Section 1 Secondhand Goods Dealers and Secondhand Goods Market Owners
第一節 古物商及び古物市場主
第三条(許可)
A person who intends to operate a business set forth in paragraph (2), item (i) or (ii) of the preceding Article must receive a permit from a Prefectural Public Safety Commission (hereinafter referred to as "Public Safety Commission").
第四条(許可の基準)
A Public Safety Commission must not grant a permit to a person who intends to receive a permit under the provisions of the preceding Article if the person falls under any of the following items:
a person who has not had their rights restored after receiving an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings;
破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者
a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, or who has been sentenced to a fine for the crime prescribed in Article 31 or the crime prescribed in Article 235, Article 247, Article 254, or Article 256, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907), for whom five years have not passed since the day that the execution of the sentence was completed or the person ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又は第三十一条に規定する罪若しくは刑法(明治四十年法律第四十五号)第二百三十五条、第二百四十七条、第二百五十四条若しくは第二百五十六条第二項に規定する罪を犯して罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることのなくなつた日から起算して五年を経過しない者
a person for whom there are sufficient reasonable grounds to believe that the person is likely to engage concertedly or habitually in violent unlawful conduct or other unlawful conduct constituting crimes provided for by National Public Safety Commission Rules;
集団的に、又は常習的に暴力的不法行為その他の罪に当たる違法な行為で国家公安委員会規則で定めるものを行うおそれがあると認めるに足りる相当な理由がある者
a person who has received an order under the provisions of Article 12 or Article 12-6 of the Act on Prevention of Unlawful Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991) or an instruction under the provisions of Article 12-4, paragraph (2) of the same Act, for which three years have not passed from the date they received the order or instruction;
暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律(平成三年法律第七十七号)第十二条若しくは第十二条の六の規定による命令又は同法第十二条の四第二項の規定による指示を受けた者であつて、当該命令又は指示を受けた日から起算して三年を経過しないもの
a person who has no fixed place of residence;
住居の定まらない者
a person whose secondhand goods business permit has been cancelled under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1), and for whom five years have not passed from the date of the cancellation (for a corporation, this includes the relevant corporation who held office as an executive officer within 60 days prior to the day on which a public notice of the date and place of the hearing relating to the cancellation was publicly given, and for whom five years have not passed from the date of the cancellation);
a person who has returned the permit under the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) during the period starting from the day on which public notice of the date and place of the hearing relating to the cancellation of the permit under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) was given, to the day on which the permit is cancelled or the day on which a decision to not cancel the permit is made (excluding persons for whom there are reasonable grounds for discontinuing the secondhand goods business) and for whom five years have not passed from the date of the return;
a person specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules as a person who is unable to properly conduct the business of a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner due to a mental or physical disorder;
a minor who does not have the same capacity as a person who has reached the age of majority with regards to the business; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the person is an heir of a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner, whose statutory agent does not fall under any of the preceding items or item (xi);
a person for whom there are reasonable grounds for not being permitted to appoint a manager listed Article 13, paragraph (1) for each place of business (or in the case of a person who does not have a place of business, domicile or residence of the person; the same applies hereinafter) or a secondhand goods market; or
a corporation where any of its officers falls under any of the items (i) through (viii).
法人で、その役員のうちに第一号から第八号までのいずれかに該当する者があるもの
Article 5Application Procedures and Issuance of Permit
第五条(許可の手続及び許可証)
A person who intends to receive a permit under the provisions of Article 3 must submit a written application for permission stating the following particulars to the Public Safety Commission that has jurisdiction over the location of the principal place of business of the person or the secondhand goods market. In this case, documents specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules must be attached to the written permit application.
name and domicile or residence, and in the case of a corporation, the name of its representative;
氏名又は名称及び住所又は居所並びに法人にあつては、その代表者の氏名
the name and location of the principal place of business or the secondhand goods market, or other place of business or secondhand goods market;
the category specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules relating to the secondhand goods to be handled at each place of business or secondhand goods market;
the name and address of the manager designated in Article 13, paragraph (1);
第十三条第一項の管理者の氏名及び住所
for a person who intends to operate the type of business set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), whether the person intends to engage in peddling (including setting up a temporary store (meaning a store temporarily established at a place other than the place of business, which can be easily relocated; the same applies hereinafter); the same applies hereinafter);
for a person who intends to operate the type of business set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), whether the person, as their method of business, will make information relating to the secondhand goods handled available for public inspection using an automated public transmission by connecting an electronic telecommunications line (meaning an automated transmission sent in response to a request from the public for the purpose of direct receipt by the public, excluding transmissions that fall under the category of broadcasting or cable broadcasting; the same applies hereinafter), and receive offers to transact by a means of communication specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules; and the letters, numbers, symbols, or other signs used for identifying the source of the automated public transmission of information relating to secondhand goods; and
in the case of a corporation, the names and addresses of its officers.
法人にあつては、その役員の氏名及び住所
When the Public Safety Commission grants a permit under the provisions of Article 3, it must issue a written permit.
When a permit is not granted under the provisions of Article 3, the Public Safety Commission must notify the applicant to that effect in writing, stating reasons.
If an issued permit is lost or destroyed, the person who received the permit must promptly notify the Public Safety Commission with jurisdiction over the location of the person's principal place of business or secondhand goods market to that effect, and receive a reissued permit.
Article 6Cancellation of Permits
第六条(許可の取消し)
The Public Safety Commission may cancel the permit granted to a person who has received a permit under the provisions of Article 3 if any of the following facts are found to apply to the person:
the person received the permit by deception or other wrongful means;
偽りその他不正の手段により許可を受けたこと。
the person has not commenced the business within six months of receiving the permit, or has continuously suspended the business for six months or longer and is not currently operating the business.
許可を受けてから六月以内に営業を開始せず、又は引き続き六月以上営業を休止し、現に営業を営んでいないこと。
The Public Safety Commission may, if the location of the place of business or secondhand goods market of a person who has received a permit under the provisions of Article 3 cannot be ascertained, or if the whereabouts of the person (or in the case of a corporation, the whereabouts of its officers) cannot be ascertained, give public notice of that fact under the provisions of the National Public Safety Commission Rules, and may cancel the permit when no request is received from the person within thirty days after the date of the public notice.
The provisions of Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to dispositions under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定による処分については、行政手続法(平成五年法律第八十八号)第三章の規定は、適用しない。