Chapter V Business Opportunity Sales Transactions
第五章 業務提供誘引販売取引
第五十一条（定義）
The term "business opportunity sales" as used in this Chapter and Article 58-23, Article 58-26, paragraph (1), Article 66, paragraph (1), and Article 67, paragraph (1) means the business of selling (including arranging for another person to sell) articles or providing (including arranging for another person to provide) services in exchange for payment, where the possible receipt of a profit (hereinafter referred to as "business opportunity profit" in this Chapter and Article 58-23, paragraph (1), item (iii)) through engagement in business activities that use the articles being sold (hereinafter referred to as "goods" in this Chapter and Article 58-23, paragraph (1), item (i)(a)) or the services being provided (the business activities are limited to those that are directly provided or arranged by the person who sells or arranges the sale of the goods or who provides or arranges for the provision of the services) is used to induce the other party to enter into transactions, and where transactions that involve a specified burden (meaning the purchase of goods, payment of consideration for services, or provision of a transaction fee; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter and Article 58-23, paragraph (1), item (iii)) are carried out with the other party to sell or arrange the sale of goods or to provide or arrange providing services (the transactions include any change in the terms of a transaction; hereinafter referred to as "business opportunity sales transactions").
この章並びに第五十八条の二十三、第五十八条の二十六第一項、第六十六条第一項及び第六十七条第一項において「業務提供誘引販売業」とは、物品の販売（そのあつせんを含む。）又は有償で行う役務の提供（そのあつせんを含む。）の事業であつて、その販売の目的物たる物品（以下この章及び第五十八条の二十三第一項第一号イにおいて「商品」という。）又はその提供される役務を利用する業務（その商品の販売若しくはそのあつせん又はその役務の提供若しくはそのあつせんを行う者が自ら提供を行い、又はあつせんを行うものに限る。）に従事することにより得られる利益（以下この章及び第五十八条の二十三第一項第三号において「業務提供利益」という。）を収受し得ることをもつて相手方を誘引し、その者と特定負担（その商品の購入若しくはその役務の対価の支払又は取引料の提供をいう。以下この章及び第五十八条の二十三第一項第三号において同じ。）を伴うその商品の販売若しくはそのあつせん又はその役務の提供若しくはそのあつせんに係る取引（その取引条件の変更を含む。以下「業務提供誘引販売取引」という。）をするものをいう。
The term "transaction fee" as used in this Chapter means a transaction fee, a membership fee, a security deposit, or other money or goods provided at the time a transaction is conducted or upon changing the terms of a transaction, irrespective of the name given to it.
この章において「取引料」とは、取引料、登録料、保証金その他いかなる名義をもつてするかを問わず、取引をするに際し、又は取引条件を変更するに際し提供される金品をいう。
Article 51-2Clear Indication of Name in Business Opportunity Sales Transactions
第五十一条の二（業務提供誘引販売取引における氏名等の明示）
When a person engaged in business opportunity sales seeks to conduct a business opportunity sales transaction connected with business opportunity sales, the person engaged in business opportunity sales must clearly indicate to the other party, prior to solicitation, the name of the person engaged in the business opportunity sales, the fact that the purpose is to solicit the person to enter into a contract involving transactions that give rise to a specified burden, and the type of goods or services connected with the solicitation.
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をしようとするときは、その勧誘に先立つて、その相手方に対し、業務提供誘引販売業を行う者の氏名又は名称、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目的である旨及び当該勧誘に係る商品又は役務の種類を明らかにしなければならない。
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。
Article 52-2Submission of Materials Showing Reasonable Grounds
第五十二条の二（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 person engaged in business opportunity sales has misrepresented the information prescribed in Article 52, paragraph (1), item (i) or (iv), the competent minister may ask the person engaged in business opportunity sales to submit materials showing reasonable grounds to support the information conveyed to the other party within a specified period. With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (1) and Article 57, paragraph (1) in this case, if the person engaged in business opportunity sales fails to submit those materials, the person engaged in business opportunity sales is deemed to have misrepresented the information prescribed in Article 52, paragraph (1), item (i) or (iv).
Article 53Advertisement of Business Opportunity Sales Transactions
第五十三条（業務提供誘引販売取引についての広告）
When a person conducting business opportunity sales advertises the business opportunity sales transactions connected with business opportunity sales, the person conducting the business opportunity sales must indicate the following information concerning business opportunity sales in the advertisement, pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry:
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広告をするときは、主務省令で定めるところにより、当該広告に、その業務提供誘引販売業に関する次の事項を表示しなければならない。
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
if the person is advertising the business activities that the person provides or arranges to be provided in connection with the business opportunity sales, the conditions under which these business activities are provided; and
その業務提供誘引販売業に関して提供し、又はあつせんする業務について広告をするときは、その業務の提供条件
beyond what is stated in the preceding three items, any other information specified by order of the competent ministry.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、主務省令で定める事項
Article 54Prohibition Against Hyperbolizing Advertising
第五十四条（誇大広告等の禁止）
When a person conducting business opportunity sales advertises the business opportunity sales transactions connected with business opportunity sales, the person conducting business opportunity sales must not make a representation about the specified burden involved in the business opportunity sales transactions, the business opportunity profit connected with business opportunity sales, or any other information specified by order of the competent ministry, that differs significantly from the truth or misleads people into believing that it is significantly better or more advantageous than it is in reality.
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広告をするときは、当該業務提供誘引販売取引に伴う特定負担、当該業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供利益その他の主務省令で定める事項について、著しく事実に相違する表示をし、又は実際のものよりも著しく優良であり、若しくは有利であると人を誤認させるような表示をしてはならない。
Article 54-2Submission of Materials Showing Reasonable Grounds
第五十四条の二（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 representation made by a person engaged in business opportunity sales falls under the category of representations provided in the preceding Article, the competent minister may ask the person engaged in business opportunity sales that made that representation to submit materials showing reasonable grounds to support it within a specified period. In this a case, if the person engaged in business opportunity sales fails to submit those materials, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (1) and Article 57, paragraph (1), the representation is deemed to fall under the category of representations provided in the preceding Article.
Article 54-3Prohibition on Sending Email Advertising to a Person Who Has Not Given Consent
第五十四条の三（承諾をしていない者に対する電子メール広告の提供の禁止等）
Except in the following cases, a person engaged in business opportunity sales must not advertise a business opportunity sales transaction connected with business opportunity sales via email without the consent of the advertising target:
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、次に掲げる場合を除き、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、その相手方となる者の承諾を得ないで電子メール広告をしてはならない。
when sending email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions that are connected with business opportunity sales (hereinafter referred to as "email advertising business opportunity sales transactions" in this Chapter) at the request of the counterparty; or
相手方となる者の請求に基づき、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係る電子メール広告（以下この章において「業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告」という。）をするとき。
beyond what is stated in the preceding item, when sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions in cases specified by order of the competent ministry as cases that are found to be unlikely to prejudice the interests of the target of an email advertising business opportunity sales transactions.
前号に掲げるもののほか、通常業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告の提供を受ける者の利益を損なうおそれがないと認められる場合として主務省令で定める場合において、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をするとき。
A person engaged in business opportunity sales that has obtained the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph or that has received the request prescribed in item (i) of that paragraph must not send an email advertising business opportunity sales transactions to the advertising target if the target of the email advertising business opportunity sales transactions indicates an unwillingness to receive email advertising business opportunity sales transactions; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person conducting business opportunity sales later receives a request from the advertising target or regains the consent of the advertising target with regard to email advertising business opportunity sales transactions.
前項に規定する承諾を得、又は同項第一号に規定する請求を受けた業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、当該業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告の相手方から業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告の提供を受けない旨の意思の表示を受けたときは、当該相手方に対し、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をしてはならない。ただし、当該意思の表示を受けた後に再び業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をすることにつき当該相手方から請求を受け、又は当該相手方の承諾を得た場合には、この限りでない。
Except in the case stated in paragraph (1), item (ii), when sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions, a person engaged in business opportunity sales must prepare what is specified by order of the competent ministry as a record of having obtained the consent of the advertising target or having received a request from the advertising target to send email advertising business opportunity sales transactions, and must preserve those records pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry.
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をするときは、第一項第二号に掲げる場合を除き、当該業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をすることにつきその相手方の承諾を得、又はその相手方から請求を受けたことの記録として主務省令で定めるものを作成し、主務省令で定めるところによりこれを保存しなければならない。
Except in the case stated in paragraph (1), item (ii), when sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions, pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, a person engaged in business opportunity sales must indicate in the email advertising business opportunity sales transactions the information that is specified by order of the competent ministry as the information that an advertising target needs to have in order to indicate an unwillingness to receive email advertising business opportunity sales transactions, beyond the matters listed in the items of Article 53.
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をするときは、第一項第二号に掲げる場合を除き、当該業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告に、第五十三条各号に掲げる事項のほか、主務省令で定めるところにより、その相手方が業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告の提供を受けない旨の意思の表示をするために必要な事項として主務省令で定めるものを表示しなければならない。
If a person engaged in business opportunity sales has comprehensively entrusted another person with all of the following business activities, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to any email advertising business opportunity sales transactions subject to that entrustment:
前二項の規定は、業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が他の者に次に掲げる業務の全てにつき一括して委託しているときは、その委託に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告については、適用しない。
business activities for obtaining the consent of the advertising targets or receiving requests from advertising targets to send email advertising business opportunity sales transactions;
業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をすることにつきその相手方の承諾を得、又はその相手方から請求を受ける業務
business activities for preparing and preserving the records prescribed in paragraph (3); or
第三項に規定する記録を作成し、及び保存する業務
business activities for indicating the information that an advertising target needs to have in order to indicate an unwillingness to receive email advertising business opportunity sales transactions, as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
前項に規定する業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告の提供を受けない旨の意思の表示をするために必要な事項を表示する業務
第五十四条の四
Except in the following cases, a person comprehensively entrusted with all of the business activities listed in the items of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article by a person engaged in business opportunity sales (a person so entrusted is hereinafter referred to as a "contractor entrusted with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions" in this Chapter, Article 66, paragraph (6) and Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iv)) must not send email advertising business opportunity sales transactions for the business opportunity sales transactions that are connected with the business opportunity sales that are carried out by the person engaged in business opportunity sales that has entrusted the contractor with those business activities (hereinafter referred to as the "party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions" in this Article) without the consent of the advertising target:
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者から前条第五項各号に掲げる業務の全てにつき一括して委託を受けた者（以下この章並びに第六十六条第六項及び第六十七条第一項第四号において「業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者」という。）は、次に掲げる場合を除き、当該業務を委託した業務提供誘引販売業を行う者（以下この条において「業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者」という。）が行う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、その相手方となる者の承諾を得ないで業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をしてはならない。
when sending email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions of a party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions based on the request of the advertising target; and
相手方となる者の請求に基づき、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をするとき。
beyond what is stated in the preceding item, when sending email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions of a party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions in cases specified by order of the competent ministry as cases that are found to be unlikely to prejudice the interests of the target of the email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions of the party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions.
前号に掲げるもののほか、通常業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告の提供を受ける者の利益を損なうおそれがないと認められる場合として主務省令で定める場合において、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告をするとき。
The provisions of paragraphs (2) through (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions of a party entrusting a contractor with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions, by a contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions. In this case, the phrase "paragraph (1), item (ii)" in paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1), item (ii) of the following Article".
前条第二項から第四項までの規定は、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者による業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告委託者に係る業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項及び第四項中「第一項第二号」とあるのは、「次条第一項第二号」と読み替えるものとする。
Article 55Delivery of Documents in Business Opportunity Sales Transactions
第五十五条（業務提供誘引販売取引における書面の交付）
When a person engaged in business opportunity sales seeks to enter into a contract concerning a specified burden involved in its business opportunity sales transactions with a person seeking to bear that specified burden (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), pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, the person engaged in business opportunity sales must deliver a document containing an outline of the business opportunity sales to that person seeking to bear that specified burden, before entering into the contract.
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、その業務提供誘引販売取引に伴う特定負担をしようとする者（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。）とその特定負担についての契約を締結しようとするときは、その契約を締結するまでに、主務省令で定めるところにより、その業務提供誘引販売業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。
If a person engaged in business opportunity sales has entered into a contract for a business opportunity sales transaction connected with business opportunity sales (hereinafter referred to as a "business opportunity sales contract" in this Chapter), and the counterparty to the business opportunity sales contract is 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, pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, the person engaged in business opportunity sales must deliver a document containing the details of the business opportunity sales contract with respect to the following information to that person seeking to bear that specified burden, without delay:
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（以下この章において「業務提供誘引販売契約」という。）を締結した場合において、その業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方が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であるときは、遅滞なく、主務省令で定めるところにより、次の事項についてその業務提供誘引販売契約の内容を明らかにする書面をその者に交付しなければならない。
the type of goods (excluding rights to use a facility or to be provided with services) and their performance or quality, or the type of services, rights to use a facility, or rights to be provided with services, and the details thereof;
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に関する事項
information about the conditions under which the business activities that use the goods or the services being provided are provided;
商品若しくは提供される役務を利用する業務の提供又はあつせんについての条件に関する事項
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 business opportunity sales contract (including information under the provisions of Article 58, paragraphs (1) through (3)); and
当該業務提供誘引販売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 specified by order of the competent ministry, beyond what is stated in the preceding items.
前各号に掲げるもののほか、主務省令で定める事項
In place of the delivery in writing under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, a person engaged in business opportunity sales may provide the information that should be described in the documents by an electronic or magnetic means, after gaining the consent of a person who seeks to bear the specified burden or of a counterparty to the business opportunity sales contract, pursuant to Cabinet Order. In this case, the person engaged in business opportunity sales is deemed to have delivered the documents.
業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、前二項の規定による書面の交付に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、当該業務提供誘引販売取引に伴う特定負担をしようとする者又は当該業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方の承諾を得て、当該書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供することができる。この場合において、当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者は、当該書面を交付したものとみなす。
The provision of information that should be described in documents under paragraph (2) as specified in the first sentence of the previous paragraph through electronic or magnetic means (excluding means specified by order of the competent ministry) is deemed to have been made to the counterparty to the business opportunity sales contract when the information is recorded in a file stored on the computer used by the counterparty to the business opportunity sales contract.
前項前段の規定による第二項の書面に記載すべき事項の電磁的方法（主務省令で定める方法を除く。）による提供は、当該業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルへの記録がされた時に当該業務提供誘引販売契約の相手方に到達したものとみなす。
第五十六条（指示等）
If a person engaging in business opportunity sales has violated any of the provisions of Articles 51-2, 52, 53, 54, and 54-3 (excluding paragraph (5)), or Article 55, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or has engaged in any of the following conduct, and the competent minister finds that the conduct is likely to prejudice the fairness of a transaction connected with business opportunity sales and the interests of the counterparty to them, the minister may instruct the person engaging in business opportunity sales to take measures for correcting the violation or conduct, measures for protecting the interests of the counterparty to business opportunity sales transactions, and any other necessary measures:
refusing to perform or unjustifiably delaying the performance of the obligations under the business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales or the obligations that occur through the cancellation of that contract in whole or in part;
その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売契約に基づく債務又はその解除によつて生ずる債務の全部又は一部の履行を拒否し、又は不当に遅延させること。
soliciting a person to enter into a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales (limited to a contract with 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 the same applies in the following item) by providing conclusive evaluations that would likely cause a person to mistakenly believe that the business opportunity sales transactions connected with the business opportunity sales are sure to generate a profit;
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き利益を生ずることが確実であると誤解させるべき断定的判断を提供してその業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売契約（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等によらないで行う個人との契約に限る。次号において同じ。）の締結について勧誘をすること。
soliciting a person who has indicated an unwillingness to enter into a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales to enter into the contract, in a way that that the person feels is a nuisance; and
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ない旨の意思を表示している者に対し、当該業務提供誘引販売契約の締結について迷惑を覚えさせるような仕方で勧誘をすること。
beyond what is stated in the preceding three items, conduct in connection with a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales, which is specified by order of the competent ministry as being likely to prejudice the fairness of business opportunity sales transactions and the interests of the counterparty to them.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、その業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売契約に関する行為であつて、業務提供誘引販売取引の公正及び業務提供誘引販売取引の相手方の利益を害するおそれがあるものとして主務省令で定めるもの
If a contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions has violated any of the provisions of Article 54-4, paragraph (1) or Article 54-3, paragraphs (2) through (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 54-4, paragraph (2), and the competent minister finds that the conduct is likely to prejudice the fairness of business opportunity sales transactions or the interests of the counterparty to them, the minister may instruct the contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions to take any necessary measures.
主務大臣は、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者が第五十四条の四第一項又は同条第二項において準用する第五十四条の三第二項から第四項までの規定に違反した場合において、業務提供誘引販売取引の公正及び業務提供誘引販売取引の相手方の利益が害されるおそれがあると認めるときは、その業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者に対し、必要な措置をとるべきことを指示することができる。
Having given an instruction under the provisions of paragraph (1), the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.
主務大臣は、第一項の規定による指示をしたときは、その旨を公表しなければならない。
Having given an instruction under the provisions of paragraph (2), the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.
主務大臣は、第二項の規定による指示をしたときは、その旨を公表しなければならない。
第五十七条（業務提供誘引販売業を行う者に対する業務提供誘引販売取引の停止等）
If a person engaged in business opportunity sales has violated any of the provisions of Articles 51-2, 52, 53, 54, and 54-3 (excluding paragraph (5)), or Article 55, paragraph (1) or (2), or has engaged in any of the conduct listed in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and the competent minister finds that the conduct is likely to significantly prejudice the fairness of business opportunity sales transactions or the interests of the counterparty to them, or the person engaged in business opportunity sales fails to follow the instructions under the provisions of that paragraph, the minister may order the person engaged in business opportunity sales to suspend the business opportunity sales transactions that are connected with business opportunity sales in whole or in part, during a specified period of no longer than two years. In the case, if the person engaged in business opportunity sales is an individual, the minister may also prohibit the individual from becoming an officer in charge of business activities related to business opportunity sales transactions that are subject to the suspension at a corporation that engages in those business activities for a period equal to the period of that suspension.
主務大臣は、業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が第五十一条の二、第五十二条、第五十三条、第五十四条、第五十四条の三（第五項を除く。）若しくは第五十五条第一項若しくは第二項の規定に違反し若しくは前条第一項各号に掲げる行為をした場合において業務提供誘引販売取引の公正及び業務提供誘引販売取引の相手方の利益が著しく害されるおそれがあると認めるとき、又は業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が同項の規定による指示に従わないときは、その業務提供誘引販売業を行う者に対し、二年以内の期間を限り、当該業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引の全部又は一部を停止すべきことを命ずることができる。この場合において、主務大臣は、その業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が個人である場合にあつては、その者に対して、当該停止を命ずる期間と同一の期間を定めて、当該停止を命ずる範囲の業務提供誘引販売取引に係る業務を営む法人の当該業務を担当する役員となることの禁止を併せて命ずることができる。
If the competent minister orders suspension of a business opportunity sales transaction related to the business opportunity sales pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, and when the person engaged in business opportunity sales is an individual and a specified associated corporation of them (meaning a corporation whose business management is substantially controlled by a person engaged in business opportunity sales, or its officer or employee (including a person who was an officer or employee within one year before the date of the order; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the next Article) and other corporations specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (2), item (i) of the Article) is found to conduct business activities equal to the business activities related to business opportunity sales transactions on the scope subject to the suspension, the minister may order the person engaged in business opportunity sales to suspend the business activities conducted by the specified associated corporation for the period equal to the period of the suspension.
主務大臣は、前項前段の規定によりその業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引の停止を命ずる場合において、当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が個人であり、かつ、その特定関係法人（業務提供誘引販売業を行う者又はその役員若しくはその使用人（当該命令の日前一年以内において役員又は使用人であつた者を含む。次条第二項において同じ。）が事業経営を実質的に支配する法人その他の政令で定める法人をいう。以下この項及び同条第二項第一号において同じ。）において、当該停止を命ずる範囲の業務提供誘引販売取引に係る業務と同一の業務を行つていると認められるときは、当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者に対して、当該停止を命ずる期間と同一の期間を定めて、その特定関係法人で行つている当該同一の業務を停止すべきことを命ずることができる。
If a contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions has violated any of the provisions of Article 54-4, paragraph (1) or Article 54-3, paragraphs (2) through (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 54-4, paragraph (2), and the competent minister finds that the conduct is likely to significantly prejudice the fairness of business opportunity sales transactions or the interests of the counterparty to them, or the contractor sending the email advertising the business opportunity sales transactions fails to follow the instructions under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the minister may order the contractor sending email advertising business opportunity sales transactions to suspend its business activities that are connected with email advertising business opportunity sales transactions in whole or in part, during a specified period of no longer than one year.
主務大臣は、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者が第五十四条の四第一項若しくは同条第二項において準用する第五十四条の三第二項から第四項までの規定に違反した場合において業務提供誘引販売取引の公正及び業務提供誘引販売取引の相手方の利益が著しく害されるおそれがあると認めるとき、又は業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者が前条第二項の規定による指示に従わないときは、その業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告受託事業者に対し、一年以内の期間を限り、業務提供誘引販売取引電子メール広告に関する業務の全部又は一部を停止すべきことを命ずることができる。
Having issued an order under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.
Having issued an order under the provisions of paragraph (3), the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.
主務大臣は、第三項の規定による命令をしたときは、その旨を公表しなければならない。
Article 57-2Prohibition of Business of Officers
第五十七条の二（役員等に対する業務の禁止等）
If the competent minister orders a person engaged in business opportunity sales to suspend the business opportunity sales transactions connected with business opportunity sales pursuant to the first sentence of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and a person that the relevant items among the following items prescribe for the category of the case stated in that item is a person specified by order of the competent ministry as one whose business opportunity sales transactions should be restricted so as to ensure the effectiveness of the order in consideration of the facts constituting the grounds for the order and the extent of the responsibility that the person had for those facts, the minister may prohibit the person from commencing new business activities related to business opportunity sales transactions that fall within the scope of the suspension (including becoming an officer in charge of the relevant business activities of a corporation that engages in the business activities) for a period equal to the period of that suspension:
主務大臣は、業務提供誘引販売業を行う者に対して前条第一項前段の規定によりその業務提供誘引販売業に係る業務提供誘引販売取引の停止を命ずる場合において、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める者が当該命令の理由となつた事実及び当該事実に関してその者が有していた責任の程度を考慮して当該命令の実効性を確保するためにその者による業務提供誘引販売取引に係る業務を制限することが相当と認められる者として主務省令で定める者に該当するときは、その者に対して、当該停止を命ずる期間と同一の期間を定めて、当該停止を命ずる範囲の業務提供誘引販売取引に係る業務を新たに開始すること（当該業務を営む法人の当該業務を担当する役員となることを含む。）の禁止を命ずることができる。
if the person engaged in business opportunity sales is a corporation: its officer or a person who was its officer within one year before the date of the order, or its employee or a person who was its employee within one year before the date of the order; or
当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が法人である場合 その役員及び当該命令の日前一年以内においてその役員であつた者並びにその使用人及び当該命令の日前一年以内においてその使用人であつた者
if the person engaged in business opportunity sales is an individual: an employee or a person who was an employee within one year before the date of the order.
当該業務提供誘引販売業を行う者が個人である場合 その使用人及び当該命令の日前一年以内においてその使用人であつた者
When the competent minister prohibits business activities of an officer or employee pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the officer or employee falls under any of the following items, the minister may order the officer or employee to suspend the same business activities conducted by it and provided for in the items for a period equal to the period of the prohibition.
a person who is found to be engaged in the same business as the business related to business opportunity sales transactions on a scope for which prohibition is ordered by the order at a specified associated corporation of a person engaged in business opportunity sales who is found to have committed the act constituting the grounds for the order; or
当該命令の理由となつた行為をしたと認められる業務提供誘引販売業を行う者の特定関係法人において、当該命令により禁止を命ずる範囲の業務提供誘引販売取引に係る業務と同一の業務を行つていると認められる者
a person who is found to be engaged in the same business as the business related to a business opportunity sales transaction on a scope for which prohibition is ordered by the order as a person engaged in business opportunity sales.
自ら業務提供誘引販売業を行う者として当該命令により禁止を命ずる範囲の業務提供誘引販売取引に係る業務と同一の業務を行つていると認められる者
Having issued an order under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.
主務大臣は、前二項の規定による命令をしたときは、その旨を公表しなければならない。
Article 58Cancellation of a Business Opportunity Sales Contract
第五十八条（業務提供誘引販売契約の解除）
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.
第五十八条の二（業務提供誘引販売契約の申込み又はその承諾の意思表示の取消し）
If a counterparty was under a misconception specified in one of the following items as a result of the person engaged in business opportunity sales having engaged in the conduct listed in that item in soliciting the counterparty to enter into a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales, because of which the counterparty manifested the intention to offer to enter into or accept a business opportunity sales contract, the counterparty may retract the manifestation of that intention to offer to enter into or accept the contract:
相手方は、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の締結について勧誘をするに際し次の各号に掲げる行為をしたことにより、当該各号に定める誤認をし、それによつて当該業務提供誘引販売契約の申込み又はその承諾の意思表示をしたときは、これを取り消すことができる。
a misrepresentation in violation of the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (1):the misapprehension that the information being represented was true; or
第五十二条第一項の規定に違反して不実のことを告げる行為 当該告げられた内容が事実であるとの誤認
the intentional failure to disclose a fact, in violation of the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (1):the misconception that the relevant fact did not exist.
第五十二条第一項の規定に違反して故意に事実を告げない行為 当該事実が存在しないとの誤認
The provisions of Article 9-3, paragraphs (2) through (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the retraction, under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, of the manifestation of the intention to offer to enter into or accept a business opportunity sales contract.
第九条の三第二項から第五項までの規定は、前項の規定による業務提供誘引販売契約の申込み又はその承諾の意思表示の取消しについて準用する。
第五十八条の三（業務提供誘引販売契約の解除等に伴う損害賠償等の額の制限）
If a person engaged in business opportunity sales has entered into a business opportunity sales connected with business opportunity sales, and the business opportunity sales contract is canceled, the person engaged in business opportunity sales may not demand that the counterparty 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:
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契約の締結をした場合において、その業務提供誘引販売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相手方に対して請求することができない。
if the goods (this excludes rights to use a facility or to be provided with services; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) or the rights are returned: the amount constituting the normal charges for use of the goods or the amount equal to the profit that can normally be earned through the exercise of the rights (or the amount equal to the sales price of the goods or rights less the value of those goods or rights at the time of their return, if this exceeds the amount constituting the normal charges for use of the goods or the amount equal to the profit that can normally be earned through the exercise of the rights);
if the goods or the rights are not returned: the amount equal to the sales price of the goods or the rights;
当該商品又は当該権利が返還されない場合 当該商品又は当該権利の販売価格に相当する額
if the business opportunity sales contract is canceled after the services started to be provided: the amount equal to the consideration for the provided services; or
当該業務提供誘引販売契約の解除が当該役務の提供の開始後である場合 提供された当該役務の対価に相当する額
if the business opportunity sales contract is canceled prior to the start of the delivery of the goods or the transfer of the rights or the provision of the services: the amount of costs normally required for entering into and performing a contract.
当該業務提供誘引販売契約の解除が当該商品の引渡し若しくは当該権利の移転又は当該役務の提供の開始前である場合 契約の締結及び履行のために通常要する費用の額
If a person engaged in business opportunity sales has entered into a business opportunity sales contract connected with business opportunity sales, and the obligation to pay the charges for the goods or the consideration for the services under the business opportunity sales contract is not performed in whole or in part (excluding if the business opportunity sales contract has been canceled), the person engaged in business opportunity sales may not demand that the counterparty pay an amount of money that exceeds the aggregate of the amount equal to the sales price of the goods or rights or the consideration for the services less the already-paid amount of charges for the goods or consideration for the services plus the amount of any damages for delay based on the statutory interest rate, even if there is a provision for liquidated damages or a provision for a penalty.
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契約の締結をした場合において、その業務提供誘引販売契約に係る商品の代金又は役務の対価の全部又は一部の支払の義務が履行されない場合（業務提供誘引販売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、当該商品の販売価格又は当該役務の対価に相当する額から既に支払われた当該商品の代金又は当該役務の対価の額を控除した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相手方に対して請求することができない。
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to goods or services connected with business opportunity sales transactions that are sold or provided through installment sales.
前二項の規定は、業務提供誘引販売取引に係る商品又は役務を割賦販売により販売し又は提供するものについては、適用しない。