When a person engaged in business opportunity sales has entered into a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales, the counterparty to the contract (limited to an individual who engages in business activities that are provided or arranged in connection with those business opportunity sales, without using a place of business or similar facility; hereinafter referred to as the "counterparty" in this Article through Article 58-3) may cancel the opportunity sales contract in writing or through electronic or magnetic records, except when 20 days have passed after the date on which the counterparty received the document referred to in Article 55, paragraph (2) (if the counterparty does not cancel the business opportunity sales contract under the provisions of this paragraph by that time limit because the counterparty was under the misconception that the information about canceling a business opportunity sales contract under the provisions of this paragraph that the person engaged in business opportunity sales had misrepresented to the counterparty, in violation of the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (1), was true, or because the counterparty was overwhelmed due to intimidation by the person engaged in business opportunity sales, in violation of the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (2), except when 20 days have passed after the date on which the counterparty received a document delivered to them by the person engaged in business opportunity sales that contains a notice to the effect that the counterparty may cancel the business opportunity sales contract under the provisions of this paragraph, pursuant to order of the competent ministry). In this case, the person engaged in business opportunity sales may not claim damages or demand the payment of any penalty in connection with the cancellation of the business opportunity sales contract.
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者がその業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売契約を締結した場合におけるその業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方（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等によらないで行う個人に限る。以下この条から第五十八条の三までにおいて「相手方」という。）は、第五十五条第二項の書面を受領した日から起算して二十日を経過したとき（相手方が、業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が第五十二条第一項の規定に違反してこの項の規定による業務提供誘引販売契約の解除に関する事項につき不実のことを告げる行為をしたことにより当該告げられた内容が事実であるとの誤認をし、又は業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が同条第二項の規定に違反して威迫したことにより困惑し、これらによつて当該期間を経過するまでにこの項の規定による業務提供誘引販売契約の解除を行わなかつた場合には、相手方が、当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が主務省令で定めるところによりこの項の規定による当該業務提供誘引販売契約の解除を行うことができる旨を記載して交付した書面を受領した日から起算して二十日を経過したとき）を除き、書面又は電磁的記録によりその業務提供誘引販売契約の解除を行うことができる。この場合において、その業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、その業務提供誘引販売契約の解除に伴う損害賠償又は違約金の支払を請求することができない。
The cancellation of a business opportunity sales contract as referred to in the preceding paragraph takes effect at the time the counterparty states in writing or through a notification by electronic or magnetic records that it is canceling the business opportunity sales contract.
前項の業務提供誘引販売契約の解除は、その業務提供誘引販売契約の解除を行う旨の書面又は電磁的記録による通知を発した時に、その効力を生ずる。
If a business opportunity sales contract is canceled as referred to in paragraph (1), the person conducting business opportunity sales bears the costs required for taking back any goods already delivered under the business opportunity sales contract.
第一項の業務提供誘引販売契約の解除があつた場合において、その業務提供誘引販売契約に係る商品の引渡しが既にされているときは、その引取りに要する費用は、その業務提供誘引販売業を行う者の負担とする。
Any special provisions of a contract that run counter to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs and that are disadvantageous to the counterparty are hereby invalidated.