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Article 58-16Limitation on the Amount of Damages for Canceling or Defaulting on a Door-to-Door Purchase Contract

第五十八条の十六(訪問購入における契約の解除等に伴う損害賠償等の額の制限)

If a buyer has entered into a sales contract falling under one of the items of Article 58-8, paragraph (1), and that sales contract is canceled, the buyer may not demand that the counterparty to the sales contract pay an amount of money that exceeds the aggregate of the amount specified in the relevant items among the following items for the event listed in them and the amount of the relevant damages for delay based on the statutory interest rate, even if there is a provision for liquidated damages or a provision for a penalty:

購入業者は、第五十八条の八第一項各号のいずれかに該当する売買契約の締結をした場合において、その売買契約が解除されたときは、損害賠償額の予定又は違約金の定めがあるときにおいても、次の各号に掲げる場合に応じ当該各号に定める額にこれに対する法定利率による遅延損害金の額を加算した金額を超える額の金銭の支払をその売買契約の相手方に対して請求することができない。

if the sales contract is canceled after the payment of the price for the contract:the amount equal to the price and the interest; or

当該売買契約の解除が当該売買契約についての代金の支払後である場合 当該代金に相当する額及びその利息

if the sales contract is canceled prior to the payment of the price for the sales contract:the amount of costs normally required for entering into and performing a contract.

当該売買契約の解除が当該売買契約についての代金の支払前である場合 契約の締結及び履行のために通常要する費用の額

If a buyer has entered into a sales contract falling under one of the items of Article 58-8, paragraph (1), and the obligation to hand over articles under that sales contract is not performed (excluding the case where the sales contract is canceled), the buyer may not demand that the counterparty to the sales contract pay an amount of money that exceeds the aggregate of the amount specified in the relevant items among the following items for the event listed in them and the amount of the relevant damages for delay based on the statutory interest rate, even if there is a provision for liquidated damages or a provision for a penalty:

購入業者は、第五十八条の八第一項各号のいずれかに該当する売買契約の締結をした場合において、その売買契約についての物品の引渡しの義務が履行されない場合(売買契約が解除された場合を除く。)には、損害賠償額の予定又は違約金の定めがあるときにおいても、次の各号に掲げる場合に応じ当該各号に定める額にこれに対する法定利率による遅延損害金の額を加算した金額を超える額の金銭の支払をその売買契約の相手方に対して請求することができない。

if the articles are handed over after the deadline for fulfilling the obligation:the amount constituting the normal charges for use of the articles (or the amount equal to the purchase price of the articles less the value of those articles at the time they are handed over, if this exceeds the amount constituting the normal charges for use of the articles); or

履行期限後に当該物品が引き渡された場合 当該物品の通常の使用料の額(当該物品の購入価格に相当する額から当該物品の引渡しの時における価額を控除した額が通常の使用料の額を超えるときは、その額)

if the articles are not handed over:the amount equal to the purchase price of those articles.

当該物品が引き渡されない場合 当該物品の購入価格に相当する額

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