# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第五十一条 (Article 51) - 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: 第五十一条 (Article 51)（利用者の保護等に関する措置） — address `art-51` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十一条（利用者の保護等に関する措置） — (Measures for Customer Protection) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51 **第一項** 資金移動業者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、銀行等が行う為替取引との誤認を防止するための説明、手数料その他の資金移動業に係る契約の内容についての情報の提供、利用者から受け入れた資金のうち為替取引に用いられることがないと認められるものを保有しないための措置その他の資金移動業の利用者の保護を図り、及び資金移動業の適正かつ確実な遂行を確保するために必要な措置を講じなければならない。 art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51/par-1 A funds transfer service provider must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, provide explanation to prevent users from mistaking its business for funds transfer transactions carried out by a Deposit-Taking Institution, and provide information about fees and other terms and conditions of contracts related to the funds transfer services and take measures not to hold part of funds received from users that is found unlikely to be used for funds transfer transactions or other measures necessary for protecting the users of funds transfer services and ensuring the proper and secure conduct of funds transfer services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 資金決済に関する法律 第三十七条の二第二項（特定信託会社に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-37-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-37-2/par-2 --- ## 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