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Article 47Suspension of Business Activities of the Service Provider

第四十七条(役務提供事業者等に対する業務の停止等)

If a service provider or a seller has violated any of the provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 43, 44, or 45 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 the provision of a specified continuous service and the interests of the service recipient or purchaser or the service provider or the seller fails to follow the instructions under the provisions of that paragraph, the minister may order the service provider or the seller to suspend its business activities that are connected with the provision of specified continuous services in whole or in part, during a specified period of no longer than two years. In this case, if the service provider or the seller is an individual, the minister may also prohibit the individual from becoming an officer in charge of business activities that are subject to the suspension at a corporation that engages in those business activities for a period equal to the period of the suspension.

主務大臣は、役務提供事業者又は販売業者が第四十二条第一項から第三項まで、第四十三条、第四十四条若しくは第四十五条の規定に違反し若しくは前条第一項各号に掲げる行為をした場合において特定継続的役務提供に係る取引の公正及び特定継続的役務提供受領者等の利益が著しく害されるおそれがあると認めるとき、又は役務提供事業者若しくは販売業者が同項の規定による指示に従わないときは、その役務提供事業者又は販売業者に対し、二年以内の期間を限り、特定継続的役務提供に関する業務の全部又は一部を停止すべきことを命ずることができる。この場合において、主務大臣は、その役務提供事業者又は販売業者が個人である場合にあつては、その者に対して、当該停止を命ずる期間と同一の期間を定めて、当該停止を命ずる範囲の業務を営む法人の当該業務を担当する役員となることの禁止を併せて命ずることができる。

When the competent minister orders suspension of a business pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, and when the service provider or seller is an individual and a specified associated corporation of them (meaning a corporation whose business management is substantially controlled by a service provider or seller, or an officer or employee of them (including a person who was officer or employee within a one-year period before the date of the order; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the next Article) and other corporations specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (2), item (i) of the Article) and is found to conduct business activities equal to the business activities on the scope subject to the suspension, the minister may order the service provider or seller to suspend the business activities conducted by the specified associated corporation for the period equal to the period of the suspension.

主務大臣は、前項前段の規定により業務の停止を命ずる場合において、当該役務提供事業者又は当該販売業者が個人であり、かつ、その特定関係法人(役務提供事業者若しくは販売業者又はその役員若しくはその使用人(当該命令の日前一年以内において役員又は使用人であつた者を含む。次条第二項において同じ。)が事業経営を実質的に支配する法人その他の政令で定める法人をいう。以下この項及び同条第二項第一号において同じ。)において、当該停止を命ずる範囲の業務と同一の業務を行つていると認められるときは、当該役務提供事業者又は当該販売業者に対して、当該停止を命ずる期間と同一の期間を定めて、その特定関係法人で行つている当該同一の業務を停止すべきことを命ずることができる。

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

主務大臣は、前二項の規定による命令をしたときは、その旨を公表しなければならない。

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