If a licensed installment seller transfers all of its business or if a licensed installment seller merges or undergoes a company split (limited to when all of its business is succeeded to), the corporation succeeding to all of its business, the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation incorporated in the merger, or the corporation succeeding to the whole of business in the company split, succeeds to the status of licensed installment seller; provided, however, that this does not apply if the corporation succeeding to the whole of the business, the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation incorporated in the merger, or the corporation succeeding to the whole of business in the company split falls under one of the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii) or items (vi) through (viii) inclusive.
許可割賦販売業者が事業の全部を譲渡し、又は許可割賦販売業者について合併若しくは分割（当該事業の全部を承継させるものに限る。）があつたときは、当該事業の全部を譲り受けた法人又は合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立した法人若しくは分割により当該事業の全部を承継した法人は、その許可割賦販売業者の地位を承継する。ただし、当該事業の全部を譲り受けた法人又は合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立した法人若しくは分割により当該事業の全部を承継した法人が第十五条第一項第二号又は同項第六号から第八号までのいずれかに該当するときは、この限りでない。
A person that succeeds to the status of licensed installment seller pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must file a notification of this, accompanied by documents evidencing that fact, with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, without delay.
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licensed installment seller
「許可割賦販売業者」
A person licensed by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry under Article 11 to carry on prepaid installment sales (前払式割賦販売) as a business.
Short name set inArticle 15, paragraph (1), item (viii), (c)