# 資金決済に関する法律 / Payment Services Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) — address `suppl-5011-28/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5011-28/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5011-28/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>suppl-5011-28/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5011-28/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5011-28/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧資金決済法第六十三条の二の登録を受けている者（附則第七条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされた旧資金決済法第六十三条の二の登録を受けた者を含む。）は、新資金決済法第六十三条の二の登録を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-1</sup>
A person who is actually registered under Article 63-2 of the Former Payment Services Act at the time this Act comes into effect (including a person who has obtained registration under Article 63-2 of the Former Payment Services Act, as to which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions) is deemed to have been registered under Article 63-2 of the New Payment Services Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  旧資金決済法第六十三条の四第一項の規定による仮想通貨交換業者登録簿は、新資金決済法第六十三条の四第一項の規定による暗号資産交換業者登録簿とみなす。
<sup>suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-2</sup>
The register of virtual currency exchange service providers under Article 63-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Payment Services Act is deemed to be the register of cryptoasset service providers under Article 63-4, paragraph (1) of the New Payment Services Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-1: 附則第七条 → 資金決済に関する法律 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-5011-28/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5011-28/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5011-28/art-7
- suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-1: 新資金決済法第六十三条の二 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の二 (Article 63-2), art-63-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-2
- suppl-5011-28/art-4/par-2: 新資金決済法第六十三条の四第一項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の四第一項 (Article 63-4, paragraph (1)), art-63-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-4/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第二条第一項（資金決済に関する法律の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5011-28/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5011-28/art-2/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch payment-services-act-20261012T054915-013, 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
