# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第百十八条 (Article 118)

- 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: 第百十八条 (Article 118) — address `art-118`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-118
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### 第百十八条
<sup>art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-118</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、十万円以下の過料に処する。
<sup>art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-118/par-1</sup>
Any person who falls under any of the following items is subject to a civil fine of not more than one hundred thousand yen:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第十四条第二項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者
  <sup>art-118/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-118/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-118/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who fails to make a notification under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (2) or makes a false notification; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第八十九条第二項の規定に違反して、その名称中に認定資金決済事業者協会と誤認されるおそれのある文字を用いた者
  <sup>art-118/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-118/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-118/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person who, in violation of the provisions of Article 89, paragraph (2), uses certain wording in its name which is likely to mislead the public into believing that the person is a certified association for payment service providers.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-118/par-1/item-1: 第十四条第二項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第十四条第二項 (Article 14, paragraph (2)), art-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-14/par-2
- art-118/par-1/item-2: 第八十九条第二項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第八十九条第二項 (Article 89, paragraph (2)), art-89/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-89/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
- 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