Section 1 Registration
第一節 登録
第二十二条（登録）
A person that seeks to run a private lodging management business must be registered with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
住宅宿泊管理業を営もうとする者は、国土交通大臣の登録を受けなければならない。
The registration referred to in the preceding paragraph ceases to be effective upon expiry of the period unless renewed every five years.
前項の登録は、五年ごとにその更新を受けなければ、その期間の経過によって、その効力を失う。
If an application for renewal referred to in the preceding paragraph has been made and no disposition is made on the application by the date of expiry of the period referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph referred to as the "valid period of registration"), the previous registration remains in force after the expiry of the valid period of registration until the disposition is made.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the registration is renewed, the validity period of the registration is to be calculated from the day after the expiry date of the previous registration.
A person that seeks to renew the registration referred to in paragraph (2) must pay a fee in the amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the actual costs.
第二項の登録の更新を受けようとする者は、実費を勘案して政令で定める額の手数料を納めなければならない。
Article 23Application for Registration
第二十三条（登録の申請）
A person that seeks the registration referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (including renewal of registration referred to in paragraph (2) of that Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter and Article 72, item (ii)) must submit an application stating the following to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism:
the trade name, name, or full name and address;
商号、名称又は氏名及び住所
if the person is a corporation, the full names of its officers;
法人である場合においては、その役員の氏名
if the person is a minor, the full name and address of the legal representative (or if the legal representative is a corporation, its trade name or name and address and the full names of its officers); and
未成年者である場合においては、その法定代理人の氏名及び住所（法定代理人が法人である場合にあっては、その商号又は名称及び住所並びにその役員の氏名）
the name and location of the person's business office or office.
営業所又は事務所の名称及び所在地
The application referred to in the preceding paragraph must be accompanied by a document pledging that the person seeking the registration referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article does not fall under any of the items of Article 25, paragraph (1) and other documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
第二十四条（登録簿への記載等）
When an application for registration under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is made, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must register the following particulars in the register of private lodging management businesses, except cases in which the Minister denies the registration pursuant to paragraph (1) of the following Article:
the particulars listed in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; and
前条第一項各号に掲げる事項
date of registration and the registration number.
登録年月日及び登録番号
If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has granted registration under the preceding paragraph, the Minister must notify the applicant and the prefectural governor to that effect without delay.
国土交通大臣は、前項の規定による登録をしたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を申請者及び都道府県知事に通知しなければならない。
Article 25Denial of Registration
第二十五条（登録の拒否）
If a person seeking the registration referred to in Article 22, paragraph (1) falls under any of the following items, or if the application or its supporting documents referred to in Article 23, paragraph (1) contain a false statement on an important particular or omit important facts, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must deny the registration:
a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as being incapable of properly carrying out the private lodging management business due to a mental or physical disability;
心身の故障により住宅宿泊管理業を的確に遂行することができない者として国土交通省令で定めるもの
a person subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings that has not been released from bankruptcy restrictions;
破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者
a person whose registration has been revoked pursuant to Article 42, paragraph (1) or (4) if five years have not passed from the date of the revocation (or if the person whose registration has been revoked is a corporation, the person in question includes a person who was an officer of the corporation within 30 days before the date of the revocation if five years have not passed from the date of the revocation);
a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment or has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if five years have not passed from the date on which the execution of that sentence has been completed or the person ceased to be subject to execution of that sentence;
拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又はこの法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなった日から起算して五年を経過しない者
a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as being one that there are reasonable grounds to find likely to commit fraudulent or dishonest acts in relation to the private lodging management business;
住宅宿泊管理業に関し不正又は不誠実な行為をするおそれがあると認めるに足りる相当の理由がある者として国土交通省令で定めるもの
a minor who does not have the same capacity to act as an adult in relation to the business and whose legal representative falls under any of the preceding items;
営業に関し成年者と同一の行為能力を有しない未成年者でその法定代理人が前各号のいずれかに該当するもの
a corporation, one of whose officers falls under any of items (i) through (vi) above;
法人であって、その役員のうちに第一号から第六号までのいずれかに該当する者があるもの
a person whose business activities are controlled by a current or former organized crime group member;
暴力団員等がその事業活動を支配する者
a person that does not have a financial basis that conforms to the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and is found necessary to carry out a private lodging management business; or
住宅宿泊管理業を遂行するために必要と認められる国土交通省令で定める基準に適合する財産的基礎を有しない者
a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as not having the necessary infrastructures in place to accurately carry out the private lodging management business.
住宅宿泊管理業を的確に遂行するための必要な体制が整備されていない者として国土交通省令で定めるもの
If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism denies registration pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Minister must notify the applicant of this without delay, indicating the reasons for the denial.
国土交通大臣は、前項の規定により登録を拒否したときは、遅滞なく、その理由を示して、その旨を申請者に通知しなければならない。
Article 26Notification of Changes
第二十六条（変更の届出等）
If there has been a change in the particulars listed in the items of Article 23, paragraph (1), a private lodging manager must notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to that effect within 30 days from the date of that change.
If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism receives a notification under the preceding paragraph, the Minister must register the particulars subject to the notification in the register of private lodging managers, except cases in which those particulars fall under paragraph (1), item (vii) or (viii) of the preceding Article.
If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has made a registration under the preceding paragraph, the Minister must notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay.
国土交通大臣は、前項の規定による登録をしたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を都道府県知事に通知しなければならない。
The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the notification under paragraph (1).
Article 27Inspection of the Register of Private Lodging Managers
第二十七条（住宅宿泊管理業者登録簿の閲覧）
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must make the register of private lodging managers available for public inspection.
国土交通大臣は、住宅宿泊管理業者登録簿を一般の閲覧に供しなければならない。
Article 28Notification of Discontinuance of Business
第二十八条（廃業等の届出）
If a private lodging manager comes to fall under any of the following items, the persons specified in the items must notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to that effect within 30 days from that date (in the case of item (i), from the date of learning of the fact) pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism:
if an individual who is the private lodging management dies:the heir;
住宅宿泊管理業者である個人が死亡したとき その相続人
if a corporation that is the private lodging manager ceases to exist as a result of a merger:a person who was an officer representing that corporation;
住宅宿泊管理業者である法人が合併により消滅したとき その法人を代表する役員であった者
if a corporation that is the private lodging manager is dissolved by an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings:its bankruptcy trustee;
住宅宿泊管理業者である法人が破産手続開始の決定により解散したとき その破産管財人
if a corporation that is the private lodging manager is dissolved for reasons other than a merger or an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings:its liquidator; or
住宅宿泊管理業者である法人が合併及び破産手続開始の決定以外の理由により解散したとき その清算人
if the private lodging manager has discontinued its private lodging management business:an individual who was the private lodging manager or an officer representing a corporation that was the private lodging manager.
If a private lodging manager comes to fall under any of the items of the preceding paragraph, the registration under Article 22, paragraph (1) ceases to be valid.
Section 2 Operation
第二節 業務
Article 29Principles of Business Processes
第二十九条（業務処理の原則）
Private lodging managers must perform their work in a spirit of good faith and in integrity.
住宅宿泊管理業者は、信義を旨とし、誠実にその業務を行わなければならない。
Article 30Prohibition of Lending One's Name
第三十条（名義貸しの禁止）
A private lodging manager must not allow another person to run a private lodging management business under that private lodging manager's name.
Article 31Prohibition of Exaggerated Advertising
第三十一条（誇大広告等の禁止）
When advertising its business, a private lodging manager must not make representations that are significantly different from the actual facts with regard to particulars concerning the responsibilities of the private lodging manager and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, or representations that mislead people into believing that they are significantly better or more advantageous than they are in reality.
住宅宿泊管理業者は、その業務に関して広告をするときは、住宅宿泊管理業者の責任に関する事項その他の国土交通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 32Prohibition of Improper Solicitation
第三十二条（不当な勧誘等の禁止）
A private lodging manager must not do any of the following acts:
住宅宿泊管理業者は、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。
in soliciting conclusion of a management contract (meaning a contract under which the private lodging manager is entrusted with private lodging management services) or in order to prevent the cancellation of that contract, intentionally failing to tell a fact to a person that has entrusted or seeks to entrust the private lodging manager with the private lodging management services (hereinafter referred to as the "entrusting person") in relation to important particulars that concern the management contract and may influence the entrusting person's decision, or misrepresenting those particulars to the entrusting person; and
管理受託契約（住宅宿泊管理業務の委託を受けることを内容とする契約をいう。以下同じ。）の締結の勧誘をするに際し、又はその解除を妨げるため、住宅宿泊管理業務を委託し、又は委託しようとする住宅宿泊事業者（以下「委託者」という。）に対し、当該管理受託契約に関する事項であって委託者の判断に影響を及ぼすこととなる重要なものにつき、故意に事実を告げず、又は不実のことを告げる行為
beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, acts relating to the private lodging management business which are specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as lacking in the protection of an entrusting person.