Private Lodging Business Act
住宅宿泊事業法
Contents
Read it chapter by chapter; the first chapter follows below. Or read the whole law on one page.
- Chapter I General Provisions第一章 総則Articles 1–2 · 2
- Chapter II Private Lodging Business第二章 住宅宿泊事業Articles 3–21 · 19
- Chapter III Private Lodging Management Business第三章 住宅宿泊管理業Articles 22–45 · 24
- Chapter IV Private Lodging Intermediary Business第四章 住宅宿泊仲介業Articles 46–67 · 22
- Chapter V Miscellaneous Provisions第五章 雑則Articles 68–71 · 4
- Chapter VI Penal Provisions第六章 罰則Articles 72–79 · 8
Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 総則
第一条（目的）
The purpose of this Act is to secure the proper operation of private lodging businesses, private lodging management businesses, and private lodging intermediary businesses by persons running them, and to facilitate the visits and stays of domestic and foreign tourists while fulfilling their need for lodging in a proper manner, thereby contributing to the stabilization and improvement of the lives of the people and the development of the national economy, through taking measures for establishing a notification system for persons running private lodging businesses and a registration system for persons running private lodging management businesses and private lodging intermediary businesses, in view of the situation surrounding tourists' lodging in Japan.
第二条（定義）
The term "residence" as used in this Act means a residence that meets all of the following requirements:
この法律において「住宅」とは、次の各号に掲げる要件のいずれにも該当する家屋をいう。
it has a kitchen, bathrooms, toilets, washroom facilities and other facilities specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for using the relevant residence as a living place; and
当該家屋内に台所、浴室、便所、洗面設備その他の当該家屋を生活の本拠として使用するために必要なものとして国土交通省令・厚生労働省令で定める設備が設けられていること。
it is a residence that is currently used as a person's home, a residence for which a new tenant is being sought after the expiry of the previous tenant's lease, or any other residence that is found to be used for human habitation, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
現に人の生活の本拠として使用されている家屋、従前の入居者の賃貸借の期間の満了後新たな入居者の募集が行われている家屋その他の家屋であって、人の居住の用に供されていると認められるものとして国土交通省令・厚生労働省令で定めるものに該当すること。
The term "lodging" as used in this Act means using facilities while using their bedding.
この法律において「宿泊」とは、寝具を使用して施設を利用することをいう。
The term "private lodging business" as used in this Act means a business in which a person other than a business operator prescribed in Article 3-2, paragraph (1) of the Hotel Business Act (Act No. 138 of 1948) accommodates persons in a residence for a room charge, and the number of days calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare as the number of days for accommodating persons does not exceed 180 days in a year.
この法律において「住宅宿泊事業」とは、旅館業法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十八号）第三条の二第一項に規定する営業者以外の者が宿泊料を受けて住宅に人を宿泊させる事業であって、人を宿泊させる日数として国土交通省令・厚生労働省令で定めるところにより算定した日数が一年間で百八十日を超えないものをいう。
The term "private lodging business operator" as used in this Act means a person that runs a private lodging business by submitting a notification referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article.
The term "private lodging management services" as used in this Act means the services under Articles 5 through 10 and services that maintain a notified residence (meaning a residence subject to notification referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article; the same applies hereinafter) necessary for the proper implementation of a private lodging business.
この法律において「住宅宿泊管理業務」とは、第五条から第十条までの規定による業務及び住宅宿泊事業の適切な実施のために必要な届出住宅（次条第一項の届出に係る住宅をいう。以下同じ。）の維持保全に関する業務をいう。
The term "private lodging management business" as used in this Act means a business that is entrusted under Article 11, paragraph (1) by a private lodging business operator to provide private lodging management services for remuneration.
The term "private lodging manager" as used in this Act means a person that has received registration referred to in Article 22, paragraph (1) and runs a private lodging management business.
The term "private lodging intermediary services" as used in this Act means the following acts:
この法律において「住宅宿泊仲介業務」とは、次に掲げる行為をいう。
acting as an agent for lodgers in concluding a contract for, or acting as their intermediary or broker for being provided with lodging services in a notified residence; and
acting as an agent for a private lodging business operator in concluding a contract for the provision of lodging services to a lodger in a notified residence, or acting as their intermediary for the provision of those services.
The term "private lodging intermediary business" as used in this Act means a business in which a person other than a travel agent prescribed in Article 6-4, paragraph (1) of the Travel Agency Act (Act No. 239 of 1952) (simply referred to as a "travel agent" in Articles 12 and 67) performs the acts listed in the items of the preceding paragraph for remuneration.
The term "private lodging intermediary" as used in this Act means a person that has received registration referred to in Article 46, paragraph (1) and runs a private lodging intermediary business.