 第九十六条（認定資金決済事業者協会に対する監督命令等） — (Supervisory Order to Certified Association for Payment Service Providers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-96 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、認定業務の運営に関し改善が必要であると認めるときは、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、認定資金決済事業者協会に対し、その改善に必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-96/par-1 If the Prime Minister finds it necessary to improve operations of the certified businesses carried out by a certified association for payment service providers, the Minister may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, order the certified association for payment service providers to take necessary measures for improving its operations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、認定資金決済事業者協会の業務の運営が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は、その認定を取り消し、又は六月以内の期間を定めてその業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。 art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-96/par-2 If operations of a business carried out by a certified association for payment service providers violate this Act or an order under this Act or a disposition under this Act or the order, the Prime Minister may revoke its certification or order the certified association for payment service providers to suspend all or part of its business, by setting a period for suspension not exceeding six months. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 資金決済に関する法律 第九十八条第一項（公告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-98/par-1 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百八条第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-108/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-108/par-1/item-11 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百十三条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-113/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-113/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