# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第七十六条 (Article 76)

- 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: 第七十六条 (Article 76)（定款又は業務方法書の変更の認可） — address `art-76`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-76
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-76
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### 第七十六条（定款又は業務方法書の変更の認可） — (Authorization of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Business Rules)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-76</sup>

  **第一項**  資金清算機関は、定款又は業務方法書を変更しようとするときは、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。
  <sup>art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-76/par-1</sup>
  When a clearing institution for interbank funds transfer intends to amend the articles of incorporation or business rules, it must obtain the authorization from the Prime Minister.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十四条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-114/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-114/par-1/item-8

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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
