# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第七条 (Article 7)

- 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（第三者型発行者の登録） — address `art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-7
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### 第七条（第三者型発行者の登録） — (Registration of Issuer of Prepaid Payment Instruments for Third-Party Business)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-7</sup>

  **第一項**  第三者型前払式支払手段の発行の業務は、内閣総理大臣の登録を受けた法人でなければ、行ってはならない。
  <sup>art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-7/par-1</sup>
  No person may engage in the business of issuing prepaid payment instruments for third-party business unless the person is a corporation who has been registered by the Prime Minister.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

21 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第三条第七項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-3/par-7
- 資金決済に関する法律 第八条第一項（登録の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-8/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第九条第一項（第三者型発行者登録簿） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-9/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第十条第一項第七号（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-10/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-10/par-1/item-7
- 資金決済に関する法律 第十条第一項第九号ホ（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-10/par-1/item-9/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-10/par-1/item-9/sub-5
- 資金決済に関する法律 第二十条第一項第二号（保有者に対する前払式支払手段の払戻し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-20/par-1/item-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第二十七条第一項（第三者型発行者に対する登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-27/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第二十七条第一項第二号（第三者型発行者に対する登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-27/par-1/item-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第二十七条第二項（第三者型発行者に対する登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-27/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第二十八条第一項（登録の抹消） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-28/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第三十三条第二項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-33/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第三十四条第一項（登録の取消し等に伴う債務の履行の完了等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-34/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百七条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-107/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-107/par-1/item-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百七条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-107/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-107/par-1/item-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-59/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-59/art-8/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-59/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-59/art-8/par-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-59/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-59/art-8/par-3
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-59/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-59/art-9/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-59/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-59/art-9/par-3
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5021-50/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5021-50/art-4/par-1

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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
- 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
