# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の三十六 (Article 35-3-36) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36. 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: 第三十五条の三の三十六 (Article 35-3-36)（特定信用情報提供等業務を行う者の指定） — address `art-35-3-36` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十五条の三の三十六（特定信用情報提供等業務を行う者の指定） — (Designation of a Person to Perform Specified Credit Information Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35-3-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、次に掲げる要件を備える者を、その申請により、この節の定めるところにより特定信用情報提供等業務（特定信用情報の収集及び包括信用購入あつせん業者又は個別信用購入あつせん業者に対する特定信用情報の提供を行う業務をいう。以下同じ。）を行う者として、指定することができる。 art-35-3-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1 On the application of a person that meets the following requirements, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may designate that person to perform specified credit information services pursuant to the provisions of this Section (meaning services constituting the collection and provision of specified credit information to comprehensive credit purchase intermediaries or individual credit purchase intermediaries; the same applies below): Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "On the application of a person that meets the following requirements, the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry may designate that person to perform specified credit information services pursuant to the provisions of this Section (meaning services constituting the collection and provision of specified credit information to comprehensive credit purchase intermediaries or individual credit purchase intermediaries; the same applies below):" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **一** 法人（人格のない社団又は財団で代表者又は管理人の定めのあるものを含み、外国の法令に準拠して設立された法人その他の外国の団体を除く。第四号ニにおいて同じ。）であること。 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-1 it is a corporation (this includes an association or a foundation that is without legal personality but that has a representative or administrator, but it excludes a corporation incorporated under the law of a foreign state or any other foreign organization; the same applies in item (iv), (d)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項の規定によりこの項の規定による指定を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しない者でないこと。 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-2 it is not a person whose designation under the provisions of this paragraph has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-3-54, paragraph (1) and that is yet to have five years pass since the date of the rescission; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** この法律若しくは個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）又はこれらに相当する外国の法令の規定に違反し、罰金の刑（これに相当する外国の法令による刑を含む。）に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の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でないこと。 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-3 it is not a person that has been sentenced to a fine (including an equivalent punishment under a foreign law or regulation) for violating the provisions of this Act, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) or an equivalent foreign law or regulation, and that is yet to have five years pass since it finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "it is not a person that has been sentenced to a fine (including an equivalent punishment under a foreign law or regulation) for violating the provisions of this Article, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) or an equivalent foreign law or regulation, and that is yet to have five years pass since it finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **四** 役員（業務を執行する社員（業務を執行する社員が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき者を含む。）、取締役、執行役、会計参与（会計参与が法人であるときは、その職務を行うべき社員を含む。）、監査役、代表者若しくは管理人又はこれらに準ずる者をいう。以下この款及び第三款において同じ。）のうちに、次のいずれかに該当する者がないこと。 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4 it does not have an officer (this means a member that executes business (if a member that executes business is a corporation, this includes the person that performs its duties as a member), a director, executive officer, accounting advisor (if an accounting advisor is a corporation, this includes the member that performs its duties as an accounting advisor), auditor, representative, or administrator, or a person equivalent to any of these; the same applies below in this Subsection and Subsection 3) that falls under one of the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 心身の故障のため職務を適正に執行することができない者として経済産業省令で定める者 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-1 a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as being unable to cope with the execution of its duties due to a mental or physical disorder; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者又は外国の法令上これと同様に取り扱われている者 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-2 a person that has not had rights restored after receiving a ruling of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, or a person that is treated in the same manner as that person under the laws and regulations of a foreign state; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 拘禁刑以上の刑（これに相当する外国の法令による刑を含む。）に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は刑の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-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-3 a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment (including equivalent punishment under a foreign law or regulation), if five years have not yet passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; machine translation, not official **ニ** 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項の規定によりこの項の規定による指定を取り消された場合又はこの法律に相当する外国の法令の規定により当該外国において受けている当該指定に類する行政処分を取り消された場合において、その取消しの日前三十日以内にその法人の役員（外国の法令上これと同様に取り扱われている者を含む。ホにおいて同じ。）であつた者でその取消しの日から五年を経過しない者 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-4 a person that, during the 30 days before the date of rescission, was the officer (including a person treated in the same manner under foreign laws and regulations; the same applies in (e)) of a corporation, in a case in which a designation under this paragraph has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-3-54, paragraph (1) or in which an administrative disposition which is similar to that designation and which the corporation has received in a foreign state pursuant to the provisions of a foreign law or regulation that is equivalent to this Act, has been rescinded, if five years have not yet passed since the date of the rescission; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項の規定又はこの法律に相当する外国の法令の規定により解任を命ぜられた役員でその処分を受けた日から五年を経過しない者 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-5 an officer whose dismissal has been ordered pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-3-54, paragraph (1) or of a foreign law or regulation that is equivalent to this Act, if five years have not yet passed since the date of that disposition; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ヘ** この法律若しくは個人情報の保護に関する法律又はこれらに相当する外国の法令の規定に違反し、罰金の刑（これに相当する外国の法令による刑を含む。）に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又はその刑の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-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-6 a person that has been sentenced to a fine (including an equivalent punishment under a foreign law or regulation) for violating the provisions of this Act, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, or an equivalent foreign law or regulation, if five years have not yet passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a person that has been sentenced to a fine (including an equivalent punishment under a foreign law or regulation) for violating the provisions of this Article, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, or an equivalent foreign law or regulation, if five years have not yet passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **五** その取り扱う特定信用情報の規模として経済産業省令で定めるものが、特定信用情報提供等業務を適正かつ効率的に行うに足りるものとして経済産業省令で定める基準に適合するものであること。 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-5 the scope specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as the scope of specified credit information it handles conforms to the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as sufficient for allowing it to perform specified credit information services appropriately and efficiently; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 特定信用情報提供等業務を遂行するために必要と認められる財産的基礎で経済産業省令で定めるものを有すると認められること。 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-6 it is found to have the financial basis that is found to be necessary to allow it to perform specified credit information services as specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** その人的構成に照らして、特定信用情報提供等業務を適正かつ確実に遂行することができる知識及び経験を有し、かつ、十分な社会的信用を有すると認められること。 art-35-3-36/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-7 in light of its personnel structure, it is found to have sufficient knowledge and experience for performing specified credit information services appropriately and reliably, and to have sufficient social credibility. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 経済産業大臣は、前項の規定による指定をしたときは、指定信用情報機関の商号又は名称及び主たる営業所又は事務所の所在地並びに当該指定をした日を官報で公示しなければならない。 art-35-3-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-2 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry makes a designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the minister must issue public notice of the trade name or name of the designated credit bureau, the location of its principal business office or office, and the date of the designation in the Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35-3-36/par-1/item-1: 第四号 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項第四号 (Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4 - art-35-3-36/par-1/item-2: 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項 (Article 35-3-54, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-54/par-1 - art-35-3-36/par-1/item-2: この項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項 (Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1 - art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-4: 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項 (Article 35-3-54, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-54/par-1 - art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-4: この項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項 (Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1 - art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-5: 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項 (Article 35-3-54, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-54/par-1 - art-35-3-36/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項 (Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第三十条の二第三項（包括支払可能見込額の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-30-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-2/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項第一号（特定信用情報提供等業務を行う者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項第二号（特定信用情報提供等業務を行う者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項第四号ニ（特定信用情報提供等業務を行う者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4/sub-4 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第二項（特定信用情報提供等業務を行う者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第一項（指定の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第二項第一号（指定の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の四十一第三項（兼業の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-41/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-54/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項第一号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-54/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-54/par-1/item-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項第二号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-54/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-54/par-1/item-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十四第二項（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-54/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十五第一項第一号（特定信用情報提供等業務移転命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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 35-3-36, paragraph (1) — 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 (割賦販売法), Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1), item (iii) — 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 (割賦販売法), Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1), item (iv), (f) — 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