# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21)

- 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: 第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21)（検討） — address `suppl-4211-58/art-21`
- 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-21
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### 第二十一条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4211-58/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-21</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後三年以内に、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（以下「改正後の各法律」という。）に規定する指定紛争解決機関（以下単に「指定紛争解決機関」という。）の指定状況及び改正後の各法律に規定する紛争解決等業務の遂行状況その他経済社会情勢等を勘案し、消費者庁及び消費者委員会設置法（平成二十一年法律第四十八号）附則第三項に係る検討状況も踏まえ、消費者庁の関与の在り方及び業態横断的かつ包括的な紛争解決体制の在り方も含めた指定紛争解決機関による裁判外紛争解決手続に係る制度の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-1</sup>
The Government is to, within three years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of designation of designated dispute resolution organizations prescribed in the respective Acts as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the respective Acts as amended") (hereinafter simply referred to as "designated dispute resolution organizations"), the status of performance of dispute resolution services prescribed in the respective Acts as amended, and other socioeconomic conditions, etc., and also in light of the status of review pertaining to paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Establishing the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission (Act No. 48 of 2009), review the systems pertaining to alternative dispute resolution procedures by designated dispute resolution organizations, including the manner of involvement of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the manner of a cross-sectoral and comprehensive dispute resolution framework, and, if it finds it necessary, take required measures based on the results.
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**第二項**  政府は、前項に定める事項のほか、この法律の施行後五年以内に、この法律による改正後の規定の実施状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-2</sup>
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Government is to, within five years after this Act comes into effect, review the status of implementation of the provisions as amended by this Act, and, if it finds it necessary, take required measures based on the results.
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## Cites
- suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-2: 前項 → 資金決済に関する法律 附則第二十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21, paragraph (1)), suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第二十一条第二項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-58/art-21/par-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
- 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
