# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十条の三 (Article 30-3)

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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: 第三十条の三 (Article 30-3)（契約の解除等に伴う損害賠償等の額の制限） — address `art-30-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第三十条の三（契約の解除等に伴う損害賠償等の額の制限） — (Restriction on the Amount of Damages Accompanying the Cancellation of a Contract)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-3</sup>

    **第一項**  包括信用購入あつせん業者は、包括信用購入あつせん関係受領契約であつて第二条第三項第一号に規定する包括信用購入あつせんに係るものが解除された場合には、損害賠償額の予定又は違約金の定めがあるときにおいても、当該契約に係る支払総額に相当する額にこれに対する法定利率による遅延損害金の額を加算した金額を超える額の金銭の支払を購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に対して請求することができない。
    <sup>art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-3/par-1</sup>
    In the event that a contract providing the receipt of monies subject to the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases in connection with the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i) is cancelled, even if the contract has provisions stating liquidated damages or the penalty for breach of contract, it is prohibited for the comprehensive credit purchase intermediary to demand that the purchaser or service recipient pay an amount of money that exceeds the amount that corresponds to the total amount payable under the contract plus the amount of delay damages based on the applicable statutory interest rate.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  包括信用購入あつせん業者は、前項の契約について第三十条の二の三第一項第二号の支払分の支払の義務が履行されない場合（契約が解除された場合を除く。）には、損害賠償額の予定又は違約金の定めがあるときにおいても、当該契約に係る支払総額に相当する額から既に支払われた同号の支払分の額を控除した額にこれに対する法定利率による遅延損害金の額を加算した金額を超える額の金銭の支払を購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に対して請求することができない。
    <sup>art-30-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-3/par-2</sup>
    In the event of an unperformed obligation to pay the amount to be paid that is referred to in Article 30-2-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) in respect of the contract referred to in the preceding paragraph (excluding if that contract is cancelled), even if the contract has provisions stating liquidated damages or the penalty for breach of contract, the comprehensive credit purchase intermediary may not demand that the purchaser or service recipient pay an amount of money that exceeds the amount that corresponds to the total amount payable under the contract less the amount to be paid as referred to in that item that has already been paid, plus the amount of delay damages for this based on the applicable statutory interest rate.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-30-3/par-1: 第二条第三項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第三項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-2/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-3/item-1
- art-30-3/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の三第一項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (1)), art-30-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-3/par-1
- art-30-3/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

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 割賦販売法 第三十条の二の三第一項第一号（包括信用購入あつせん関係受領契約に関する情報の提供等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-2-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-2-3/par-1/item-1
- 割賦販売法 第三十条の三第二項（契約の解除等に伴う損害賠償等の額の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-3/par-2
- 割賦販売法 附則第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-5
- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第十二項（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-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4201-74/art-5/par-12

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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 222 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
