# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の十二 (Article 35-12)

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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: 第三十五条の十二 (Article 35-12)（受託事業基金） — address `art-35-12`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-12
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-12
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### 第三十五条の十二（受託事業基金） — (Funds for Services Under Entrustment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-12</sup>

**第一項**  指定受託機関は、定款の定めるところにより、受託事業基金を設けなければならない。
<sup>art-35-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-12/par-1</sup>
A designated entrusted institution must establish funds for services under entrustment pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  指定受託機関は、責任準備金をもつて前受業務保証金を供託することができない場合においては、当該前受業務保証金の供託に充てる場合に限り、受託事業基金を使用することができる。
<sup>art-35-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-12/par-2</sup>
If liability reserves are not sufficient to enable a designated entrusted institution to make a business deposit for prepaid services, it may use funds for services under entrustment, but only if these are allocated to cover business deposits for prepaid services.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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