When a person conducting a multilevel marketing undertaking has entered into a multilevel marketing contract in connection with the multilevel marketing undertaking, the counterparty to the multilevel marketing contract (limited to an individual who sells or arranges the sale of goods associated with that multilevel marketing or provides or arranges for providing services associated with that multilevel marketing undertaking, without using a store or similar facility; hereinafter referred to as a "multilevel marketing affiliate" in this Chapter) may cancel the multilevel marketing contract in writing or through electronic or magnetic records, except when 20 days have passed after the date on which the multilevel marketing affiliate received the document referred to in Article 37, paragraph (2) (or except when 20 days have passed since the date the goods were first delivered, if the specified burden under the multilevel marketing contract is the purchase of goods (excluding rights to use a facility or to be provided with services; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) for resale, and if the date of the first delivery of the goods that were purchased based on the multilevel marketing contract is after the date on which the multilevel marketing affiliate received the document; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) (if the multilevel marketing affiliate did not cancel the multilevel marketing contract under the provisions of this paragraph by that time limit because the multilevel marketing affiliate was under the misconception that information about canceling the multilevel marketing contract under the provisions of this paragraph that the orchestrator or the solicitor had misrepresented to the multilevel marketing affiliate, in violation of the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (1), or that the general multilevel marketing distributor had misrepresented to the multilevel marketing affiliate, in violation of Article 34, paragraph (2), was true, or because the multilevel marketing affiliate was overwhelmed due to the orchestrator's, the solicitor's, or the general multilevel marketing distributor's use of intimidation, in violation of the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (3), then except when 20 days have passed after the date on which the multilevel marketing affiliate received a document delivered to them by the orchestrator, the solicitor, or the general multilevel marketing distributor, pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, that contains a notice to the effect that the multilevel marketing affiliate may cancel the multilevel marketing contract pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph). In this case, the person engaged in multilevel marketing may not claim damages or demand the payment of any penalty in connection with the cancellation of the multilevel marketing contract.
連鎖販売業を行う者がその連鎖販売業に係る連鎖販売契約を締結した場合におけるその連鎖販売契約の相手方（その連鎖販売業に係る商品の販売若しくはそのあつせん又は役務の提供若しくはそのあつせんを店舗等によらないで行う個人に限る。以下この章において「連鎖販売加入者」という。）は、第三十七条第二項の書面を受領した日（その連鎖販売契約に係る特定負担が再販売をする商品（施設を利用し及び役務の提供を受ける権利を除く。以下この項において同じ。）の購入についてのものである場合において、その連鎖販売契約に基づき購入したその商品につき最初の引渡しを受けた日がその受領した日後であるときは、その引渡しを受けた日。次条第一項において同じ。）から起算して二十日を経過したとき（連鎖販売加入者が、統括者若しくは勧誘者が第三十四条第一項の規定に違反し若しくは一般連鎖販売業者が同条第二項の規定に違反してこの項の規定による連鎖販売契約の解除に関する事項につき不実のことを告げる行為をしたことにより当該告げられた内容が事実であるとの誤認をし、又は統括者、勧誘者若しくは一般連鎖販売業者が同条第三項の規定に違反して威迫したことにより困惑し、これらによつて当該期間を経過するまでにこの項の規定による連鎖販売契約の解除を行わなかつた場合には、当該連鎖販売加入者が、その連鎖販売業に係る統括者、勧誘者又は一般連鎖販売業者が主務省令で定めるところによりこの項の規定による当該連鎖販売契約の解除を行うことができる旨を記載して交付した書面を受領した日から起算して二十日を経過したとき）を除き、書面又は電磁的記録によりその連鎖販売契約の解除を行うことができる。この場合において、その連鎖販売業を行う者は、その連鎖販売契約の解除に伴う損害賠償又は違約金の支払を請求することができない。
The cancellation of a multilevel marketing contract as referred to in the preceding paragraph takes effect at the time the multilevel marketing affiliate states in writing or through electronic or magnetic records that the multilevel marketing affiliate is canceling the multilevel marketing contract.
If a multilevel marketing contract is canceled as referred to in paragraph (1), the person engaged in multilevel marketing bears the costs required for taking back any goods that have already been delivered under the multilevel marketing contract.
Any special provisions of a contract that run counter to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs and that are disadvantageous to the multilevel marketing affiliate are hereby invalidated.