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Article 52Prohibited Conduct

第五十二条(禁止行為)

A person engaged in business opportunity sales must not intentionally fail to disclose facts about or misrepresent the following information in soliciting a person to enter into a contract for business opportunity sales transactions connected with business opportunity sales (limited to a contract with an individual who engages in business activities that is provided or arranged in connection with those opportunity sales, without using a place of business or other similar facility (hereinafter referred to as a "place of business or similar facility"); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) or in order to prevent the cancellation of a contract for business opportunity sales transactions connected with business opportunity sales:

業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引についての契約(その業務提供誘引販売業に関して提供され、又はあつせんされる業務を事業所その他これに類似する施設(以下「事業所等」という。)によらないで行う個人との契約に限る。以下この条において同じ。)の締結について勧誘をするに際し、又はその業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引についての契約の解除を妨げるため、次の事項につき、故意に事実を告げず、又は不実のことを告げる行為をしてはならない。

the type of goods (excluding rights to use a facility and to be provided with services) and their performance or quality, the type of services, rights to use a facility, or rights to be provided with services, their details, and other similar information specified by order of the competent ministry;

商品(施設を利用し及び役務の提供を受ける権利を除く。)の種類及びその性能若しくは品質又は施設を利用し若しくは役務の提供を受ける権利若しくは役務の種類及びこれらの内容その他これらに類するものとして主務省令で定める事項

information about the specified burden involved in the business opportunity sales transactions;

当該業務提供誘引販売取引に伴う特定負担に関する事項

information about canceling the relevant contract (including information under the provisions of Article 58, paragraphs (1) through (3));

当該契約の解除に関する事項(第五十八条第一項から第三項までの規定に関する事項を含む。)

information about the business opportunity profit connected with business opportunity sales; or

その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供利益に関する事項

beyond what is stated in the preceding items, any material information about business opportunity sales that would affect the decision of the counterparty to the business opportunity sales transactions.

前各号に掲げるもののほか、その業務提供誘引販売業に関する事項であつて、業務提供誘引販売取引の相手方の判断に影響を及ぼすこととなる重要なもの

A person engaged in business opportunity sales must not use intimidation to overwhelm a person in order to have the person enter into a contract for a business opportunity sales transaction connected with business opportunity sales or in order to prevent the person from canceling a contract for a business opportunity sales transaction connected with business opportunity sales.

業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引についての契約を締結させ、又はその業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引についての契約の解除を妨げるため、人を威迫して困惑させてはならない。

A person engaged in business opportunity sales must not solicit a person whom the person engaged in business opportunity sales has stopped and taken along with them or whom the person engaged in business opportunity sales has induced away from a place that is not a business office, agency office, or any other place specified by order of the competent ministry by any other means specified by Cabinet Order, to enter into a contract involving a business opportunity sales transaction connected with business opportunity sales other than in a place into and out of which the general public comes and goes, without first having informed the person that the purpose for doing so is to solicit the person to enter into a contract for transactions involving a specified burden.

業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、特定負担を伴う取引についての契約の締結について勧誘をするためのものであることを告げずに営業所、代理店その他の主務省令で定める場所以外の場所において呼び止めて同行させることその他政令で定める方法により誘引した者に対し、公衆の出入りする場所以外の場所において、当該業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引についての契約の締結について勧誘をしてはならない。

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