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: