Article 1The facility use rights specified by Cabinet Order in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii), sub-item (a) of the Act on Deposit Transactions (Act No. 62 of 1986; hereinafter referred to as the "Act") means the rights described below:

Article 2Those who are specified by Cabinet Order in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act means banks, the Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd., the Norinchukin Bank, shinkin banks, the Federation of Shinkin Banks, labor banks, the Rokinren Bank, credit cooperatives, the Federation of Cooperatives that conducts the business described in Article 9-9, item (i) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act (Act No. 181 of 1949), agricultural cooperatives and federations of agricultural cooperatives that conduct the business described in Article 10, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act (Act No. 132 of 1947), the fisheries cooperatives that conduct the business described in Article 11, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Fishery Cooperatives Act (Act No. 242 of 1948), federations of fisheries cooperatives that conduct the business described in Article 87, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Fishery Cooperatives Act, fishery processing cooperatives that conduct the business described in Article 93, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Fishery Cooperatives Act, federations of fishery processing cooperatives that conducts the business described in Article 97, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Fishery Cooperatives Act, the financial instruments business operators provided in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948) (limited to those who conduct Type I financial instruments business provided in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act), the securities finance companies provided in Article 2, paragraph (30) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, issuers of prepaid payment instruments provided in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Payment Services Act (Act No. 59 of 2009), and exchange service providers provided in paragraph (16) of the same Article.

Article 3(1)The consent pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be received by the customer or depositor in writing or through a means specified by Cabinet Office Order using an electronic data processing system or other information and communication technology (referred to as "documents, etc." in the following paragraph) after the depository service provider indicates the type and details of the electronic or magnetic means used for the provision to the customer or depositor related to the consent through electronic or magnetic means pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph in advance and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order,

(2)When a customer or depositor related to the consent states in documents or other materials that it refuses to receive the information through electronic or magnetic means pursuant to Article 3, paragraph (3) of the Act, even if the consent in the preceding paragraph has been obtained, the depository service provider must not provide the information through the electronic or magnetic means; provided, however, that this does not apply when the customer or depositor grants the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph again after the statement is made.

(3)When the depository service provider has delivered the matters specified in Article 3, paragraph (4) of the Act to the depositor through electronic or magnetic means pursuant to the paragraph, the depository service provider is to confirm whether or not the matters are recorded in a file on a computer used by the depositor or the inspection of the matters is hindered through a means specified by Cabinet Office Order.

Article 4The matters specified by Cabinet Order in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following matters:

Article 5The employee as specified by Cabinet Order as set forth in Article 20, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act refers to the following persons:

Article 6A corporation as specified by Cabinet Order as set forth in Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Act refers to, in the case that a depository service provider or its officer (including a person who was an officer within one year prior to the date of the order pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act) or its employee (meaning an employee as prescribed in the preceding Article; including a person who was an employee within one year prior to the date of the order pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act) can have a material influence on the finance and operation or business policy of any other corporation, the other corporation as specified by Cabinet Office Order.

Article 7(1)The authority specified by Cabinet Order in Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act means those under the provisions of Article 9, paragraphs (1), (2), and (5), Article 11 (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (3) of the Act), Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 13, Article 14, paragraphs (2) and (4), Article 16, paragraph (1), Article 28, and Article 30 of the Act (the authority under the Article are limited to those related to the Minister of State).

(2)Authority that is delegated to the Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act and that is set forth in Article 18, paragraph (1), Articles 19 through 21, and Article 24, paragraph (1) is delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry having jurisdiction over the area in which business concerning deposit transactions conducted by a depository service provider or a closely related person or business concerning the sales of goods or specified rights that are the subject of a deposit transaction is conducted; provided, however, that this does not preclude the Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency from personally exercising that authority.