# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第三十六条 (Article 36)

- 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: 第三十六条 (Article 36)（外国において発行される前払式支払手段の勧誘の禁止） — address `art-36`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-36
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-36
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### 第三十六条（外国において発行される前払式支払手段の勧誘の禁止） — (Prohibition on Solicitation of Prepaid Payment Instruments Issued in Foreign Countries)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-36</sup>

  **第一項**  外国において前払式支払手段の発行の業務を行う者は、国内にある者に対して、その外国において発行する前払式支払手段の勧誘をしてはならない。
  <sup>art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-36/par-1</sup>
  A person conducting the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments in a foreign state must not solicit a person in Japan for prepaid payment instruments issued by the person in the foreign state.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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