# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の四十二 (Article 35-3-42)

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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: 第三十五条の三の四十二 (Article 35-3-42)（特定信用情報提供等業務の一部の委託） — address `art-35-3-42`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第三十五条の三の四十二（特定信用情報提供等業務の一部の委託） — (Entrusting a Person with a Part of Specified Credit Information Services)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-3-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-42</sup>

    **第一項**  指定信用情報機関は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、特定信用情報提供等業務の一部を、経済産業大臣の承認を受けて、他の者に委託することができる。
    <sup>art-35-3-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-42/par-1</sup>
    A designated credit bureau may entrust another person with part of its specified credit information services pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, with the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定による委託を受けた者は、当該委託を受けた特定信用情報提供等業務の一部を、当該委託をした指定信用情報機関の同意を得て、更に他の者に委託することができる。
    <sup>art-35-3-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-42/par-2</sup>
    A person that has been entrusted as under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may further entrust another person with a part of the specified credit information services with which it has been entrusted, with the consent of the designated credit bureau that has entrusted it with those services.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35-3-42/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の四十二第一項 (Article 35-3-42, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-42/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の四十二第二項（特定信用情報提供等業務の一部の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-42/par-2
- 割賦販売法 第四十条第十二項（報告の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-40/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-40/par-12
- 割賦販売法 第四十一条第六項（立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-41/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-41/par-6

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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
