# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第五十一条の二 (Article 51-2) - 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: 第五十一条の二 (Article 51-2)（第一種資金移動業に関し負担する債務の制限） — address `art-51-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51-2 - 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. --- ### 第五十一条の二（第一種資金移動業に関し負担する債務の制限） — (Restrictions on Obligations to be Borne in Relation to Type I Funds Transfer Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51-2 **第一項** 資金移動業者（第一種資金移動業を営む者に限る。次項において同じ。）は、第一種資金移動業の各利用者に対し、移動する資金の額、資金を移動する日その他の内閣府令で定める事項が明らかでない為替取引（第一種資金移動業に係るものに限る。同項において同じ。）に関する債務を負担してはならない。 art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51-2/par-1 A funds transfer service provider (limited to a person providing type I funds transfer services; the same applies in the following paragraph) must not bear obligations in relation to funds transfer transactions (limited to funds transfer transactions pertaining to type I funds transfer services; the same applies in the following paragraph) for which the amount of funds to be transferred, the day on which the funds are transferred, and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order are not clear to users of type I funds transfer services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 資金移動業者は、資金の移動に関する事務を処理するために必要な期間その他の内閣府令で定める期間を超えて為替取引に関する債務を負担してはならない。 art-51-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51-2/par-2 A funds transfer service provider must not bear obligations in relation to funds transfer transactions beyond the period necessary for processing the transfer of funds or another period specified by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51-2/par-1: 次項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十一条の二第二項 (Article 51-2, paragraph (2)), art-51-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51-2/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 資金決済に関する法律 第五十一条の二第一項（第一種資金移動業に関し負担する債務の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-51-2/par-1 --- ## 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