# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第二十九条の四 (Article 29-4)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第二十九条の四 (Article 29-4)（準用規定） — address `art-29-4`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-4
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### 第二十九条の四（準用規定） — (Provisions Applied Mutatis Mutandis)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-29-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4</sup>

**第一項**  第四条の二の規定はローン提携販売業者に、第八条（第六号を除く。）の規定はローン提携販売に準用する。この場合において、第四条の二中「第三条第二項若しくは第三項又は前条各項」とあるのは、「第二十九条の二第一項若しくは第二項又は第二十九条の三各項」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-29-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 4-2 apply mutatis mutandis to a loan-affiliated installment seller and Article 8 (excluding item (vi)) applies mutatis mutandis to a loan-affiliated installment sale. In this case, the phrase "paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of Article 3 or the paragraphs of the preceding Article" in Article 4-2 is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 29-2 or the paragraphs of Article 29-3".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  第三十条の四の規定は、第二条第二項第一号に規定するローン提携販売に係る分割返済金の返済についてローン提携販売業者に対して生じている事由をもつてローン提供業者（同号に規定する債務の保証を受けてローン提携販売に係る購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に対して同号に規定する金銭の貸付けを業として行う者をいう。）に対抗する場合に準用する。この場合において、第三十条の四第一項中「商品」とあるのは「指定商品」と、「役務に」とあるのは「指定役務に」と、「第三十条の二の三第一項第二号の支払分」とあるのは「第二十九条の三第一項第二号の分割返済金」と、「当該役務」とあるのは「当該指定役務」と、同条第四項中「支払分」とあるのは「分割返済金」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-29-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 30-4 apply mutatis mutandis when grounds involving the payment of amortized repayments in connection with a loan-affiliated installment sale provided for in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), which arise against a loan-affiliated installment seller, are asserted against the loan provider (meaning the person that has lent money as prescribed in that item to the purchaser or service recipient connected with a loan-affiliated installment sale in the course of trade, based on the guarantee of obligations prescribed in that item). In this case, the term "goods" in Article 30-4, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "designated goods"; the term "services" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "designated services"; the phrase "amount to be paid as referred to in Article 30-2-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "amortized repayment as stated in Article 29-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)"; the term "services" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "designated services"; and the term "amount to be paid" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "amortized repayment".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第三十条の五の規定は、第二条第二項第二号に規定するローン提携販売に係る弁済金の返済について準用する。この場合において、第三十条の五第一項中「前条」とあるのは、「第二十九条の四第二項において準用する前条」とするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
<sup>art-29-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 30-5 apply mutatis mutandis to the payment money for loan-affiliated installment sales prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (ii). In this case, the term "the preceding Article" in Article 30-5, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29-4, paragraph (2)", and other necessary technical replacements of terms are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-29-4/par-1: 第四条の二 → 割賦販売法 第四条の二 (Article 4-2), art-4-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4-2
- art-29-4/par-1: 第八条 → 割賦販売法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8
- art-29-4/par-1: 第六号 → 割賦販売法 第八条第一項第六号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-8/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-6
- art-29-4/par-1: 第三条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-2
- art-29-4/par-1: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三条第三項 (Article 3, paragraph (3)), art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3
- art-29-4/par-1: 前条 → 割賦販売法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4
- art-29-4/par-1: 第二十九条の二第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の二第一項 (Article 29-2, paragraph (1)), art-29-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-2/par-1
- art-29-4/par-1: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の二第二項 (Article 29-2, paragraph (2)), art-29-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-2/par-2
- art-29-4/par-1: 第二十九条の三 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の三 (Article 29-3), art-29-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-3
- art-29-4/par-2: 第三十条の四 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4), art-30-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-4
- art-29-4/par-2: 第二条第二項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第二項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-2/item-1
- art-29-4/par-2: 第三十条の四第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の四第一項 (Article 30-4, paragraph (1)), art-30-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-4/par-1
- art-29-4/par-2: 第三十条の二の三第一項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の二の三第一項第二号 (Article 30-2-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-30-2-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-2-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-2-3/par-1/item-2
- art-29-4/par-2: 第二十九条の三第一項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の三第一項第二号 (Article 29-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-29-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-3/par-1/item-2
- art-29-4/par-2: 同条第四項 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の四第四項 (Article 30-4, paragraph (4)), art-30-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-4/par-4
- art-29-4/par-3: 第三十条の五 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の五 (Article 30-5), art-30-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-5
- art-29-4/par-3: 第二条第二項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第二項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-2/item-2
- art-29-4/par-3: 第三十条の五第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の五第一項 (Article 30-5, paragraph (1)), art-30-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-5/par-1
- art-29-4/par-3: 前条 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4), art-30-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-4
- art-29-4/par-3: 第二十九条の四第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の四第二項 (Article 29-4, paragraph (2)), art-29-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-2

## Cited by

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- 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第二号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-2
- 割賦販売法 第二十九条の四第三項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-3
- 割賦販売法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3471-72/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3471-72/art-3/par-1
- 割賦販売法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3471-72/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3471-72/art-4/par-1
- 割賦販売法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-3
- 割賦販売法 附則第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-4
- 割賦販売法 附則第六条第一項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3631-43/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3631-43/art-6/par-1
- 割賦販売法 附則第二条第一項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4111-34/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4111-34/art-2/par-1
- 割賦販売法 附則第三条第一項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4121-120/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4121-120/art-3/par-1
- 割賦販売法 附則第三条第三項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4121-120/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4121-120/art-3/par-3
- 割賦販売法 附則第三条第四項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4121-120/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4121-120/art-3/par-4
- 割賦販売法 附則第三条第三項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3
- 割賦販売法 附則第三条第四項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-4
- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第七項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4201-74/art-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4201-74/art-5/par-7

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## 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
