# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46)

- 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46)（供託命令） — address `art-46`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-46
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### 第四十六条（供託命令） — (Order to Deposit)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-46</sup>

  **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、資金移動業の利用者の利益の保護のために必要があると認めるときは、次の各号に掲げる者に対し、当該各号に定める額の全部又は一部を供託すべき旨を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-46/par-1</sup>
  When the Prime Minister finds it necessary for the protection of the interests of users of funds transfer services, the Minister may order the persons set forth in the following items to deposit all or part of the amounts specified in those respective items.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  履行保証金保全契約を締結した資金移動業者又は当該履行保証金保全契約の相手方　保全金額
    <sup>art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-46/par-1/item-1</sup>
    a funds transfer service provider that has concluded a guarantee contract for security deposits for providing funds transfer services, or the counterparty to that guarantee contract for security deposits for providing funds transfer services: the secured amount;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  履行保証金信託契約を締結した資金移動業者又は当該履行保証金信託契約の相手方　履行保証金信託契約に基づき信託されている信託財産を換価した額
    <sup>art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-46/par-1/item-2</sup>
    a funds transfer service provider that has concluded a trust agreement for security deposits for providing funds transfer services, or the counterparty to that trust agreement for security deposits for providing funds transfer services: the amount realized from the trust property held in trust under the trust agreement for security deposits for providing funds transfer services;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  履行保証人債務引受契約を締結した資金移動業者又は当該履行保証人債務引受契約の相手方　履行保証人債務引受額
    <sup>art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-46/par-1/item-3</sup>
    a funds transfer service provider that has concluded a performance guarantor's debt assumption contract, or the counterparty to that performance guarantor's debt assumption contract: the performance guarantor's debt assumption amount;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **四**  その営む資金移動業に係る為替取引に関する債務について履行保証人保証契約が締結された資金移動業者又は当該履行保証人保証契約を締結した履行保証人適格者　履行保証人保証額
    <sup>art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-46/par-1/item-4</sup>
    a funds transfer service provider with respect to whose obligations in relation to funds transfer transactions pertaining to the funds transfer services that it provides a performance guarantor's guarantee contract has been concluded, or the person qualified as a performance guarantor that has concluded that performance guarantor's guarantee contract: the performance guarantor's guarantee amount;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **五**  履行保証金弁済信託契約を締結した資金移動業者又は当該履行保証金弁済信託契約の相手方　履行保証金弁済信託額（当該履行保証金弁済信託額が履行保証金弁済信託契約に基づき信託されている信託財産を換価した額を上回るときは、当該信託財産を換価した額）
    <sup>art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-46/par-1/item-5</sup>
    a funds transfer service provider that has concluded a trust agreement for repayment in place of security deposits for providing funds transfer services, or the counterparty to that trust agreement for repayment in place of security deposits for providing funds transfer services: the amount of the trust for repayment in place of security deposits (or, if that amount of the trust for repayment in place of security deposits exceeds the amount realized from the trust property held in trust under the trust agreement for repayment in place of security deposits for providing funds transfer services, the amount realized from that trust property).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 資金決済に関する法律 第百九条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-109/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-109/par-1/item-4

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch payment-services-act-20261012T054915-002, translated 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
