The term "multilevel marketing undertaking" as used in this Chapter and Article 58-21, paragraphs (1) and (3) and Article 67, paragraph (1) means the business of selling (including arranging for another person to sell) articles (including rights to use facilities or to be provided with services; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter and Chapter 5) or of providing (including arranging for another person to provide) services in exchange for payment, where a counterparty is induced to resell the articles that have been sold to them (hereinafter referred to as "goods" in this Chapter and Article 58-21, paragraph (1), item (i), (a)) ("resell" means purchasing the goods and then selling them; the same applies hereinafter), wherein a counterparty is induced to sell goods on consignment (meaning being consigned the goods and then selling them; the same applies hereinafter), where a counterparty is induced to arrange the sale of goods, where a counterparty is induced to provide the same kind of services (meaning providing the same kind of services that have been provided to them; the same applies hereinafter), or where a counterparty is induced to arrange for the services to be provided, using the possible receipt of a specified profit (meaning all or part of the transaction fees provided by another person who resells, sells on consignment, or arranges the sale of goods, all or part of the transaction fees provided by another person who provides the same kind of services or arranges for those services to be provided, and any other profits that satisfy the requirements specified by order of the competent ministry; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter and Article 58-21, paragraph (1), item (iv)), and where transactions that involve a specified burden (meaning the purchase of goods, payment of the consideration for services, or provision of a transaction fee; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter and Article 58-21, paragraph (1), item (iv)) are carried out with the counterparty to sell or arrange the sale of goods, or where transactions that involve a specified burden are carried out with the counterparty to provide or arrange the provision of the same type of services (the transactions include any change in the terms of a transaction; hereinafter referred to as "multilevel marketing transactions").
この章並びに第五十八条の二十一第一項及び第三項並びに第六十七条第一項において「連鎖販売業」とは、物品（施設を利用し又は役務の提供を受ける権利を含む。以下この章及び第五章において同じ。）の販売（そのあつせんを含む。）又は有償で行う役務の提供（そのあつせんを含む。）の事業であつて、販売の目的物たる物品（以下この章及び第五十八条の二十一第一項第一号イにおいて「商品」という。）の再販売（販売の相手方が商品を買い受けて販売することをいう。以下同じ。）、受託販売（販売の委託を受けて商品を販売することをいう。以下同じ。）若しくは販売のあつせんをする者又は同種役務の提供（その役務と同一の種類の役務の提供をすることをいう。以下同じ。）若しくはその役務の提供のあつせんをする者を特定利益（その商品の再販売、受託販売若しくは販売のあつせんをする他の者又は同種役務の提供若しくはその役務の提供のあつせんをする他の者が提供する取引料その他の主務省令で定める要件に該当する利益の全部又は一部をいう。以下この章及び第五十八条の二十一第一項第四号において同じ。）を収受し得ることをもつて誘引し、その者と特定負担（その商品の購入若しくはその役務の対価の支払又は取引料の提供をいう。以下この章及び第五十八条の二十一第一項第四号において同じ。）を伴うその商品の販売若しくはそのあつせん又は同種役務の提供若しくはその役務の提供のあつせんに係る取引（その取引条件の変更を含む。以下「連鎖販売取引」という。）をするものをいう。
The term "orchestrator" as used in this Chapter and Article 58-21, Article 58-26, paragraph (1), Article 66, paragraph (1), and Article 67, paragraph (1) means the person materially orchestrating a set of related multilevel marketing undertakings, which includes the orchestrator attaching its own trademark to the multilevel marketing goods or causing its own trade name or other specified indication to be used for providing services in connection with multilevel marketing undertakings, stipulating the terms and conditions of multilevel marketing transactions, and continuously guiding the operations of persons carrying on multilevel marketing undertakings.
The term "transaction fee" as used in this Chapter means a transaction fee, a membership fee, a security deposit, or other money or goods provided at the time a transaction is carried out or upon changing the terms of a transaction, irrespective of the name given to it.
この章において「取引料」とは、取引料、加盟料、保証金その他いかなる名義をもつてするかを問わず、取引をするに際し、又は取引条件を変更するに際し提供される金品をいう。