# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24) - 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（立入検査等） — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十四条（立入検査等） — (On-Site Inspections) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、前払式支払手段発行者の発行の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するために必要があると認めるときは、当該前払式支払手段発行者に対し当該前払式支払手段発行者の業務若しくは財産に関し参考となるべき報告若しくは資料の提出を命じ、又は当該職員に当該前払式支払手段発行者の営業所、事務所その他の施設に立ち入らせ、その業務若しくは財産の状況に関して質問させ、若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24/par-1 If the Prime Minister finds it necessary for ensuring sound and appropriate management of the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments of an issuer of prepaid payment instruments, the Minister may order the issuer of prepaid payment instruments to submit reports or materials that can be used as reference for its business or property, or have officials enter the business office, office or other facility of that issuer of prepaid payment instruments, ask questions about the status of its business or property or inspect its books and documents or other items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前払式支払手段発行者の発行の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するため特に必要があると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該前払式支払手段発行者から業務の委託を受けた者（その者から委託（二以上の段階にわたる委託を含む。）を受けた者を含む。以下この条及び第三十二条において同じ。）に対し当該前払式支払手段発行者の業務若しくは財産に関し参考となるべき報告若しくは資料の提出を命じ、又は当該職員に当該前払式支払手段発行者から業務の委託を受けた者の施設に立ち入らせ、当該前払式支払手段発行者の業務若しくは財産の状況に関して質問させ、若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24/par-2 When the Prime Minister finds it particularly necessary for ensuring sound and appropriate management of the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments of an issuer of prepaid payment instruments, the Minister may order a person to whom business has been entrusted by the issuer of prepaid payment instruments (including persons to whom the business has been entrusted by the entrusted person (including those under multi-tier entrustment arrangements); hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 32) to submit reports or materials that can be used as reference for the business or property of the issuer of prepaid payment instruments, or have officials enter the facility of a person to whom business has been entrusted by the issuer of prepaid payment instruments, ask questions about the status of the business or property of the issuer of prepaid payment instruments or inspect its books and documents or other items, to the extent necessary for the Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の前払式支払手段発行者から業務の委託を受けた者は、正当な理由があるときは、同項の規定による報告若しくは資料の提出又は質問若しくは検査を拒むことができる。 art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24/par-3 A person to whom business has been entrusted by an issuer of prepaid payment instruments referred to in the preceding paragraph may, if there are reasonable grounds, refuse to submit reports or materials, or to respond to the inquiry or the inspection under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-24/par-2: この条 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24 - art-24/par-2: 第三十二条 → 資金決済に関する法律 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-32 - art-24/par-3: 前項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 資金決済に関する法律 第二十四条第二項（立入検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24/par-2 - 資金決済に関する法律 第二十四条第三項（立入検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-24/par-3 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百二条第一項（検査職員の証明書の携帯） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-102/par-1 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百十二条第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-112/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-112/par-1/item-7 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百十二条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-112/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-112/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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