It is not permissible for a person to engage in installment sales in the course of trade, through which it receives all or part of the cost of the designated goods from the purchaser in two or more installments as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i), before the delivery of the designated goods (referred to below as "prepaid installment sales"), without being licensed by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; provided, however, that this does not apply in the following cases:
the annual sales amount from prepaid installment sales of designated goods is less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order;
the designated goods are newly specified, and a person currently engaged in the sale of those designated goods in the course of trade through prepaid installment sales, sells those goods for six months from the date of their specification (if the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article is submitted during that period, this includes the time up until the license sought under the application is granted or refused); or
after the period stated in the preceding item passes, the only such dealings the person engages in are aimed at enabling the completion of transactions under the contracts for prepaid installment sales for the designated goods referred to in that item, which have been concluded by the last day of that period.
定義第二条第一項・法令全体に適用
次に掲げるもの
わかりやすく言うと
指定された商品・権利・役務を、代金や対価を二か月以上にわたり三回以上に分けて受け取る（業者の指定する銀行などに同様に分けて預金させ、そこから受け取る場合を含む）条件で販売・提供することと、カードなどを渡し、決まった時期ごとに利用額の合計をもとに計算した額を受け取る条件で販売・提供することです。
定義第二条第五項・法令全体に適用
定型的な条件で販売するのに適する商品であつて政令で定めるもの
わかりやすく言うと
決まった条件で売るのに向いた商品のうち、政令で定めるもののことです。
略称規定第十一条第一項
指定商品を引き渡すに先立つて購入者から二回以上にわたりその代金の全部又は一部を受領する第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売（以下「前払式割賦販売」という。）は、経済産業大臣の許可を受けた者でなければ、業として営んではならない。
わかりやすく言うと
二か月以上・三回以上に分けて代金を受け取る条件で指定商品などを売る割賦販売（第二条第一項第一号）のうち、指定商品を引き渡す前に、購入者から二回以上にわたって代金の全部または一部を受け取るものです。