# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-5071-66/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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<sup>suppl-5071-66/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現にこの法律による改正後の資金決済に関する法律（次項及び附則第九条において「新資金決済法」という。）第二条の二の規定により為替取引に該当するものとされる行為（この法律による改正前の資金決済に関する法律第二条の二の規定により為替取引に該当するものとされる行為を除く。同項において同じ。）を業として営んでいる者は、この法律の施行の日から起算して六月間（資金決済に関する法律第三十七条の登録の申請をした場合において、当該期間内にその申請について同法第四十条第一項の規定による登録の拒否の処分があったときは、当該処分のあった日までの間）は、銀行法（昭和五十六年法律第五十九号）第四条第一項及び第四十七条第一項並びに資金決済に関する法律第三十七条の規定にかかわらず、当該行為を業として営むことができる。
<sup>suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1</sup>
A person who is, at the time this Act comes into effect, actually engaged as a business in acts deemed to constitute funds transfer transactions under Article 2-2 of the Payment Services Act as amended by this Act (referred to as the "New Payment Services Act" in the following paragraph and Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions) (excluding acts deemed to constitute funds transfer transactions under Article 2-2 of the Payment Services Act prior to amendment by this Act; the same applies in that paragraph) may, for six months from the day on which this Act comes into effect (or, if the person has applied for registration under Article 37 of the Payment Services Act and, within that period, a disposition of refusal of registration under Article 40, paragraph (1) of that Act is made on the application, until the day of that disposition), engage in those acts as a business, notwithstanding Article 4, paragraph (1) and Article 47, paragraph (1) of the Banking Act (Act No. 59 of 1981) and Article 37 of the Payment Services Act.
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**第二項**  前項の規定により新資金決済法第二条の二の規定により為替取引に該当するものとされる行為を業として営むことができる者がこの法律の施行の日から起算して六月間を経過する日までに資金決済に関する法律第三十七条の登録の申請をした場合において、その申請について登録又は登録の拒否の処分が行われることなく、その期間を経過したときは、その申請についてこれらの処分があるまでの間も、同項と同様とする。ただし、この法律の施行の日から起算して二年を経過したときは、この限りでない。
<sup>suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2</sup>
In the case where a person who may engage as a business in acts deemed to constitute funds transfer transactions under Article 2-2 of the New Payment Services Act pursuant to the preceding paragraph has applied for registration under Article 37 of the Payment Services Act by the day on which six months have elapsed from the day on which this Act comes into effect, and that period has elapsed without a disposition of registration or refusal of registration being made on the application, the same as under that paragraph applies until those dispositions are made on the application; provided, however, that this does not apply if two years have elapsed from the day on which this Act comes into effect.
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## Cites
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 資金決済に関する法律 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1: 附則第九条 → 資金決済に関する法律 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-5071-66/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-9
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1: 第二条の二 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二条の二 (Article 2-2), art-2-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2-2
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1: 資金決済に関する法律第三十七条 → 資金決済に関する法律 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-37
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1: 同法第四十条第一項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-40/par-1
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1: 銀行法（昭和五十六年法律第五十九号）第四条第一項 → 銀行法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-4/par-1
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1: 第四十七条第一項 → 銀行法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-47/par-1
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 資金決済に関する法律 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2: 新資金決済法第二条の二 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二条の二 (Article 2-2), art-2-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2-2
- suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2: 資金決済に関する法律第三十七条 → 資金決済に関する法律 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-37

## Cited by

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

- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第二条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-2/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第八条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/suppl-5071-66/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5071-66/art-8/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-20261012T054915-016, 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
