# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4211-58/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4211-58/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
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  **一から四まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-4</sup>
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  **五**  第十六条の規定（資金決済に関する法律目次の改正規定（「第五十一条」を「第五十一条の二」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第三章第二節中第五十一条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び同法第九十一条に一項を加える改正規定を除く。）　資金決済に関する法律の施行の日又は施行日のいずれか遅い日
  <sup>suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-5</sup>
  Article 16 (excluding the provisions amending the table of contents of the Payment Services Act (limited to the part replacing "Article 51" with "Article 51-2"), the provisions adding one Article after Article 51 in Section 2 of Chapter III of that Act, and the provisions adding one paragraph to Article 91 of that Act): the date on which the Payment Services Act comes into effect or the Effective Date, whichever is later
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  **六**  第十六条の規定（資金決済に関する法律目次の改正規定（「第五十一条」を「第五十一条の二」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第三章第二節中第五十一条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び同法第九十一条に一項を加える改正規定に限る。）　前号に掲げる規定の施行の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-6</sup>
  Article 16 (limited to the provisions amending the table of contents of the Payment Services Act (limited to the part replacing "Article 51" with "Article 51-2"), the provisions adding one Article after Article 51 in Section 2 of Chapter III of that Act, and the provisions adding one paragraph to Article 91 of that Act): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date on which the provisions set forth in the preceding item come into effect
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## Cites
- suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-6: 前号 → 資金決済に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第五号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (v)), suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-5

## Cited by

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

- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第六号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1/item-6
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第十九条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-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-20261012T054915-012, 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
