①If a seller or a service provider has violated any of the provisions of Article 16, Article 17, Article 18, paragraph (1), Article 19, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), Article 20, paragraph (1), or Article 21 or has engaged in any of the conduct listed in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and the competent minister finds that the conduct is likely to significantly prejudice the fairness of a transaction connected with a telemarketing sale and the interests of the purchaser or the service recipient or the seller or the service provider fails to follow the instructions under the provisions of that paragraph, the minister may order the seller or the service provider to suspend its business activities that are connected with telemarketing sales in whole or in part, during a specified period of no longer than two years. In this case, if the seller or the service provider is an individual, the minister may also prohibit the individual from becoming an officer in charge of the business activities of a corporation that engages in the business activities which fall within the scope of the suspension, for a period equal to the period of that suspension.

②If the competent minister orders suspension of business pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, and when the seller or the service provider is an individual and a specified associated corporation of them is found to conduct business activities equal to the scope of the business activities subject to the suspension, the minister may order the seller or the service provider to suspend the business activities conducted by the specified associated corporation for the period equal to the period of the suspension.

③Having issued an order under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.