# 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
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- Provision: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) — address `suppl-5041-61/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第四条
<sup>suppl-5041-61/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5041-61/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5041-61/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に為替取引分析業（新資金決済法第二条第十八項に規定する為替取引分析業をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を行っている者は、施行日から起算して一年間（新資金決済法第六十三条の二十三の許可の申請をした場合において、当該期間内にその申請について不許可の処分があったときは、当該処分のあった日までの間）は、同条の規定にかかわらず、当該為替取引分析業を行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1</sup>
A person who is actually engaged in funds transfer transaction analysis services (meaning funds transfer transaction analysis services prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (18) of the New Payment Services Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) at the time this Act comes into effect may engage in those funds transfer transaction analysis services, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 63-23 of that Act, for one year counted from the effective date (or, if the person has filed an application for the license under that Article and a disposition denying the license has been made on the application within that period, until the day of that disposition).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により為替取引分析業を行うことができる者が施行日から起算して一年を経過する日までに新資金決済法第六十三条の二十三の許可の申請をした場合において、その期間を経過したときは、その申請について許可又は不許可の処分があるまでの間も、同項と同様とする。ただし、施行日から起算して二年を経過したときは、この限りでない。
<sup>suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-2</sup>
In the case where a person who may engage in funds transfer transaction analysis services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph files an application for the license under Article 63-23 of the New Payment Services Act by the day on which one year elapses counted from the effective date, and that period has elapsed, the same applies as in that paragraph until a disposition granting or denying the license is made on the application; provided, however, that this does not apply if two years have elapsed counted from the effective date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1: 新資金決済法第二条第十八項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第二条第二十一項 (Article 2, paragraph (21)), art-2/par-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-2/par-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2/par-21
- suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1: この条 → 資金決済に関する法律 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5041-61/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5041-61/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5041-61/art-4
- suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1: 新資金決済法第六十三条の二十三 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の二十三 (Article 63-23), art-63-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-23
- suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 資金決済に関する法律 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1
- suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-2: 新資金決済法第六十三条の二十三 → 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の二十三 (Article 63-23), art-63-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-23

## Cited by

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

- 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-5041-61/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-1
- 資金決済に関する法律 附則第四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/suppl-5041-61/art-4/par-2

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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-20261012T054915-015, 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
