Supplementary Provisions
附 則
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Chapter IV come into effect on the date of promulgation, and the provisions of Article 30 come into effect on the day on which one year has elapsed from the date of promulgation.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月をこえない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、第四章の規定は、公布の日から、第三十条の規定は、公布の日から起算して一年を経過した日から施行する。
The provisions of Articles 5 and 6 do not apply to a contract for an installment sale concluded before becoming subject to the application of this Act.
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