Article 21Refunding of Business Security Deposits and Business Deposits for Prepaid Services
第二十一条（営業保証金及び前受業務保証金の還付）
A person that concludes a contract for prepaid installment sales with a licensed installment seller has the right to be repaid for the claims arising from such a contract out of the business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services made by the licensed installment seller or an entrusted party that has concluded a contract on the entrustment of business deposits with that licensed installment seller.
The necessary matters relevant to the exercise of the right referred to in the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Order.
前項の権利の実行に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
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prepaid installment sales
「前払式割賦販売」
An installment sale (割賦販売) under Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) in which the seller receives all or part of the price of designated goods (指定商品) in two or more payments before delivering them — a business that needs a license from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (1)
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)
contract on the entrustment of business deposits
「供託委託契約」
A contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services (前受業務保証金供託委託契約), made to protect the advance payments a licensed installment seller (許可割賦販売業者) has received, under which a bank, another financial institution a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, or a body the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry designates agrees to make a deposit (供託) on the seller's behalf in the cases Article 18-3, paragraph (3) sets out.
Short name set inArticle 18-3, paragraph (4)