# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第六十三条の九の三 (Article 63-9-3) - 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: 第六十三条の九の三 (Article 63-9-3)（禁止行為） — address `art-63-9-3` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十三条の九の三（禁止行為） — (Prohibited Acts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-63-9-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3 **第一項** 暗号資産交換業者又はその役員若しくは使用人は、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。 art-63-9-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1 A cryptoasset exchange service provider or its officer or employee must not engage in the following conduct: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 暗号資産交換業の利用者を相手方として第二条第十五項各号に掲げる行為を行うことを内容とする契約の締結又はその勧誘（第三号において「暗号資産交換契約の締結等」という。）をするに際し、虚偽の表示をし、又は暗号資産の性質その他内閣府令で定める事項（次号において「暗号資産の性質等」という。）についてその相手方を誤認させるような表示をする行為 art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1 when concluding a contract for engaging in any acts set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (15) with a user of cryptoasset exchange service that is a counterparty or soliciting the conclusion thereof (referred to as the "conclusion, etc. of a cryptoasset exchange contract" in item (iii)), make a false representation or other representation which may mislead the counterparty with regard to the characteristics of cryptoassets and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order (referred to as the "characteristics, etc. of cryptoassets" in the following item); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その行う暗号資産交換業に関して広告をするに際し、虚偽の表示をし、又は暗号資産の性質等について人を誤認させるような表示をする行為 art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 when placing an advertisement concerning the cryptoasset exchange service provided by it, give a false representation or other representation which may mislead people with regard to the characteristics, etc. of cryptoassets; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 暗号資産交換契約の締結等をするに際し、又はその行う暗号資産交換業に関して広告をするに際し、支払手段として利用する目的ではなく、専ら利益を図る目的で暗号資産の売買又は他の暗号資産との交換を行うことを助長するような表示をする行為 art-63-9-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-3 when concluding a cryptoasset exchange contract, etc. or lacing an advertisement concerning the cryptoasset exchange service provided by it, make a representation which may facilitate purchase and sale of a cryptoasset or exchange with another cryptoasset not for the purpose of using them as payment instruments but solely for making profits; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、暗号資産交換業の利用者の保護に欠け、又は暗号資産交換業の適正かつ確実な遂行に支障を及ぼすおそれがあるものとして内閣府令で定める行為 art-63-9-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-4 beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items, any conduct specified by Cabinet Office Order as being likely to weaken the protection of users of cryptoasset exchange services or hinder the provision of cryptoasset exchange services in a proper and steady manner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1: 第二条第十五項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二条第十五項 (Article 2, paragraph (15)), art-2/par-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-2/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2/par-15 - art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1: 第三号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二条第十五項第三号 (Article 2, paragraph (15), item (iii)), art-2/par-15/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-2/par-15/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2/par-15/item-3 - art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の九の三第一項第二号 (Article 63-9-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 - art-63-9-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の九の三第一項第一号 (Article 63-9-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1 - art-63-9-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の九の三第一項第二号 (Article 63-9-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-2 - art-63-9-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の九の三第一項第三号 (Article 63-9-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-63-9-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の九の三第一項第一号（禁止行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-1 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の九の三第一項第四号（禁止行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-9-3/par-1/item-4 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の二十二の十五第二項（金融商品取引法等の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-22-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-22-15/par-2 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百九条第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-109/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-109/par-1/item-11 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百十二条第一項第十四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-112/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-112/par-1/item-14 --- ## 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