第五十四条の四
Except in the following cases, a person comprehensively entrusted with all of the business activities listed in the items of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article by a person engaged in business opportunity sales (a person so entrusted is hereinafter referred to as a "contractor entrusted with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions" in this Chapter, Article 66, paragraph (6) and Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iv)) must not send email advertising business opportunity sales transactions for the business opportunity sales transactions that are connected with the business opportunity sales that are carried out by the person engaged in business opportunity sales that has entrusted the contractor with those business activities (hereinafter referred to as the "party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions" in this Article) without the consent of the advertising target:
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者から前条第五項各号に掲げる業務の全てにつき一括して委託を受けた者（以下この章並びに第六十六条第六項及び第六十七条第一項第四号において「業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者」という。）は、次に掲げる場合を除き、当該業務を委託した業務提供誘引販売業を行う者（以下この条において「業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者」という。）が行うその業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引について、その相手方となる者の承諾を得ないで業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をしてはならない。
when sending email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions of a party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions based on the request of the advertising target; and
相手方となる者の請求に基づき、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をするとき。
beyond what is stated in the preceding item, when sending email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions of a party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions in cases specified by order of the competent ministry as cases that are found to be unlikely to prejudice the interests of the target of the email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions of the party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions.
前号に掲げるもののほか、通常業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告の提供を受ける者の利益を損なうおそれがないと認められる場合として主務省令で定める場合において、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をするとき。
The provisions of paragraphs (2) through (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions of a party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions, by a contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions. In this case, the phrase "paragraph (1), item (ii)" in paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1), item (ii) of the following Article".
前条第二項から第四項までの規定は、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者による業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項及び第四項中「第一項第二号」とあるのは、「次条第一項第二号」と読み替えるものとする。
Article 55Delivery of Documents in Business Opportunity Sales Transactions
第五十五条（業務提供誘引販売取引における書面の交付）
When a person engaged in business opportunity sales seeks to enter into a contract concerning a specified burden involved in its business opportunity sales transactions with a person seeking to bear that specified burden (limited to an individual who engages in business activities that are provided or arranged in connection with those business opportunity sales, without using a place of business or similar facility), pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, the person engaged in business opportunity sales must deliver a document containing an outline of the business opportunity sales to that person seeking to bear that specified burden, before entering into the contract.
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、その業務提供誘引販売取引に伴う特定負担をしようとする者（その業務提供誘引販売業に関して提供され、又はあつせんされる業務を事業所等によらないで行う個人に限る。）とその特定負担についての契約を締結しようとするときは、その契約を締結するまでに、主務省令で定めるところにより、その業務提供誘引販売業の概要について記載した書面をその者に交付しなければならない。
If a person engaged in business opportunity sales has entered into a contract for a business opportunity sales transaction connected with business opportunity sales (hereinafter referred to as a "business opportunity sales contract" in this Chapter), and the counterparty to the business opportunity sales contract is an individual who engages in business activities that are provided or arranged in connection with those business opportunity sales, without using a place of business or similar facility, pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, the person engaged in business opportunity sales must deliver a document containing the details of the business opportunity sales contract with respect to the following information to that person seeking to bear that specified burden, without delay:
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引についての契約（以下この章において「業務提供誘引販売契約」という。）を締結した場合において、その業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方がその業務提供誘引販売業に関して提供され、又はあつせんされる業務を事業所等によらないで行う個人であるときは、遅滞なく、主務省令で定めるところにより、次の事項についてその業務提供誘引販売契約の内容を明らかにする書面をその者に交付しなければならない。
the type of goods (excluding rights to use a facility or to be provided with services) and their performance or quality, or the type of services, rights to use a facility, or rights to be provided with services, and the details thereof;
商品（施設を利用し及び役務の提供を受ける権利を除く。）の種類及びその性能若しくは品質又は施設を利用し若しくは役務の提供を受ける権利若しくは役務の種類及びこれらの内容に関する事項
information about the conditions under which the business activities that use the goods or the services being provided are provided;
商品若しくは提供される役務を利用する業務の提供又はあつせんについての条件に関する事項
information about the specified burden involved in the business opportunity sales transactions;
当該業務提供誘引販売取引に伴う特定負担に関する事項
information about canceling the business opportunity sales contract (including information under the provisions of Article 58, paragraphs (1) through (3)); and
当該業務提供誘引販売契約の解除に関する事項（第五十八条第一項から第三項までの規定に関する事項を含む。）
information specified by order of the competent ministry, beyond what is stated in the preceding items.
In place of the delivery in writing under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, a person engaged in business opportunity sales may provide the information that should be described in the documents by an electronic or magnetic means, after gaining the consent of a person who seeks to bear the specified burden or of a counterparty to the business opportunity sales contract, pursuant to Cabinet Order. In this case, the person engaged in business opportunity sales is deemed to have delivered the documents.
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、前二項の規定による書面の交付に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、当該業務提供誘引販売取引に伴う特定負担をしようとする者又は当該業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方の承諾を得て、当該書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供することができる。この場合において、当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、当該書面を交付したものとみなす。
The provision of information that should be described in documents under paragraph (2) as specified in the first sentence of the previous paragraph through electronic or magnetic means (excluding means specified by order of the competent ministry) is deemed to have been made to the counterparty to the business opportunity sales contract when the information is recorded in a file stored on the computer used by the counterparty to the business opportunity sales contract.
前項前段の規定による第二項の書面に記載すべき事項の電磁的方法（主務省令で定める方法を除く。）による提供は、当該業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルへの記録がされた時に当該業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方に到達したものとみなす。
第五十六条（指示等）
If a person engaging in business opportunity sales has violated any of the provisions of Articles 51-2, 52, 53, 54, and 54-3 (excluding paragraph (5)), or Article 55, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or has engaged in any of the following conduct, and the competent minister finds that the conduct is likely to prejudice the fairness of a transaction connected with business opportunity sales and the interests of the counterparty to them, the minister may instruct the person engaging in business opportunity sales to take measures for correcting the violation or conduct, measures for protecting the interests of the counterparty to business opportunity sales transactions, and any other necessary measures:
refusing to perform or unjustifiably delaying the performance of the obligations under the business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales or the obligations that occur through the cancellation of that contract in whole or in part;
その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売契約に基づく債務又はその解除によつて生ずる債務の全部又は一部の履行を拒否し、又は不当に遅延させること。
soliciting a person to enter into a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales (limited to a contract with an individual who engages in business activities that are provided or arranged in connection with those business opportunity sales, without using a place of business or similar facility; hereinafter the same applies in the following item) by providing conclusive evaluations that would likely cause a person to mistakenly believe that the business opportunity sales transactions connected with the business opportunity sales are sure to generate a profit;
その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引につき利益を生ずることが確実であると誤解させるべき断定的判断を提供してその業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売契約（その業務提供誘引販売業に関して提供され、又はあつせんされる業務を事業所等によらないで行う個人との契約に限る。次号において同じ。）の締結について勧誘をすること。
soliciting a person who has indicated an unwillingness to enter into a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales to enter into the contract, in a way that the person feels is a nuisance; and
その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売契約を締結しない旨の意思を表示している者に対し、当該業務提供誘引販売契約の締結について迷惑を覚えさせるような仕方で勧誘をすること。
beyond what is stated in the preceding three items, conduct in connection with a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales, which is specified by order of the competent ministry as being likely to prejudice the fairness of business opportunity sales transactions and the interests of the counterparty to them.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売契約に関する行為であつて、業務提供誘引販売取引の公正及び業務提供誘引販売取引の相手方の利益を害するおそれがあるものとして主務省令で定めるもの
If a contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions has violated any of the provisions of Article 54-4, paragraph (1) or Article 54-3, paragraphs (2) through (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 54-4, paragraph (2), and the competent minister finds that the conduct is likely to prejudice the fairness of business opportunity sales transactions or the interests of the counterparty to them, the minister may instruct the contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions to take any necessary measures.
主務大臣は、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者が第五十四条の四第一項又は同条第二項において準用する第五十四条の三第二項から第四項までの規定に違反した場合において、業務提供誘引販売取引の公正及び業務提供誘引販売取引の相手方の利益が害されるおそれがあると認めるときは、その業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者に対し、必要な措置をとるべきことを指示することができる。
Having given an instruction under the provisions of paragraph (1), the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.
Having given an instruction under the provisions of paragraph (2), the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.
第五十七条（業務提供誘引販売業を行う者に対する業務提供誘引販売取引の停止等）
If a person engaged in business opportunity sales has violated any of the provisions of Articles 51-2, 52, 53, 54, and 54-3 (excluding paragraph (5)), or Article 55, paragraph (1) or (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 business opportunity sales transactions or the interests of the counterparty to them, or the person engaged in business opportunity sales fails to follow the instructions under the provisions of that paragraph, the minister may order the person engaged in business opportunity sales to suspend the business opportunity sales transactions that are connected with business opportunity sales in whole or in part, during a specified period of no longer than two years. In the case, if the person engaged in business opportunity sales is an individual, the minister may also prohibit the individual from becoming an officer in charge of business activities related to business opportunity sales transactions that are subject to the suspension at a corporation that engages in those business activities for a period equal to the period of that suspension.
主務大臣は、業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が第五十一条の二、第五十二条、第五十三条、第五十四条、第五十四条の三（第五項を除く。）若しくは第五十五条第一項若しくは第二項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業務提供誘引販売取引の公正及び業務提供誘引販売取引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、又は業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が同項の規定による指示に従わないときは、その業務提供誘引販売業を行う者に対し、二年以内の期間を限り、当該業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引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、その業務提供誘引販売業を行う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提供誘引販売取引に係る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 opportunity sales transaction related to the business opportunity sales pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, and when the person engaged in business opportunity sales is an individual and a specified associated corporation of them (meaning a corporation whose business management is substantially controlled by a person engaged in business opportunity sales, or its 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 related to business opportunity sales transactions on the scope subject to the suspension, the minister may order the person engaged in business opportunity sales 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その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引の停止を命ずる場合において、当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が個人であり、かつ、その特定関係法人（業務提供誘引販売業を行う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提供誘引販売取引に係る業務と同一の業務を行つていると認められるときは、当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者に対して、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。
If a contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions has violated any of the provisions of Article 54-4, paragraph (1) or Article 54-3, paragraphs (2) through (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 54-4, paragraph (2), and the competent minister finds that the conduct is likely to significantly prejudice the fairness of business opportunity sales transactions or the interests of the counterparty to them, or the contractor sending the email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions fails to follow the instructions under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the minister may order the contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions to suspend its business activities that are connected with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions in whole or in part, during a specified period of no longer than one year.
主務大臣は、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者が第五十四条の四第一項若しくは同条第二項において準用する第五十四条の三第二項から第四項までの規定に違反した場合において業務提供誘引販売取引の公正及び業務提供誘引販売取引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、又は業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者が前条第二項の規定による指示に従わないときは、その業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者に対し、一年以内の期間を限り、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告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。
Having issued an order under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.
Having issued an order under the provisions of paragraph (3), the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.