If a buyer has violated any of the provisions of Article 58-5, Article 58-6, Article 58-7, paragraph (1), Article 58-8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or Article 58-9 through Article 58-11-2 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 door-to-door purchase and the interests of the counterparty to a sales contract or the buyer fails to follow the instructions under the provisions of that paragraph, the minister may order the buyer to suspend those business activities that are connected with door-to-door purchases in whole or in part, during a specified period of no longer than two years. In this case, if the buyer 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、購入業者が第五十八条の五、第五十八条の六、第五十八条の七第一項、第五十八条の八第一項若しくは第二項若しくは第五十八条の九から第五十八条の十一の二まで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訪問購入に係る取引の公正及び売買契約の相手方の利益が著しく害されるおそれがあると認めるとき、又は購入業者が同項の規定による指示に従わないときは、その購入業者に対し、二年以内の期間を限り、訪問購入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、その購入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。
If the competent minister orders suspension of a business pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, and if the buyer is an individual and a specified associated corporation of them (meaning a corporation whose business management is substantially controlled by a buyer, or their officer or employee (including a person who was an officer or employee within one year 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) is found to conduct business activities equal to the business activities on the scope subject to the suspension, the minister may order the buyer to suspend the business activities conducted by the specified associated corporation for the period equal to the period of the suspension.
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。