# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十三条 (Article 33)

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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
- 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33)（登録及びその通知） — address `art-33`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33
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### 第三十三条（登録及びその通知） — (Registration and Notice)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33</sup>

    **第一項**  経済産業大臣は、前条第一項の規定による登録の申請があつたときは、次条第一項の規定により登録を拒否する場合を除くほか、前条第一項各号に掲げる事項及び登録年月日を包括信用購入あつせん業者登録簿に登録しなければならない。
    <sup>art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33/par-1</sup>
    Whenever there is an application for registration under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must register the matters stated in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and the date of registration in the comprehensive credit purchase intermediary register, unless the minister refuses to effect a registration, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  経済産業大臣は、第三十一条の登録をしたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を当該登録の申請をした者に通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33/par-2</sup>
    Once the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry effects a registration as referred to in Article 31, the minister must notify the applicant for the registration of this without delay.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-33/par-1: 前条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-32/par-1
- art-33/par-1: 次条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十三条の二第一項 (Article 33-2, paragraph (1)), art-33-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1
- art-33/par-2: 第三十一条 → 割賦販売法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-31

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第三十九条の二第一項（登録等に関する意見聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-39-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-39-2/par-1
- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第十五項（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-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4201-74/art-5/par-15
- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第十六項（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-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4201-74/art-5/par-16

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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
