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.