# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第六十一条 (Article 61)

- 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: 第六十一条 (Article 61)（廃止の届出等） — address `art-61`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61
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### 第六十一条（廃止の届出等） — (Notification of Discontinuation of Business)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61</sup>

  **第一項**  資金移動業者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、遅滞なく、内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-1</sup>
  If a funds transfer service provider falls under any of the following items, it must notify the Prime Minister to that effect without delay:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  資金移動業の全部又は一部を廃止したとき。
    <sup>art-61/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the funds transfer service provider discontinues all or part of the funds transfer service; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第五十九条第二項第二号に掲げるとき。
    <sup>art-61/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the funds transfer service provider falls under Article 59, paragraph (2), item (ii).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  資金移動業者が資金移動業の全部を廃止したときは、当該資金移動業者の第三十七条の登録は、その効力を失う。この場合において、当該資金移動業者であった者は、その行う為替取引に関し負担する債務の履行を完了する目的の範囲内においては、なお資金移動業者とみなす。
  <sup>art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-2</sup>
  If a funds transfer service provider discontinues all of the funds transfer service, the registration of the funds transfer service provider referred to in Article 37 ceases to be effective. In this case, a person who has been the funds transfer service provider is deemed to be a funds transfer service provider within the scope of the purpose of completing the performance of obligations borne by the service provider in relation to the funds transfer transactions carried out by it.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  資金移動業者は、資金移動業の全部又は一部を廃止しようとするときは、その日の三十日前までに、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を公告するとともに、全ての営業所の公衆の目につきやすい場所に掲示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-3</sup>
  When intending to discontinue all or part of the funds transfer services, a funds transfer service provider must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, give public notice to that effect and post a notice to that effect in a place easily seen by the public at all of its business offices at least thirty days prior to the relevant date.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  資金移動業者は、前項の規定による公告をしたときは、直ちに、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-4</sup>
  Having given public notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a funds transfer service provider must notify the Prime Minister to that effect immediately.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  資金移動業者は、第三項の規定による公告をした場合（事業譲渡、合併又は会社分割その他の事由により当該業務の承継に係る公告をした場合を除く。）には、廃止しようとする資金移動業として行う為替取引に関し負担する債務の履行を速やかに完了しなければならない。
  <sup>art-61/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-5</sup>
  Having given public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) (excluding cases where it has given public notice concerning the succession of the relevant business by way of transfer of business, merger or company split, or for other reasons) a funds transfer service provider must, promptly complete the performance of obligations that it has borne in relation to the funds transfer transactions carried out by it in the course of the funds transfer services that the service provider intends to discontinue.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  会社法第九百四十条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項の規定は、資金移動業者（外国資金移動業者を除く。）が電子公告（同法第二条第三十四号に規定する電子公告をいう。次項において同じ。）により第三項の規定による公告をする場合について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
  <sup>art-61/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-6</sup>
  The provisions of Article 940, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) and Article 940, paragraph (3) of the Companies Act applies mutatis mutandis to cases where a funds transfer service provider (excluding a foreign funds transfer service provider) gives public notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) by way of electronic public notice (meaning electronic public notice specified in Article 2, item (xxxiv) of that Act; the same applies in the following paragraph). In this case, any necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第七項**  会社法第九百四十条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項、第九百四十一条、第九百四十六条、第九百四十七条、第九百五十一条第二項、第九百五十三条並びに第九百五十五条の規定は、外国資金移動業者である資金移動業者が電子公告により第三項の規定による公告をする場合について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
  <sup>art-61/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-7</sup>
  The provisions of Article 940, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) and Article 940, paragraph (3), Article 941, Article 946, Article 947, Article 951, paragraph (2), Article 953, and Article 955 of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a funds transfer service provider that is a foreign funds transfer service provider gives public notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) by way of electronic public notice. In this case, any necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 940, (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) and Article 940, (3), Article 941, Article 946, Article 947, Article 951 (2), Article 953, and Article 955 of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a funds transfer service provider that is a foreign funds transfer service provider gives public notice under the provisions of paragraph (3) by way of electronic public notice. In this case, any necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4477/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-61/par-1/item-2: 第五十九条第二項第二号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第五十九条第二項第二号 (Article 59, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-59/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-59/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-59/par-2/item-2
- art-61/par-2: 第三十七条 → 資金決済に関する法律 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-37
- art-61/par-4: 前項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-3
- art-61/par-5: 第三項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-3
- art-61/par-6: 会社法第九百四十条第一項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項 (Article 940, paragraph (1)), art-940/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1
- art-61/par-6: 第一号 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第一号 (Article 940, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-940/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-1
- art-61/par-6: 第三項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第三項 (Article 940, paragraph (3)), art-940/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3
- art-61/par-6: 同法第二条第三十四号 → 会社法 第二条第一項第三十四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiv)), art-2/par-1/item-34 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-2/par-1/item-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-2/par-1/item-34
- art-61/par-6: 次項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第七項 (Article 61, paragraph (7)), art-61/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-7
- art-61/par-6: 第三項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-3
- art-61/par-7: 会社法第九百四十条第一項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項 (Article 940, paragraph (1)), art-940/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1
- art-61/par-7: 第一号 → 会社法 第九百四十条第一項第一号 (Article 940, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-940/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-1/item-1
- art-61/par-7: 第三項 → 会社法 第九百四十条第三項 (Article 940, paragraph (3)), art-940/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-940/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-940/par-3
- art-61/par-7: 第九百四十一条 → 会社法 第九百四十一条 (Article 941), art-941 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-941 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-941
- art-61/par-7: 第九百四十六条 → 会社法 第九百四十六条 (Article 946), art-946 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-946 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946
- art-61/par-7: 第九百四十七条 → 会社法 第九百四十七条 (Article 947), art-947 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-947 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-947
- art-61/par-7: 第九百五十一条第二項 → 会社法 第九百五十一条第二項 (Article 951, paragraph (2)), art-951/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-951/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-951/par-2
- art-61/par-7: 第九百五十三条 → 会社法 第九百五十三条 (Article 953), art-953 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-953 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-953
- art-61/par-7: 第九百五十五条 → 会社法 第九百五十五条 (Article 955), art-955 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955
- art-61/par-7: 第三項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-3

## Cited by

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- 会社法 第九百四十三条第一項第一号（欠格事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-943/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-943/par-1/item-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 第七条の七第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-7-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-7-7/par-1/item-2
- 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
- 資金決済に関する法律 第五十七条第一項（登録の抹消） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-57/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第四項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-4
- 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第五項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-5
- 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第六項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-6
- 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-7
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-109/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-109/par-1/item-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十四条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-114/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-114/par-1/item-3
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十六条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-116/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-116/par-1/item-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十六条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-116/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-116/par-1/item-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十六条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-116/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-116/par-1/item-3
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十七条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-117/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-117/par-1/item-1

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## Sources

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- 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
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