Article 20Filing Notification of a Business Transfer and Approval of a Business Transfer
第二十条（事業の譲渡の届出及び認可等）
If a corporation that is a qualified consumer organization transfers the entirety of its business involving services related to the right to demand an injunction to another corporation that is a qualified consumer organization, the transferee succeeds to the status that the transferor held as a qualified consumer organization under this Act.
A corporation, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, which has succeeded to the status that the transferor held as a qualified consumer organization under this Act, must notify the Prime Minister to that effect without delay.
If a corporation that is a qualified consumer organization transfers the entirety of its business involving services related to the right to demand an injunction to another corporation that is not a qualified consumer organization, the transferee succeeds to the status that the transferor held as a qualified consumer organization under this Act, only if the Prime Minister has approved the transfer.
A corporation that is a qualified consumer organization and a corporation that is not a qualified consumer organization that are both seeking the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph must jointly apply to the Prime Minister for the approval during the period from 60 to 90 days before the date of the transfer (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "approval application period"); provided, however, that this does not apply if the organization cannot apply for the approval during the approval application period due to a disaster or other compelling reasons.
If a person has applied for the approval as referred to in the preceding paragraph but the application is not processed by the date of the transfer, the transferee is deemed to succeed to the status that the transferor held as a qualified consumer organization under this Act, until the application is processed.
The provisions of Article 13 (excluding paragraph (1)), Article 14, Article 15, and Article 16, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in paragraph (3).
If a corporation that is a qualified consumer organization transfers the entirety of its business involving services related to the right to demand an injunction to another corporation that is not a qualified consumer organization, but does not apply for the approval referred to in paragraph (4), it must file a notification to that effect with the Prime Minister by the date of the transfer.
If a person has filed a notification as provided under paragraph (2) or the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister is to issue public notice to that effect pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.