If a licensed installment seller falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must rescind its license:
経済産業大臣は、許可割賦販売業者が次の各号の一に該当するときは、その許可を取り消さなければならない。
it comes to fall under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii), item (vii), or item (viii);
第十五条第一項第二号、第七号又は第八号の規定に該当することとなつたとき。
an order under Article 20, paragraph (1) is issued and a rescission under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article is not made within six months from the date of that order;
it violates an order under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1); or
第二十条第一項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
it has obtained the license referred to in Article 11 by wrongful means.
不正の手段により第十一条の許可を受けたとき。
If a licensed installment seller falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may order that licensed installment seller not to conclude any contract for prepaid installment sales for a fixed period of no longer than three months, or may rescind its license:
it violates the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (2)) in commencing operations;
it violates the provisions of Article 18-3, paragraph (1) in concluding a new contract for prepaid installment sales;
it violates an order under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3);
第十九条第三項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
it violates an order under the provisions of Article 20-2, paragraph (1);
第二十条の二第一項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
it fails to make a deposit under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1); or
第二十二条第一項の規定による供託をしないとき。
it fails to take preservative measures for advances received under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2).
第二十二条第二項の規定による前受金保全措置を講じないとき。
If a licensed installment seller violates the order referred to in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph (limited to an order issued when business operations that are connected with the prepaid installment sales of the licensed installment seller fall under Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (iii); the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 40, paragraph (2)), before the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry seeks to reach a disposition under the preceding paragraph, the minister must consult with the Prime Minister.
If a licensed installment seller violates the order referred to in item (iv) of paragraph (2) and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary to protect the interests of purchasers, the minister may state a necessary opinion concerning a disposition under the provisions of that paragraph to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry rescinds a license pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the minister must notify the person that was formerly the relevant licensed installment seller of this, indicating the reasons for the rescission, without delay.
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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)
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.