The term "door-to-door purchase" as used in this Chapter and Article 58-24, paragraph (1) means the purchasing of an article (excluding an article specified by Cabinet Order that is found to be unlikely to prejudice the interests of the counterparty to the sales contract or an article specified by Cabinet Order for which it is considered that there is a risk that its distribution would be significantly hindered if the provisions of this Chapter apply; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter and Article 67, paragraph (1)) that a person that purchases articles in the course of trade (hereinafter referred to as a "buyer") undertakes after receiving an offer to enter into or entering into a sales contract for that article at a place other than an office or other location.

When a buyer seeks to conduct a door-to-door purchase, the buyer must clearly indicate to the other party, prior to solicitation, the name of the buyer, the fact that the purpose is to solicit the person to enter into a sales contract, and the type of articles connected with the solicitation.

①A buyer must not solicit a person to enter into a sales contract connected with a door-to-door purchase or check whether a person is willing to be solicited at a place other than an office or other location, if the person has not made a request to be solicited in connection with the contract.

②When seeking to conduct a door-to-door purchase, a buyer must not engage in solicitation without checking whether the other party is willing to be solicited prior to the solicitation.

③A buyer must not solicit a person to enter into a sales contract connected with a door-to-door purchase if that person has indicated an unwillingness to enter into the sales contract.

①When a buyer has received an offer to enter into a sales contract for articles at a place other than an office or other location, pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, the buyer must immediately deliver a document to the person who made the offer that gives the details of the offer with respect to the following information; provided, however, that this does not apply if the buyer has entered into the sales contract upon receiving the offer:

②In place of the delivery in writing under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a buyer may provide the information that is to be described in the documents by an electronic or magnetic means, after gaining the consent of the person who made the offer, pursuant to Cabinet Order. In this case, the buyer is deemed to have delivered the documents.

③The provision of information that is to be described in documents as specified in the first sentence of the previous paragraph through electronic or magnetic means (excluding means specified by order of the competent ministry) means that the information is deemed to have reached the person who made the offer when it is recorded in a file stored on the computer used by the person who made the offer.

①Except as prescribed in the following paragraph, if a buyer falls under one of the following items, the buyer must deliver a document to the counterparty to the sales contract that clarifies the details of the sales contract with respect to the information referred to in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to information about the cancellation of the sales contract with respect to the information referred to in item (v) of the paragraph) without delay (or immediately, in the case prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (1) of that Article), pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry:

②If a buyer falls under one of the items of the preceding paragraph, and upon entering into a sales contract, the buyer pays the price for the articles and receives those articles, pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry, the buyer must immediately deliver a document to the counterparty to the sales contract giving the information referred to in items (i) and (ii) of the preceding Article, the portion of the information referred to in paragraph (1), item (v) of the paragraph that is about canceling the sales contract, and any information specified by order of the competent ministry.

③The provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery in writing under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. In this case, the phrase "the person who made the offer" in paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the Article is deemed to be replaced with "the counterparty of a sales contract".

When receiving articles directly from the counterparty to a sales contract connected with a door-to-door purchase, a buyer must inform the counterparty to the sales contract that it is possible to refuse to hand over the articles, except in the case specified in the proviso to Article 58-14, paragraph (1).

①A buyer must not misrepresent the following information, either in soliciting a person to enter into a sales contract in connection with a door-to-door purchase, or in order to prevent the withdrawal of an offer to enter into a sales contract connected with a door-to-door purchase or the cancellation of the contract:

②A buyer 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 sales contract connected with a door-to-door purchase.

③A buyer must not use intimidation to overwhelm a person, either in order to have the person enter into a sales contract connected with a door-to-door purchase, or to prevent the person from withdrawing the offer of a sales contract connected with a door-to-door purchase or from canceling the contract.

④A buyer must not intentionally fail to disclose facts about or misrepresent the timing at which articles will be handed over or other material information relating to the handing over of articles that would affect the decision of the counterparty to the sales contract, in order to receive articles connected with a door-to-door purchase.

⑤A buyer must not use intimidation to overwhelm a person in order to receive articles connected with a door-to-door purchase.

If a buyer receives articles from the counterparty to a sales contract falling under one of the items of Article 58-8, paragraph (1) and then hands over those articles to a third party, the buyer must notify the counterparty to the sales contract of the handover and the information about the handover specified by order of the competent ministry without delay, except in the case prescribed in the proviso to Article 58-14, paragraph (1).

If a buyer receives articles from the counterparty to a sales contract falling under one of the items in Article 58-8, paragraph (1) and then hands over those articles to a third party in a case other than as prescribed in the proviso to Article 58-14, paragraph (1), the buyer must inform the third party that the sales contract for the articles has been canceled or may be canceled pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, as specified by order of the competent ministry.

①If a buyer has violated any of the provisions of Article 58-5, Article 58-6, Article 58-7, paragraph (1), Article 58-8, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 58-9 through the preceding Article, 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 a door-to-door purchase and the interests of the counterparty to the sales contract, the minister may instruct the buyer to take measures for correcting the violation or conduct, measures for protecting the interests of the counterparty to the sales contract, or any other necessary measures:

②Having given an instruction under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.

①If a buyer has violated any of the provisions of Article 58-5, Article 58-6, Article 58-7, paragraph (1), Article 58-8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or Article 58-9 through Article 58-11-2 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 a transaction connected with a door-to-door purchase and the interests of the counterparty to a sales contract or the buyer fails to follow the instructions under the provisions of that paragraph, the minister may order the buyer to suspend those business activities that are connected with door-to-door purchases in whole or in part, during a specified period of no longer than two years. In this case, if the buyer is an individual, the minister may also prohibit the individual from becoming an officer in charge of business activities that are subject to the suspension at a corporation that engages in those business activities for a period equal to the period of the suspension.

②If the competent minister orders suspension of a business pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, and if the buyer is an individual and a specified associated corporation of them (meaning a corporation whose business management is substantially controlled by a buyer, or their 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 on the scope subject to the suspension, the minister may order the buyer to suspend the business activities conducted by the specified associated corporation for the period equal to the period of the suspension.

③Having issued an order under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.

①If the competent minister orders a buyer to suspend its business activities 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 door-to-door purchases 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 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:

②When 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.

③Having issued an order under the preceding two paragraphs, the competent minister must issue a public announcement to that effect.

①If a buyer has received an offer to enter into a sales contract for articles at a place other than an office or other location, or if a buyer has entered into a sales contract for articles at a place other than an office or other location (excluding the case where the buyer has received the offer at an office or other location and entered into the sales contract at a place other than an office or other location), the person making the offer or the counterparty to the sales contract (hereinafter referred to as the "offerer or purchaser" in this Article through the following Article) may withdraw the offer to enter into a sales contract or cancel the sales contract (hereinafter referred to as "withdrawal of an offer or cancellation" of a contract in this Article) in writing or through electronic or magnetic records; provided, however, that this does not apply when eight days have passed after the date on which the offerer or purchaser received the document referred to in Article 58-8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) (or when eight days have passed after the date on which the offerer or purchaser received the document referred to in Article 58-7, paragraph (1), if the offerer or purchaser received the document under Article 58-7 at an earlier date than that on which the offerer or purchaser received the document referred to in Article 58-8) (if the offerer or purchaser did not withdraw an offer or cancel the contract by that time limit because the offerer or purchaser was under the misconception that information about the withdrawal of an offer or cancellation of a contract that the buyer had misrepresented to the offerer or purchaser, in violation of the provisions of Article 58-10, paragraph (1), was true, or because the offerer or purchaser was overwhelmed due to the buyer's use of intimidation, in violation of the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, when eight days have passed after the date on which the offerer or purchaser has received a document delivered to them by the buyer pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry that contains a notice to the effect that the offerer or purchaser may withdraw the offer to enter or cancel the sales contract).

②The withdrawal of an offer or cancellation of a contract takes effect at the time the withdrawal of the offer or cancellation of the contract is stated in writing or through notification of electronic or magnetic records.

③The party to a sales contract who constitutes the offerer or purchaser may duly assert the cancellation of the sales contract under the provisions of paragraph (1) against a third party; provided, however, that this does not apply if that third party constitutes a non-negligent third party in good faith.

④If a person withdraws an offer or cancels a contract, a buyer may not claim damages or demand the payment of any penalty in connection with the withdrawal of the offer or cancellation of the contract.

⑤If a person withdraws an offer or cancels a contract, and the price for the sales contract has already been paid, the buyer bears the costs required for returning its price and the interest.

⑥Any special provisions of a contract that run counter to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs and that are disadvantageous to the offerer or purchaser are invalid.

The party to a sales contract who constitutes the offerer or purchaser may refuse to hand over articles connected with a door-to-door purchase to the buyer or their successor even if there is a deadline for handing over the articles, except in the case prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

①If 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:

②If 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:

①The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to the following door-to-door purchases:

②The provisions of Article 58-6, paragraph (1), and Article 58-7 through the preceding Article do not apply to the following door-to-door purchases: