# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22)

- 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（帳簿書類） — address `art-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-22
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-22
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### 第二十二条（帳簿書類） — (Books and Documents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-22</sup>

  **第一項**  前払式支払手段発行者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その前払式支払手段の発行の業務に関する帳簿書類を作成し、これを保存しなければならない。
  <sup>art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-22/par-1</sup>
  An issuer of prepaid payment instruments must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, prepare and maintain the books of accounts and documents on its business of issuing prepaid payment instruments.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十二条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-112/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-112/par-1/item-5

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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