第四十一条（定義）
The term "provision of specified continuous services" as used in this Chapter and Article 58-22, paragraph (1), item (i) means the following:
この章及び第五十八条の二十二第一項第一号において「特定継続的役務提供」とは、次に掲げるものをいう。
the provision of specified continuous services that a service provider undertakes after having entered into a contract under which the service provider promises to provide specified continuous services for a period exceeding that which is specified by Cabinet Order for each type of specified continuous services, and under which the counterparty promises to pay an amount of money that exceeds that which is specified by Cabinet Order in exchange (hereinafter referred to as a "specified continuous service contract" in this Chapter); and
役務提供事業者が、特定継続的役務をそれぞれの特定継続的役務ごとに政令で定める期間を超える期間にわたり提供することを約し、相手方がこれに応じて政令で定める金額を超える金銭を支払うことを約する契約（以下この章において「特定継続的役務提供契約」という。）を締結して行う特定継続的役務の提供
the sale of rights to be provided with specified continuous services (limited to those to be provided for a period exceeding that which is specified by Cabinet Order under the preceding item) that a seller undertakes after having entered into a contract under which the seller sells the rights to be provided with specified continuous services and receives an amount of money exceeding that which is specified by Cabinet Order under that item (hereinafter referred to as a "sales contract for specified rights" in this Chapter).
The term "specified continuous services" as used in this Chapter and Article 58-22, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 67, paragraph (1) means services that are continuously provided, in exchange for payment, during transactions that arise in people's daily lives, and that are specified by Cabinet Order as falling under both of the following items:
この章並びに第五十八条の二十二第一項第一号及び第六十七条第一項において「特定継続的役務」とは、国民の日常生活に係る取引において有償で継続的に提供される役務であつて、次の各号のいずれにも該当するものとして、政令で定めるものをいう。
services that the recipient is induced to receive through the claim that they will increase the recipient's physical beauty, increase the recipient's knowledge or skills, or enable the recipient to accomplish any other purpose related to the recipient's mind, body, or personal affairs; and
役務の提供を受ける者の身体の美化又は知識若しくは技能の向上その他のその者の心身又は身上に関する目的を実現させることをもつて誘引が行われるもの
services whose nature makes it uncertain whether the purposes prescribed in the preceding item will be accomplished.
役務の性質上、前号に規定する目的が実現するかどうかが確実でないもの
Article 42Delivery of Documents in the Provision of Specified Continuous Services
第四十二条（特定継続的役務提供における書面の交付）
If a service provider or a seller seeks to enter into a specified continuous service contract or a sales contract for specified rights (hereinafter referred to as a "contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights" in this Chapter and Article 58-22) with a person who seeks to be provided with specified continuous services or a person who seeks to purchase the rights to be provided with specified continuous services, the service provider or the seller must deliver a document containing an outline of the contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights to them pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, prior to the person's entry into the contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights.
役務提供事業者又は販売業者は、特定継続的役務の提供を受けようとする者又は特定継続的役務の提供を受ける権利を購入しようとする者と特定継続的役務提供契約又は特定権利販売契約（以下この章及び第五十八条の二十二において「特定継続的役務提供等契約」という。）を締結しようとするときは、当該特定継続的役務提供等契約を締結するまでに、主務省令で定めるところにより、当該特定継続的役務提供等契約の概要について記載した書面をその者に交付しなければならない。
Having entered into a specified continuous service contract, a service provider must immediately deliver to the person being provided the specified continuous services a document containing the details of the specified continuous service contract pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, with respect to the following information:
役務提供事業者は、特定継続的役務提供契約を締結したときは、遅滞なく、主務省令で定めるところにより、次の事項について当該特定継続的役務提供契約の内容を明らかにする書面を当該特定継続的役務の提供を受ける者に交付しなければならない。
information specified by order of the competent ministry concerning the details of the services, and if there are goods that the service recipient will need to purchase at the time the services are provided, the names of those goods;
役務の内容であつて主務省令で定める事項及び当該役務の提供に際し当該役務の提供を受ける者が購入する必要のある商品がある場合にはその商品名
the consideration for the services and any other amount of money that the service recipient must pay;
役務の対価その他の役務の提供を受ける者が支払わなければならない金銭の額
the timing of the payment and means of paying the money referred to in the preceding item;
前号に掲げる金銭の支払の時期及び方法
the service period;
役務の提供期間
information about canceling the specified continuous service contract under the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) (including information under the provisions of paragraphs (2) through (7) of that Article);
第四十八条第一項の規定による特定継続的役務提供契約の解除に関する事項（同条第二項から第七項までの規定に関する事項を含む。）
information about canceling the specified continuous service contract under the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (1) (including information under the provisions of paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) of that Article); and
第四十九条第一項の規定による特定継続的役務提供契約の解除に関する事項（同条第二項、第五項及び第六項の規定に関する事項を含む。）
information specified by order of the competent ministry, beyond what is stated in the preceding items.
Having entered into a sales contract for specified rights, a seller must immediately deliver to the purchaser a document containing the details of the sales contract for specified rights pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, with respect to the following information:
information specified by order of the competent ministry concerning the details of the rights, and if there are goods that the purchaser of the rights to be provided with services will need to purchase at the time the services are provided, the names of those goods;
権利の内容であつて主務省令で定める事項及び当該権利の行使による役務の提供に際し当該特定継続的役務の提供を受ける権利の購入者が購入する必要のある商品がある場合にはその商品名
the sales price of the rights and any other amount of money that the purchaser of the rights to be provided with the services must pay;
権利の販売価格その他の当該特定継続的役務の提供を受ける権利の購入者が支払わなければならない金銭の額
the timing and method of payment of the money referred to in the preceding item;
前号に掲げる金銭の支払の時期及び方法
the service period for the services that the purchaser can receive by exercising the rights;
権利の行使により受けることができる役務の提供期間
information about canceling the sales contract for specified rights under the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) (including information under the provisions of paragraphs (2) through (7) of that Article);
第四十八条第一項の規定による特定権利販売契約の解除に関する事項（同条第二項から第七項までの規定に関する事項を含む。）
information about canceling the sales contract for specified rights under the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (3) (including information under the provisions of paragraphs (4) through (6) of that Article); and
第四十九条第三項の規定による特定権利販売契約の解除に関する事項（同条第四項から第六項までの規定に関する事項を含む。）
information specified by order of the competent ministry, beyond what is stated in the preceding items.
In place of the delivery in writing under the preceding three paragraphs, a service provider or seller may provide information that should be described in documents by an electronic or magnetic means, after gaining approval from a person who seeks to be provided with specified continuous services or a person who seeks to purchase the rights to be provided with specified continuous services, a recipient of the specified continuous services or sales contract for specified rights, or the purchaser of the rights to be provided with specified continuous services, pursuant to Cabinet Order. In this case, the service provider or seller is deemed to have delivered the documents.
The provision of information that should be described in writing as specified in the first sentence of the previous paragraph under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) through electronic or magnetic means (excluding means specified by ordinance of the competent ministry) means that the information is deemed to have reached a person who is provided with specified continuous services or a person who purchases the rights to be provided with specified continuous services.
Article 43Prohibition Against Hyperbolizing Advertising
第四十三条（誇大広告等の禁止）
In the provision of specified continuous services, when a service provider or a seller advertises the terms and conditions under which it provides specified continuous services or under which it sells the rights to be provided with specified continuous services, it must not make a representation about the content, results, or any other information specified by order of the competent ministry concerning the specified continuous services that differs significantly from the truth or misleads people into believing that it is significantly better or more advantageous than it is in reality.
Article 43-2Submission of Materials Showing Reasonable Grounds
第四十三条の二（合理的な根拠を示す資料の提出）
On finding that it is necessary to do so in order to determine whether a service provider's or seller's representation falls under the category of representations provided in the preceding Article, the competent minister may ask the service provider or the seller that made that representation to submit materials showing reasonable grounds to support it within a specified period. In this case, when the service provider or the seller fails to submit those materials, the representation is deemed to fall under the category of representations provided in the preceding Article with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (1) and Article 47, paragraph (1).
第四十四条（禁止行為）
A service provider or seller must not misrepresent the following information in soliciting a person to enter into a contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights or in order to prevent the cancellation of the contract:
役務提供事業者又は販売業者は、特定継続的役務提供等契約の締結について勧誘をするに際し、又は特定継続的役務提供等契約の解除を妨げるため、次の事項につき、不実のことを告げる行為をしてはならない。
the type of services or rights to be provided with services, and the details or results of them (in the case of rights, the results of the services connected to the rights), and other similar information specified by order of the competent ministry;
役務又は役務の提供を受ける権利の種類及びこれらの内容又は効果（権利の場合にあつては、当該権利に係る役務の効果）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
if there are goods that the service recipient or the purchaser of the rights needs to purchase at the time the services are provided or at the time the purchaser of the rights exercises the right to be provided with the services, the type of goods and their performance or quality, and other similar information specified by order of the competent ministry;
役務の提供又は権利の行使による役務の提供に際し当該役務の提供を受ける者又は当該権利の購入者が購入する必要のある商品がある場合には、その商品の種類及びその性能又は品質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
the consideration for the services or the sales price of the rights, and any other amount of money that the service recipient or the purchaser of the rights to be provided with services must pay;
役務の対価又は権利の販売価格その他の役務の提供を受ける者又は役務の提供を受ける権利の購入者が支払わなければならない金銭の額
the timing and method of payment of the money referred to in the preceding item;
前号に掲げる金銭の支払の時期及び方法
the service period or the service period for the services that the purchaser can receive by exercising the rights;
役務の提供期間又は権利の行使により受けることができる役務の提供期間
information about canceling the contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights (including information under the provisions of Article 48, paragraphs (1) through (7) and Article 49, paragraphs (1) through (6));
当該特定継続的役務提供等契約の解除に関する事項（第四十八条第一項から第七項まで及び第四十九条第一項から第六項までの規定に関する事項を含む。）
information about any circumstances that make it necessary for the customer to enter into the contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights; and
顧客が当該特定継続的役務提供等契約の締結を必要とする事情に関する事項
beyond what is stated in the preceding items, any material information about the contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights that would affect the decision of the customer, the recipient of the specified continuous services, or the purchaser of the rights to be provided with specified continuous services.
前各号に掲げるもののほか、当該特定継続的役務提供等契約に関する事項であつて、顧客又は特定継続的役務の提供を受ける者若しくは特定継続的役務の提供を受ける権利の購入者の判断に影響を及ぼすこととなる重要なもの
A service provider or a seller must not intentionally fail to disclose facts with respect to the matters listed in items (i) through (vi) of the preceding paragraph in soliciting a person to enter into a contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights.
役務提供事業者又は販売業者は、特定継続的役務提供等契約の締結について勧誘をするに際し、前項第一号から第六号までに掲げる事項につき、故意に事実を告げない行為をしてはならない。
A service provider or a seller must not use intimidation to overwhelm a person in order to have the person enter into a contract for specified continuous service or sale of specified rights or to prevent the person from canceling the contract.
役務提供事業者又は販売業者は、特定継続的役務提供等契約を締結させ、又は特定継続的役務提供等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。
Article 44-2Submission of Materials Showing Reasonable Grounds
第四十四条の二（合理的な根拠を示す資料の提出）
On finding that it is necessary to do so in order to determine whether a service provider or a seller has misrepresented the information prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the preceding Article, the competent minister may ask the service provider or the seller to submit materials showing reasonable grounds to support the information conveyed to the other party, within a specified period. In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (1) and Article 47, paragraph (1)the, if the service provider or the seller fails to submit those materials, the service provider or the seller is deemed to have misrepresented the information prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the preceding Article.