# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第十二条 (Article 12) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 割賦販売法 (Installment Sales Act), 昭和三十六年法律第百五十九号 - English title "Installment Sales Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十二条 (Article 12)（許可の申請） — address `art-12` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条（許可の申請） — (Application for a License) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12 **第一項** 前条の許可を受けようとする者は、次の事項を記載した申請書を経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。 art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1 A person seeking the license referred to in the preceding Article must submit an application to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry stating the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 名称 art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1/item-1 its name; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 本店その他の営業所及び代理店の名称及び所在地 art-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1/item-2 the names and locations of its principal office and other business offices and agency offices; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 資本金又は出資の額及び役員の氏名 art-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1/item-3 its amount of stated capital or capital contributions, and the names of its officers; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前払式割賦販売の方法により販売しようとする指定商品の種類 art-12/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1/item-4 the types of designated goods it seeks to sell through prepaid installment sales. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申請書には、定款、登記事項証明書、前払式割賦販売契約約款その他経済産業省令で定める書類を添付しなければならない。ただし、経済産業省令で定める場合は、登記事項証明書の添付を省略することができる。 art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-2 The articles of incorporation, a certificate of registered information, the general conditions of the contract for prepaid installment sales, and the documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry must accompany the application referred to in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that a certificate of registered information may be omitted if so specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、定款が電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。以下同じ。）で作られているときは、書面に代えて電磁的記録（経済産業省令で定めるものに限る。）を添付することができる。 art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation have been created in the form of an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record used in computer data processing, which is created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that is impossible to perceive through the human senses alone; the same applies below), the electronic or magnetic record (limited to one as specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) may accompany the application in lieu of a paper document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-12/par-1: 前条 → 割賦販売法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11 - art-12/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第十一条第一項第二号（前払式割賦販売業の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11/par-1/item-2 - 割賦販売法 第十二条第二項（許可の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第十二条第三項（許可の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第十九条第一項（変更の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第十九条第四項（変更の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-4 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六十一第一項第二号（前払式特定取引業の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-61/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-61/par-1/item-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六十二第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-62/par-1 - 割賦販売法 附則第七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3471-72/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3471-72/art-7/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 割賦販売法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000159/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Installment Sales Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 220 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02