# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の六十の三十八 (Article 52-60-38)

- Law: 銀行法 (Banking Act), 昭和五十六年法律第五十九号
- English title "Banking Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第五十二条の六十の三十八 (Article 52-60-38)（外国電子決済等取扱業者の勧誘の禁止） — address `art-52-60-38`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-60-38
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### 第五十二条の六十の三十八（外国電子決済等取扱業者の勧誘の禁止） — (Prohibition on Solicitation by Foreign Electronic Payment Handling Service Providers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-60-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-60-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-38</sup>

  **第一項**  第五十二条の六十の三の登録を受けていない外国電子決済等取扱業者は、国内にある者に対して、第二条第十七項各号に掲げる行為又はこれらに相当する行為の勧誘をしてはならない。
  <sup>art-52-60-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-60-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-38/par-1</sup>
  A foreign electronic payment handling service provider that has not obtained the registration referred to in Article 52-60-3 must not solicit a person in Japan for the actions set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (17) or actions equivalent to those actions.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52-60-38/par-1: 第五十二条の六十の三 → 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の三 (Article 52-60-3), art-52-60-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-60-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-3
- art-52-60-38/par-1: 第二条第十七項 → 銀行法 第二条第十七項 (Article 2, paragraph (17)), art-2/par-17 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-2/par-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-2/par-17

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 銀行法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/356AC0000000059/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Banking Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4498/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 銀行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11