Installment Sales Act
割賦販売法
Contents
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- Chapter I General Provisions第一章 総則Articles 1–2 · 2
- Chapter II Installment Sales第二章 割賦販売Articles 3–29 · 37
- Chapter II-2 Loan-Affiliated Installment Sales第二章の二 ローン提携販売Articles 29-2–29-4 · 3
- Chapter III Intermediation of Credit Purchases第三章 信用購入あつせん
- Section 1 Intermediation of Comprehensive Credit Purchases第一節 包括信用購入あつせんArticles 30–35-3 · 42
- Section 2 Intermediation of Individual Credit Purchases第二節 個別信用購入あつせんArticles 35-3-2–35-3-35 · 34
- Section 3 Designated Credit Bureaus第三節 指定信用情報機関Articles 35-3-36–35-3-59 · 24
- Section 4 Exclusion from Application第四節 適用除外Article 35-3-60
- Chapter III-2 Specified Prepaid Transactions第三章の二 前払式特定取引Articles 35-3-61–35-3-62 · 2
- Chapter III-3 Designated Entrusted Institutions第三章の三 指定受託機関Articles 35-4–35-15 · 12
- Chapter III-4 Proper Management of Credit Card Numbers第三章の四 クレジットカード番号等の適切な管理等Articles 35-16–35-17-15 · 16
- Chapter III-5 Certified Installment Sales Association第三章の五 認定割賦販売協会Articles 35-18–35-24 · 7
- Chapter IV Miscellaneous Provisions第四章 雑則Articles 36–48 · 17
- Chapter V Penal Provisions第五章 罰則Articles 49–55-3 · 17
Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 総則
Article 1Purpose and Operational Considerations
第一条(目的及び運用上の配慮)
The purpose of this Act is to protect the interests of purchasers and to achieve a smooth distribution of goods and the smooth provision of services, as well as to promote the sound development of dealings in installment sales, by taking the necessary measures to ensure the fairness of dealings in installment sales, etc., to prevent damages that purchasers suffer, and to ensure the proper management, etc. of credit card numbers, so as to contribute to the development of the national economy.
この法律は、割賦販売等に係る取引の公正の確保、購入者等が受けることのある損害の防止及びクレジットカード番号等の適切な管理等に必要な措置を講ずることにより、割賦販売等に係る取引の健全な発達を図るとともに、購入者等の利益を保護し、あわせて商品等の流通及び役務の提供を円滑にし、もつて国民経済の発展に寄与することを目的とする。
In the application of this Act, due consideration must be given to the stability and development of small and medium-sized commercial enterprises with dealings in installment sales.
この法律の運用にあたつては、割賦販売等を行なう中小商業者の事業の安定及び振興に留意しなければならない。
第二条(定義)
The term "installment sale" as used in this Act means the following:
この法律において「割賦販売」とは、次に掲げるものをいう。
the sale of a designated good or designated right or the provision of a designated service, on the condition that the cost of the good or right is received from the purchaser, or consideration for the services to be received from the service recipient, in three or more installments over a period of two or more months (this includes the condition that after the purchaser or service recipient makes deposits of money in three or more installments over a period of two or more months with the bank or other person in the business of accepting deposits that is designated by the seller or person in the business of providing services (referred to below as a "service provider" in this Act), the seller or service provider receives payment for the good or right or consideration for the service out of that deposit); and
the sale of a designated good or designated right or the provision of a designated service, after issuing or granting a card or other object, or a number, symbol, or other code that a person can present, indicate, or trade in, in order to purchase goods or rights or receive paid services (referred to below as a "card, etc." in this paragraph, the following paragraph, the following Article and Article 29-2), to a person seeking to purchase goods or rights or receive services using such a card, etc. (referred to below as a "user" in this paragraph, the following paragraph, the following Article, Article 4-2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29-4, paragraph (1)), Article 29-2, and Article 38), on the condition that an amount of money arrived at by a predetermined method of calculation based on the total cost of the goods or rights the user is sold or consideration for services the user receives when presenting, indicating, or trading in the card, etc., is received from the user at regular, predetermined intervals.
それを提示し若しくは通知して、又はそれと引換えに、商品若しくは権利を購入し、又は有償で役務の提供を受けることができるカードその他の物又は番号、記号その他の符号(以下この項及び次項、次条並びに第二十九条の二において「カード等」という。)をこれにより商品若しくは権利を購入しようとする者又は役務の提供を受けようとする者(以下この項及び次項、次条、第四条の二(第二十九条の四第一項において準用する場合を含む。)、第二十九条の二並びに第三十八条において「利用者」という。)に交付し又は付与し、あらかじめ定められた時期ごとに、そのカード等の提示若しくは通知を受けて、又はそれと引換えに当該利用者に販売した商品若しくは権利の代金又は当該利用者に提供する役務の対価の合計額を基礎としてあらかじめ定められた方法により算定して得た金額を当該利用者から受領することを条件として、指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売し又は指定役務を提供すること。
The term "loan-affiliated installment sale" as used in this Act means the following:
この法律において「ローン提携販売」とは、次に掲げるものをいう。
the sale of a designated good or designated right or the provision of a designated service, after issuing or granting a card, etc. to a user and guaranteeing the obligations of the purchaser or service recipient (this includes requesting a person that provides guarantees in the course of trade to guarantee the obligations) in respect of a monetary loan that is made in order to cover the cost of goods or rights the user purchases or the consideration for services the user receives when presenting, indicating, or trading in the card, etc., on the condition that the loan be repaid in three or more installments over a period of two or more months; and
the sale of a designated good or designated right or the provision of a designated service upon having a card, etc. presented, indicated, or traded in, after having issued or granted that card, etc. to the user and guaranteed the obligations of the user (this includes requesting a person that provides guarantees in the course of trade to guarantee the obligations) in respect of a monetary loan that is made in order to cover the cost of goods or rights the user purchases or the consideration for the services the user receives when presenting, indicating, or trading in the card, etc., on the condition that the user pay back an amount of money arrived at by a predetermined method of calculation based on the total amount of the loan, at regular, predetermined intervals.
The term "intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases" as used in this Act means the following:
この法律において「包括信用購入あつせん」とは、次に掲げるものをいう。
issuing or granting a card or other object or a number, symbol, or other code that a person can present, indicate, or trade in, in order to purchase goods or rights from a specific seller or receive paid services from a specific service provider (referred to below as "card, etc." in this paragraph, the following paragraph, Section 1 of Chapter III and Article 35-16), to a person seeking to purchase goods or rights or receive services using such a card, etc. (referred to below as a "user" in this paragraph, that Section, Section 3 of that Chapter, that Article, Section 2 of Chapter III-4, Article 41 and Article 41-2), and then delivering an amount that corresponds to the cost of goods or rights or the consideration for services to the seller or a service provider (including delivering such an amount to the seller or a service provider through a person other than that seller or a service provider) and receiving an amount that corresponds to that cost or consideration from the user by a predetermined date (excluding the receipt of such an amount by a predetermined date that is shorter than two months from when the user contracts to purchase the goods or rights from the seller or to receive the services from the service provider) when the user presents, indicates, or trades in that card, etc. to purchase goods or rights from a specific seller or to receive services from a specific service provider; and
それを提示し若しくは通知して、又はそれと引換えに、特定の販売業者から商品若しくは権利を購入し、又は特定の役務提供事業者から有償で役務の提供を受けることができるカードその他の物又は番号、記号その他の符号(以下この項及び次項、第三章第一節並びに第三十五条の十六において「カード等」という。)をこれにより商品若しくは権利を購入しようとする者又は役務の提供を受けようとする者(以下この項、同節、同章第三節、同条、第三章の四第二節、第四十一条及び第四十一条の二において「利用者」という。)に交付し又は付与し、当該利用者がそのカード等を提示し若しくは通知して、又はそれと引換えに特定の販売業者から商品若しくは権利を購入し、又は特定の役務提供事業者から役務の提供を受けるときは、当該販売業者又は当該役務提供事業者に当該商品若しくは当該権利の代金又は当該役務の対価に相当する額の交付(当該販売業者又は当該役務提供事業者以外の者を通じた当該販売業者又は当該役務提供事業者への交付を含む。)をするとともに、当該利用者から当該代金又は当該対価に相当する額をあらかじめ定められた時期までに受領すること(当該利用者が当該販売業者から商品若しくは権利を購入する契約を締結し、又は当該役務提供事業者から役務の提供を受ける契約を締結した時から二月を超えない範囲内においてあらかじめ定められた時期までに受領することを除く。)。
issuing or granting a card, etc. to a user, and then delivering an amount that corresponds to the cost of goods or rights or the consideration for services to the seller or a service provider (this includes delivering such an amount to the seller or a service provider through a person other than that seller or a service provider) and receiving an amount of money arrived at by a predetermined method of calculation based on the total cost of the goods or rights or consideration for the services from the user, at regular, predetermined intervals, when the user presents, indicates, or trades in that card, etc. to purchase goods or rights from a specific seller or to receive services from a specific service provider.
The term "intermediation of individual credit purchase" as used in this Act means delivering all or part of the amount of money corresponding to the cost of goods or designated rights or consideration for services to a specific seller or a specific service provider (including delivering such an amount to the seller or service provider through a person other than that seller or service provider) on the condition that the specific seller sell goods or designated rights to the purchaser or that the specific service provider provide services to the service recipient without a card, etc. being used, and receiving that amount of money from the purchaser or service recipient by a predetermined date (excluding the receipt of such an amount by a predetermined date that is shorter than two months from when the purchaser or service recipient contracts to purchase the goods or rights from the seller or receive the services from the service provider).
この法律において「個別信用購入あつせん」とは、カード等を利用することなく、特定の販売業者が行う購入者への商品若しくは指定権利の販売又は特定の役務提供事業者が行う役務の提供を受ける者への役務の提供を条件として、当該商品若しくは当該指定権利の代金又は当該役務の対価の全部又は一部に相当する金額の当該販売業者又は当該役務提供事業者への交付(当該販売業者又は当該役務提供事業者以外の者を通じた当該販売業者又は当該役務提供事業者への交付を含む。)をするとともに、当該購入者又は当該役務の提供を受ける者からあらかじめ定められた時期までに当該金額を受領すること(当該購入者又は当該役務の提供を受ける者が当該販売業者から商品若しくは指定権利を購入する契約を締結し、又は当該役務提供事業者から役務の提供を受ける契約を締結した時から二月を超えない範囲内においてあらかじめ定められた時期までに受領することを除く。)をいう。
The term "designated good" as used in this Act means a good specified by Cabinet Order that it is befitting to sell under standardized terms and conditions; the term "designated right" means a right specified by Cabinet Order, constituting the right to use a facility or receive services, which is sold in a transaction that arises in the everyday lives of the people; and, except for in the following paragraph, Article 35-3-61, Article 35-3-62, Article 41, and Article 41-2, the term "designated service" means a service specified by Cabinet Order, which is provided for consideration in a transaction that arises in the everyday lives of the people.
この法律において「指定商品」とは、定型的な条件で販売するのに適する商品であつて政令で定めるものをいい、「指定権利」とは、施設を利用し又は役務の提供を受ける権利のうち国民の日常生活に係る取引において販売されるものであつて政令で定めるものをいい、「指定役務」とは、次項、第三十五条の三の六十一、第三十五条の三の六十二、第四十一条及び第四十一条の二を除き、国民の日常生活に係る取引において有償で提供される役務であつて政令で定めるものをいう。
The term a "specified prepaid transaction" as used in this Act means one of the transactions stated in the following items, for which, before the delivery of the goods or the provision of the services that are prescribed by Cabinet Order (referred to below as "designated services" in this paragraph, Article 35-3-61, Article 35-3-62, Article 41, and Article 41-2) to the person prescribed in the relevant item, all or part of the cost of the goods or consideration for the designated services is received from the person in three or more installments over a period of two or more months:
この法律において「前払式特定取引」とは、次の各号に掲げる取引で、当該各号に定める者に対する商品の引渡し又は政令で定める役務(以下この項、第三十五条の三の六十一、第三十五条の三の六十二、第四十一条及び第四十一条の二において「指定役務」という。)の提供に先立つてその者から当該商品の代金又は当該指定役務の対価の全部又は一部を二月以上の期間にわたり、かつ、三回以上に分割して受領するものをいう。
brokerage for a purchase and sale of goods:the purchaser; or
商品の売買の取次ぎ 購入者
the provision of designated services, brokerage for a person to provide designated services, or brokerage for a person to receive designated services:the recipient of the designated services.
指定役務の提供又は指定役務の提供をすること若しくは指定役務の提供を受けることの取次ぎ 当該指定役務の提供を受ける者
installment sale
「割賦販売」
Selling designated goods or rights (指定商品, 指定権利), or providing designated services (指定役務), either on terms that the price is received over two months or more in three or more payments (including out of deposits the buyer makes with a bank the seller names), or to a user given a card or similar means (カード等) on terms that the user pays, at set intervals, an amount worked out by a set method from the total bought.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
service provider
「役務提供事業者」
A person engaged in the business of providing services (役務).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)
card, etc.
「カード等」
In the installment sales (割賦販売) rules, a card or other object, or a number, symbol or other code, that a seller gives a user and that the user can present, quote or hand over to buy goods or rights or receive services for payment, paying later in amounts worked out at set intervals from the total bought.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 2, paragraph (2); and Articles 3 and 29-2
loan-affiliated installment sale
「ローン提携販売」
Selling designated goods or rights (指定商品, 指定権利), or providing designated services (指定役務), to a user who has been given a card or similar means (カード等) and borrows the price, with the seller guaranteeing the user's loan (or having a professional guarantor do so), where the loan is repaid over two months or more in three or more installments, or in amounts worked out at set intervals from the total borrowed.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases
「包括信用購入あつせん」
Giving a user a card or similar means (カード等) — a card, number or code — with which the user can buy goods or rights from particular sellers, or receive services from particular service providers, then paying the seller or provider and collecting the amount from the user later: either by a set date more than two months after the purchase contract, or in amounts worked out at set intervals from the total bought.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
card, etc.
「カード等」
In the rules on the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases (包括信用購入あつせん), a card or other object, or a number, symbol or other code, that a user is given and can present, quote or hand over to buy goods or rights from particular sellers, or receive services from particular service providers, for payment — a credit card or its number, for example.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (3), item (i)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 2, paragraph (4); Article 35-16; and Chapter 3, Section 1
user
「利用者」
In Article 2, paragraph (3) and the provisions it names (among them Sections 1 and 3 of Chapter III), a person who is given a card or similar means (カード等) to buy goods or rights from particular sellers, or receive services from particular service providers, through the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases (包括信用購入あつせん).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (3), item (i)· applies only in this paragraph
intermediation of individual credit purchase
「個別信用購入あつせん」
Without using a card or similar means (カード等), paying a particular seller or service provider all or part of the price of goods, designated rights (指定権利) or services it sells or provides to a purchaser, and collecting that amount from the purchaser by set dates — except where it is all collected by a set date within two months of the purchase contract.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (4)· applies throughout the law
designated good
「指定商品」
Goods suited to being sold on standard terms that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (5)· applies throughout the law
designated service
「指定役務」
Except in Article 2, paragraph (6), Articles 35-3-61 and 35-3-62, and Articles 41 and 41-2, services provided for payment in transactions of people's everyday lives that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (5)
designated right
「指定権利」
A right to use facilities or to receive services, sold in transactions of people's everyday lives, that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (5)
specified prepaid transaction
「前払式特定取引」
Acting as an intermediary in the purchase of goods (商品の売買の取次ぎ), or providing, or acting as an intermediary for, services a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, where all or part of the price is received from the purchaser or service recipient in three or more installments over two months or more before the goods are delivered or the services provided.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (6)· applies throughout the law
designated services
「指定役務」
In Article 2, paragraph (6), Articles 35-3-61 and 35-3-62, and Articles 41 and 41-2, the services a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies for specified prepaid transactions (前払式特定取引).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (6)· applies only in this paragraph and in Articles 35-3-61, 35-3-62, 41 and 41-2