# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十三条の二 (Article 33-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2. 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: 第三十三条の二 (Article 33-2)（登録の拒否） — address `art-33-2` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2 - 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. --- ### 第三十三条の二（登録の拒否） — (Refusal to Effect a Registration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-33-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、第三十二条第一項の申請書を提出した者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は当該申請書若しくはその添付書類のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。 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 If the person submitting an application as referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) falls under one of the following items, or if the application or a document accompanying it contains a false statement concerning important matters or omits a statement of important fact, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must refuse that registration: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 法人でない者 art-33-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-1 a person that is not a corporation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 外国法人である場合には、国内に営業所を有しない者 art-33-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-2 if it is established under a foreign law, one that has no business office in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 資本金又は出資の額が包括信用購入あつせん関係販売業者又は包括信用購入あつせん関係役務提供事業者を保護するため必要かつ適当であると認められる金額で政令で定めるものに満たない法人 art-33-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-3 a corporation with a stated capital or capital contributions of less than the amount that is found to be necessary and appropriate to protect sellers affiliated with the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases or service providers affiliated with the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases, as specified by Cabinet Order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 資産の合計額から負債の合計額を控除した額が資本金又は出資の額の百分の九十に相当する額に満たない法人 art-33-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-4 a corporation with total assets minus total liabilities of an amount that is less than 90 percent of its stated capital or capital contributions; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 第三十四条の二第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しない法人 art-33-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-5 a corporation whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 34-2, if five years have not yet passed since the date of the rescission; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** この法律又は貸金業法（昭和五十八年法律第三十二号）の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない法人 art-33-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-6 a corporation that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act or the Money Lending Business Act (Act No. 32 of 1983), if five years have not yet passed since the day on which it finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 役員のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある法人 art-33-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-7 a corporation with an officer that falls under one of the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者 art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-1 a person that has not had rights restored after receiving a ruling of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者 art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-2 a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, if five years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; machine translation, not official **ハ** この法律、貸金業法若しくは暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十七号）の規定（同法第三十二条の三第七項及び第三十二条の十一第一項の規定を除く。）に違反し、又は刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）若しくは暴力行為等処罰に関する法律（大正十五年法律第六十号）の罪を犯し、罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者 art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-3 a person that has been sentenced to a fine for violating the provisions of this Act, the Money Lending Business Act, or the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991) (excluding the provisions of Article 32-3, paragraph (7) and Article 32-11, paragraph (1) of that Act) or for committing a crime stated in the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) or in the Act on Punishment of Physical Violence and Others (Act No. 60 of 1926), if five years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; machine translation, not official **ニ** 登録包括信用購入あつせん業者が第三十四条の二第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消された場合において、その処分のあつた日前三十日以内にその登録包括信用購入あつせん業者の役員であつた者で、その処分のあつた日から五年を経過しないもの art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-4 a person that, during the thirty days before the relevant disposition, was the officer of a registered comprehensive credit purchase intermediary whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 34-2, if five years have not yet passed since the date of that disposition; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** 暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律第二条第六号に規定する暴力団員（以下この号において「暴力団員」という。）又は暴力団員でなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者（以下「暴力団員等」という。） art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-5 a member of an organized crime group as prescribed in Article 2, item (vi) of Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (referred to below as a "member of an organized crime group" in this item) or a person that has not yet had five years pass since the date on which the person ceased to be the member of an organized crime group (referred to below as the "member of an organized crime group, etc."); Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a member of an organized crime group as prescribed in Article 2, item (iv) of Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (referred to below as a "member of an organized crime group" in this item) or a person that has not yet had five years pass since the date on which the person ceased to be the member of an organized crime group (referred to below as the "member of an organized crime group, etc.");" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **八** 暴力団員等がその事業活動を支配する法人 art-33-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-8 a corporation whose business activities are controlled by the member of an organized crime group, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **九** 暴力団員等をその業務に従事させ、又はその業務の補助者として使用するおそれのある法人 art-33-2/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-9 a corporation that is likely to allow the member of an organized crime group, etc. to engage in its business activities or to employ that person as an assistant in its business activities; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十** 包括信用購入あつせんに係る業務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法人として経済産業省令で定めるもの art-33-2/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-10 a corporation specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as one that there are sufficient grounds to find likely to engage in illegal or dishonest acts in respect of business connected with the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十一** 第三十条の二第一項本文に規定する調査、第三十五条の十六第一項及び第三項に規定する措置その他この法律に定める措置の円滑な実施を確保するために必要な体制、利用者又は購入者若しくは役務の提供を受ける者の苦情を適切かつ迅速に処理するために必要な体制その他の包括信用購入あつせんの公正かつ適確な実施を確保するために必要なものとして経済産業省令で定める体制が整備されていると認められない法人 art-33-2/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-11 a corporation that is found not to have in place the necessary system for ensuring the smooth implementation of investigations provided for in the main clause of Article 30-2, paragraph (1), the smooth implementation of measures specified in the provisions of Article 35-16, paragraphs (1) and (3), or the smooth implementation of other measures specified in this Act; the necessary system for appropriately and promptly processing complaints by users, purchasers, or service recipients; or any other system specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as necessary for ensuring fair and proper implementation in the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第十五条第二項及び第三項の規定は、第三十二条第一項の規定による登録の申請があつた場合に準用する。 art-33-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-2 The provisions of Article 15, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis when an application for registration under Article 32, paragraph (1) is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-33-2/par-1: 第三十二条第一項 → 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-33-2/par-1/item-5: 第三十四条の二第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十四条の二第一項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (1)), art-34-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-34-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34-2/par-1 - art-33-2/par-1/item-5: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十四条の二第二項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (2)), art-34-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-34-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34-2/par-2 - art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-3: 同法第三十二条の三第七項 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000077, 第三十二条の三第七項 (Article 32-3, paragraph (7)), art-32-3/par-7 — not held in this collection - art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-3: 第三十二条の十一第一項 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000077, 第三十二条の十一第一項 (Article 32-11, paragraph (1)), art-32-11/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-4: 第三十四条の二第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十四条の二第一項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (1)), art-34-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-34-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34-2/par-1 - art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-4: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十四条の二第二項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (2)), art-34-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-34-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34-2/par-2 - art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-5: 暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律第二条第六号 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000077, 第二条第一項第六号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-2/par-1/item-6 — not held in this collection - art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-5: この号 → 割賦販売法 第三十三条の二第一項第七号 (Article 33-2, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-33-2/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-7 - art-33-2/par-1/item-11: 第三十条の二第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の二第一項 (Article 30-2, paragraph (1)), art-30-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-2/par-1 - art-33-2/par-1/item-11: 第三十五条の十六第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十六第一項 (Article 35-16, paragraph (1)), art-35-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-16/par-1 - art-33-2/par-1/item-11: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十六第三項 (Article 35-16, paragraph (3)), art-35-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-16/par-3 - art-33-2/par-2: 第十五条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-2 - art-33-2/par-2: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-3 - art-33-2/par-2: 第三十二条第一項 → 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 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第三十三条第一項（登録及びその通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十三条の二第一項第七号ホ（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-33-2/par-1/item-7/sub-5 - 割賦販売法 第三十四条第一項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十四条の二第一項第一号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-34-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34-2/par-1/item-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十四条の二第二項第二号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-34-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34-2/par-2/item-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十六条第一項（消費経済審議会及び消費者委員会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-36/par-1 - 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 第三十九条の二第二項（登録等に関する意見聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-39-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-39-2/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十九条の三第一項（経済産業大臣への意見） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-39-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-39-3/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第四十二条第一項（意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-42/par-1 - 割賦販売法 附則第二条第一項（調整規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4201-74/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4201-74/art-2/par-1 - 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 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Installment Sales Act, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (割賦販売法), Article 33-2, paragraph (1), item (vii), (e) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb), 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch installment-sales-act-20261102T230407-001, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02