# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)

- 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
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- Provision: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)（認定資金決済事業者協会に係る経過措置） — address `suppl-4211-59/art-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-59/art-16
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### 第十六条（認定資金決済事業者協会に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Certified Associations for Payment Service Providers
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4211-59/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-59/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-59/art-16</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現にその名称又は商号中に、認定資金決済事業者協会又は認定資金決済事業者協会の会員であると誤認されるおそれのある文字を用いている者については、第八十九条第二項及び第三項の規定は、この法律の施行後六月間は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4211-59/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-4211-59/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-4211-59/art-16/par-1</sup>
With regard to a person that, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually using in its name or trade name characters likely to be mistaken for a certified association for payment service providers or a member of a certified association for payment service providers, the provisions of Article 89, paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply for six months after this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4211-59/art-16/par-1: 第八十九条第二項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第八十九条第二項 (Article 89, paragraph (2)), art-89/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-89/par-2
- suppl-4211-59/art-16/par-1: 第三項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第八十九条第三項 (Article 89, paragraph (3)), art-89/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-89/par-3

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch payment-services-act-20261012T054915-011, translated 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
