Chapter III-3 Designated Entrusted Institutions
第三章の三 指定受託機関
第三十五条の四（指定）
A designation as referred to in Article 18-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article) (referred to below as a "designation" in this Chapter) is accorded at the application of a person seeking to engage in the services with which it is entrusted under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits as a preservative measure for advances received (referred to below as "services under entrustment").
A person seeking designation must submit an application to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry stating the following matters:
指定を受けようとする者は、次の事項を記載した申請書を経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。
its trade name;
商号
the names and locations of its principal business office and other business offices; and
本店その他の営業所の名称及び所在地
its amount of stated capital and the names of its officers.
資本金の額及び役員の氏名
The articles of incorporation, a statement of business methods, the business plan, the general conditions of the contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services, and the documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry must accompany the application referred to in the preceding paragraph.
前項の申請書には、定款、業務方法書、事業計画書、前受業務保証金供託委託契約約款その他経済産業省令で定める書類を添付しなければならない。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation have been created in the form of an electronic or magnetic record, the electronic or magnetic record (limited to one as specified by Order of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) may accompany the application in lieu of a paper document.
Article 35-5Designation Standards
第三十五条の五（指定の基準）
If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds a person applying for designation to fall under one of the following items, the minister must not accord that person the designation:
経済産業大臣は、指定を申請した者が次の各号のいずれかに該当すると認めるときは、その指定をしてはならない。
a person that is not a stock company with a stated capital of at least 50,000,000 yen;
資本金の額が五千万円以上の株式会社でない者
a person other than one stated in the preceding item, but which does not have a sufficient financial basis to soundly perform the services under entrustment which it seeks to perform;
a person whose articles of incorporation, business method, or business plan is in violation of laws and regulations, or is not sufficient for ensuring proper business operations;
定款の規定又は業務方法書若しくは事業計画書の内容が法令に違反し、又は事業の適正な運営を確保するのに十分でない者
a person with general conditions in its contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services which do not conform to the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry;
前受業務保証金供託委託契約約款の内容が経済産業省令で定める基準に適合しない者
a person whose designation has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-14, paragraph (2), if three years have not yet passed since the date of the rescission;
第三十五条の十四第二項の規定により指定を取り消され、その取消しの日から三年を経過しない者
a person that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if three years have not yet passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; or
この法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から三年を経過しない者
a person with an officer that falls under one of the following:
役員のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある者
a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as being unable to cope with the execution of their duties due to a mental or physical disorder;
心身の故障のため職務を適正に執行することができない者として経済産業省令で定める者
a person that has not had rights restored after receiving a ruling of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings;
破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者
a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment or a person that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if three years have not yet passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; or
拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又はこの法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から三年を経過しない者
a person that, during the 30 days before the relevant disposition, was the officer of a person accorded a designation (referred to below as a "designated entrusted institution"), whose designation has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-14, paragraph (2), if three years have not yet passed since the date of the disposition.
指定を受けた者（以下「指定受託機関」という。）が第三十五条の十四第二項の規定により指定を取り消された場合において、その処分のあつた日前三十日以内にその指定受託機関の役員であつた者で、その処分のあつた日から三年を経過しないもの
Article 35-6Notification of a Change
第三十五条の六（変更の届出）
If there is any change to a matter stated in one of the items of Article 35-4, paragraph (2), a matter stated or recorded in the articles of incorporation, a business method, or the general conditions of a contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services, the designated entrusted institution must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this without delay.
指定受託機関は、第三十五条の四第二項各号の事項又は定款、業務方法書若しくは前受業務保証金供託委託契約約款に記載し、若しくは記録した事項について変更があつたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
Article 35-7Notification of Discontinuation
第三十五条の七（廃止の届出）
If a designated entrusted institution discontinues services under entrustment, it must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this without delay.
If a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is filed, the designation ceases to be valid.
Article 35-8Submission of a Business Plan
第三十五条の八（事業計画書等の提出）
Before the commencement of each business year, a designated entrusted institution must prepare and submit a business plan for the relevant business year to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
指定受託機関は、毎事業年度開始前に、その事業年度の事業計画書を作成し、経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。
If a designated entrusted institution changes a matter stated in the business plan, it must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this without delay.
指定受託機関は、事業計画書に記載した事項を変更したときは、遅滞なく、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
Within three months after the end of each business year, a designated entrusted institution must prepare and submit a business report for the relevant business year to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
指定受託機関は、毎事業年度経過後三月以内に、その事業年度の事業報告書を作成し、経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。
Article 35-9Restriction on Concurrent Business
第三十五条の九（兼業の制限）
A designated entrusted institution must not engage in any business other than services under entrustment; provided, however, that this does not apply if its performance of business other than services under entrustment is found to carry no risk of compromising the appropriate performance of services under entrustment, and it obtains the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Article 35-10Recording of Liability Reserves
第三十五条の十（責任準備金の計上）
If there are unexpired contracts on the entrustment of business deposits at the end of a business year, the designated entrusted institution must record liability reserves for each business year in whichever is the highest of the amounts prescribed in the following items:
the amount that corresponds to all commission for the remaining period of the contract terms of the contracts on the entrustment of business deposits; or
当該供託委託契約の契約期間のうちまだ経過していない期間に対応する委託手数料の総額に相当する金額
the amount that corresponds to the balance of all commission received during the business year less the sum total of business deposits for prepaid services deposited pursuant to the contracts on the entrustment of business deposits which entail commission (excluding income from the entrusting party through the depositing of business deposits for prepaid services), deposit reserves that must be set aside due to contracts on the entrustment of business deposits which entail commission, and the total business costs for the business year.
当該事業年度において受領した委託手数料の総額から当該委託手数料に係る供託委託契約に基づいて供託した前受業務保証金（当該前受業務保証金の供託による委託者からの収入金を除く。）、当該委託手数料に係る供託委託契約のために積み立てるべき供託備金及び当該事業年度の事業費の合計額を控除した残額に相当する金額
Article 35-11Setting Aside of Deposit Reserves
第三十五条の十一（供託備金の積立て）
In each accounting period in which there is an amount of money as stated in one of the following items, the designated entrusted institution must set aside the amount stated in that item as a deposit reserve:
指定受託機関は、決算期ごとに、次の各号の一に掲げる金額がある場合においては、供託備金として当該各号に掲げる金額を積み立てなければならない。
any amount of money out of a business deposit for prepaid services that is to be deposited based on a contract on the entrustment of business deposits, but which has not been deposited by the accounting period;
供託委託契約に基づいて供託すべき前受業務保証金の額のうちに決算期までにその供託が終わらないものがある場合においては、その金額
any amount of money it is found must be deposited, in a case in which a duty to make a business deposit for prepaid services is deemed to have arisen based on a contract on the entrustment of business deposits; or
供託委託契約に基づいて供託する義務が生じたと認められる前受業務保証金の額がある場合においては、その供託すべきものと認められる金額
any amount of money not yet deposited due to a pending lawsuit involving a business deposit for prepaid services.
現に前受業務保証金の額について訴訟が係属しているために供託していないものがある場合においては、その金額
Article 35-12Funds for Services Under Entrustment
第三十五条の十二（受託事業基金）
A designated entrusted institution must establish funds for services under entrustment pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation.
指定受託機関は、定款の定めるところにより、受託事業基金を設けなければならない。
If liability reserves are not sufficient to enable a designated entrusted institution to make a business deposit for prepaid services, it may use funds for services under entrustment, but only if these are allocated to cover business deposits for prepaid services.
指定受託機関は、責任準備金をもつて前受業務保証金を供託することができない場合においては、当該前受業務保証金の供託に充てる場合に限り、受託事業基金を使用することができる。
Article 35-13Improvement Orders
第三十五条の十三（改善命令）
If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds that a designated entrusted institution falls under the provisions of one of Article 35-5, items (ii) through (iv), the minister may order the designated entrusted institution to take the necessary measures to improve its financial condition or business operations.
経済産業大臣は、指定受託機関が第三十五条の五第二号から第四号までの規定に該当することとなつたと認めるときは、当該指定受託機関に対し、財産の状況又はその事業の運営を改善するため必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
Article 35-14Rescission of Designation
第三十五条の十四（指定の取消し等）
If a designated entrusted institution fails to commence services under entrustment within six months from the day of its designation or suspends services under entrustment for six consecutive months or longer, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may rescind its designation.
If a designated entrusted institution falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may rescind its designation or order the suspension of all or part of the services under entrustment during a fixed period of no longer than six months:
it violates the provisions of this Act;
この法律の規定に違反したとき。
it comes to fall under the provisions of one of Article 35-5, item (i), (vi), or (vii);
第三十五条の五第一号、第六号又は第七号の規定に該当することとなつたとき。
it violates an order under the provisions of the preceding Article;
前条の規定による命令に違反したとき。
it violates a disposition of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry based on the provisions of this Act, beyond what is stated in the preceding item; or
前号に掲げるもののほか、この法律の規定に基づく経済産業大臣の処分に違反したとき。
it has obtained the designation by wrongful means.
不正の手段により指定を受けたとき。
Article 35-15Delegation to Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
第三十五条の十五（経済産業省令への委任）
Beyond what is specified in this Chapter, the necessary matters relevant to the designation and to the services, finances, and accounting of a designated entrusted institution, are specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
electronic or magnetic record
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 12, paragraph (3)
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)
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)
designation
「指定」
In Chapter III-3, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry's designation under Article 18-3, paragraph (4) (also as it applies to specified prepaid transactions (前払式特定取引)) of a body that may act as the entrusted party under contracts on the entrustment of business deposits (供託委託契約), granted on the application of one that seeks to carry on that business.
Short name set inArticle 35-4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
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)
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
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.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.