If a business security deposit comes to fall short of the amount specified in Article 17, paragraph (1) because a person that holds the right referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article exercises that right, the licensed installment seller must deposit the shortfall without delay on or after the date on which it becomes aware of that fact.
If the amount that may be allocated for the repayment of an obligation arising from a contract for prepaid installment sales based on preservative measures for advances received comes to fall short of the base amount as of the base date immediately before the day on which the right referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is exercised, because a person that holds that right exercises it, the licensed installment seller that is taking those preservative measures for advances received must take a new preservative measure for advances received for the shortfall without delay on or after the day on which it becomes aware of that fact, and must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this in writing.
The provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2) and Article 17, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis when a deposit is made pursuant to paragraph (1), and the provisions of Article 18-4, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
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prepaid installment sales
「前払式割賦販売」
An installment sale (割賦販売) under Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) in which the seller receives all or part of the price of designated goods (指定商品) in two or more payments before delivering them — a business that needs a license from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (1)
licensed installment seller
「許可割賦販売業者」
A person licensed by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry under Article 11 to carry on prepaid installment sales (前払式割賦販売) as a business.
Short name set inArticle 15, paragraph (1), item (viii), (c)
base amount
「基準額」
Half the advance payments (前受金) a licensed installment seller (許可割賦販売業者) has received by a base date (基準日) under the contracts for prepaid installment sales (前払式割賦販売) then in force, less its business security deposit (営業保証金) on that date — the amount the measures to protect advance payments must be able to cover.
Short name set inArticle 18-3, paragraph (2)