In a case that falls under one of the following items, the violating representative, administrator, agent, employee, or other worker of a licensed installment seller, entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits, designated credit bureau, person that has obtained the license referred to in Article 35-3-61, or designated entrusted institution, is subject to punishment by a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした許可割賦販売業者、供託委託契約の受託者、指定信用情報機関、第三十五条の三の六十一の許可を受けた者又は指定受託機関の代表者、管理人、代理人、使用人その他の従業者は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
the person violates the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-62), or Article 35-3-62) in commencing operations in prepaid installment sales or specified prepaid transactions;
第十六条第三項（第十八条第二項（第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）又は第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反して前払式割賦販売又は前払式特定取引の営業を開始したとき。
the person violates the provisions of Article 18-3, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-62) in newly concluding a contract for prepaid installment sales or for specified prepaid transactions;
第十八条の三第一項（第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反して新たに前払式割賦販売又は前払式特定取引の契約を締結したとき。
the person fails to keep books, fails to enter a matter prescribed in Article 19-2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-62), makes a false entry, or fails to archive its books, in violation of the provisions of Article 19-2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-62);
第十九条の二（第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反して帳簿を備えず、第十九条の二（第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する事項の記載をせず、若しくは虚偽の記載をし、又は帳簿を保存しなかつたとき。
the person fails to make a business deposit for prepaid services, in violation of the provisions of Article 20-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-62);
第二十条の三第四項（第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反して前受業務保証金を供託しなかつたとき。
the person does other business, in violation of the provisions of the main clause of Article 35-3-41, paragraph (1);
第三十五条の三の四十一第一項本文の規定に違反して、他の業務を行つたとき。
the person fails to establish operational rules, does not obtain the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, or changes the operational rules without obtaining the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, in violation of the provisions of Article 35-3-43, paragraph (1);
第三十五条の三の四十三第一項の規定に違反して業務規程を定めず、若しくは経済産業大臣の認可を受けず、又は経済産業大臣の認可を受けずに業務規程の変更をしたとき。
the person fails to prepare or archive records pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-3-45 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-47, paragraph (4)), or prepares a false record;
第三十五条の三の四十五（第三十五条の三の四十七第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による記録の作成若しくは保存をせず、又は虚偽の記録を作成したとき。
the person fails to submit a report on its business activities or assets as under Article 35-3-51, paragraph (1), or submits a report on its business activities or assets which contains a false statement;
第三十五条の三の五十一第一項の規定による業務及び財産に関する報告書を提出せず、又は虚偽の記載をした業務及び財産に関する報告書を提出したとき。
the person violates the provisions of Article 35-3-53, paragraph (1);
第三十五条の三の五十三第一項の規定に違反したとき。
the person fails to submit the business plan referred to in Article 35-8, paragraph (1) or the business report referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article, or submits a false business plan or a business report that contains a false statement; or
第三十五条の八第一項の事業計画書若しくは同条第三項の事業報告書を提出せず、又は虚偽の記載をした事業計画書若しくは事業報告書を提出したとき。
the person violates the provisions of Article 35-9 in engaging in business other than services under entrustment.
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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
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)
contract on the entrustment of business deposits
「供託委託契約」
A contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services (前受業務保証金供託委託契約), made to protect the advance payments a licensed installment seller (許可割賦販売業者) has received, under which a bank, another financial institution a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, or a body the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry designates agrees to make a deposit (供託) on the seller's behalf in the cases Article 18-3, paragraph (3) sets out.
Short name set inArticle 18-3, paragraph (4)
designated credit bureau
「指定信用情報機関」
A body the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has designated under Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1) to collect specified credit information (特定信用情報) and provide it to comprehensive and individual credit purchase intermediaries.
Short name set inArticle 30-2, paragraph (3)
services under entrustment
「受託事業」
The business of acting as the entrusted party under contracts on the entrustment of business deposits (供託委託契約) made to protect advance payments (前受金保全措置) — the business for which the designation under Article 35-4 is applied for.
Short name set inArticle 35-4, paragraph (1)
designated entrusted institution
「指定受託機関」
A body designated under Article 18-3, paragraph (4) to act as the entrusted party under contracts on the entrustment of business deposits (供託委託契約) that protect the advance payments licensed installment sellers have received.
Short name set inArticle 35-5, paragraph (1), item (vii), (d)
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.