It is prohibited for a person other than a corporation that is registered in the comprehensive credit purchase intermediary register maintained at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (referred to below as a "registered comprehensive credit purchase intermediary") to engage in the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases in the course of trade; provided, however, that this does not apply to an organization as referred to in Article 35-3-60, paragraph (1), item (iv).
包括信用購入あつせんは、経済産業省に備える包括信用購入あつせん業者登録簿に登録を受けた法人（以下「登録包括信用購入あつせん業者」という。）でなければ、業として営んではならない。ただし、第三十五条の三の六十第一項第四号の団体については、この限りでない。
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intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases
「包括信用購入あつせん」
Giving a user a card or similar means (カード等) — a card, number or code — with which the user can buy goods or rights from particular sellers, or receive services from particular service providers, then paying the seller or provider and collecting the amount from the user later: either by a set date more than two months after the purchase contract, or in amounts worked out at set intervals from the total bought.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
registered comprehensive credit purchase intermediary
「登録包括信用購入あつせん業者」
A corporation registered in the comprehensive credit purchase intermediary register kept at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; apart from the bodies Article 35-3-60, paragraph (1), item (iv) refers to, only such a corporation may carry on the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases (包括信用購入あつせん) as a business.
Short name set inArticle 31, paragraph (1)