# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の五 (Article 35-3-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5. 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: 第三十五条の三の五 (Article 35-3-5)（個別信用購入あつせん関係販売契約等の勧誘に係る調査） — address `art-35-3-5` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5 - 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. --- ### 第三十五条の三の五（個別信用購入あつせん関係販売契約等の勧誘に係る調査） — (Investigation into the Solicitation Connected with a Contract for Sales Involving the Intermediation of Individual Credit Purchases) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5 **第一項** 個別信用購入あつせん業者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する契約（第三十五条の三の七において「特定契約」という。）であつて、個別信用購入あつせんに係る販売の方法により商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約（以下「個別信用購入あつせん関係販売契約」という。）又は個別信用購入あつせんに係る提供の方法により役務を提供する契約（以下「個別信用購入あつせん関係役務提供契約」という。）に該当するものに係る個別信用購入あつせん関係受領契約を締結しようとする場合には、その契約の締結に先立つて、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、個別信用購入あつせん関係販売業者又は個別信用購入あつせん関係役務提供事業者による同条各号のいずれかに該当する行為の有無に関する事項であつて経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める事項を調査しなければならない。 art-35-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-1 If an individual credit purchase intermediary seeks to conclude a contract providing the receipt of monies subject to the intermediation of individual credit purchases which is connected with a contract falling under one of the following items (that contract is referred to as a "specified contract" in Article 35-3-7) which constitutes a contract under which goods or designated rights are sold in a way that involves the intermediation of individual credit purchases (referred to below as "contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases") or a contract under which services are provided in a way that involves the intermediation of individual credit purchases (referred to below as a "contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases"), before concluding the contract and pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order, the intermediary must investigate the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order concerning whether the seller affiliated with the intermediation of individual credit purchases or the service provider affiliated with the intermediation of individual credit purchases has committed an act falling under one of the items of Article 35-3-7: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an individual credit purchase intermediary seeks to conclude a contract falling under one of the following items (that contract is referred to as a "specified contract" in Article 35-3-7) which constitutes a contract providing the receipt of monies subject to the intermediation of individual credit purchases which is connected with a contract under which goods or designated rights are sold in a way that involves the intermediation of individual credit purchases (referred to below as "contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases") or a contract under which services are provided in a way that involves the intermediation of individual credit purchases (referred to below as a "contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases"), before concluding the contract and pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order, the intermediary must investigate the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order concerning whether the seller affiliated with the intermediation of individual credit purchases or the service provider affiliated with the intermediation of individual credit purchases has committed an act falling under one of the items of Article 35-3-7:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **一** 特定商取引に関する法律第二条第一項に規定する訪問販売（以下「訪問販売」という。）に係る契約 art-35-3-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-1 a contract arising from door-to-door sales as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (referred to below as "door-to-door sales"); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 特定商取引に関する法律第二条第三項に規定する電話勧誘販売（以下「電話勧誘販売」という。）に係る契約 art-35-3-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-2 a contract arising from telemarketing sales as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (referred to below as "telemarketing sales"); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 連鎖販売個人契約のうち特定商品販売等契約を除いたもの（以下「特定連鎖販売個人契約」という。） art-35-3-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-3 a personal multilevel marketing contract other than a sales contract for specified goods, etc. (referred to below as a "specified personal multilevel marketing contract"); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 特定商取引に関する法律第四十一条第一項第一号に規定する特定継続的役務提供契約又は同項第二号に規定する特定権利販売契約（以下「特定継続的役務提供等契約」という。） art-35-3-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-4 a specified continuous service contract as prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions or a sales contract for specified rights as prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph (referred to below as a "specified continuous service contract"); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 業務提供誘引販売個人契約 art-35-3-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-1/item-5 a personal business opportunity sales contract. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 個別信用購入あつせん業者は、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、前項の規定による調査に関する記録を作成し、これを保存しなければならない。 art-35-3-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-2 An individual credit purchase intermediary must prepare and archive a record of any investigation under the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35-3-5/par-1: 第三十五条の三の七 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の七 (Article 35-3-7), art-35-3-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-7 - art-35-3-5/par-1/item-1: 特定商取引に関する法律第二条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-2/par-1 - art-35-3-5/par-1/item-2: 特定商取引に関する法律第二条第三項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-2/par-3 - art-35-3-5/par-1/item-4: 特定商取引に関する法律第四十一条第一項第一号 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十一条第一項第一号 (Article 41, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-41/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-41/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-41/par-1/item-1 - art-35-3-5/par-1/item-4: 同項第二号 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十一条第一項第二号 (Article 41, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-41/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-41/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-41/par-1/item-2 - art-35-3-5/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五第一項 (Article 35-3-5, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-1 ## Cited by 16 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五第二項（個別信用購入あつせん関係販売契約等の勧誘に係る調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六第一項（調査の協力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-6/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の七第一項（個別信用購入あつせん関係受領契約の申込みの承諾等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-7/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の九第二項第三号（個別信用購入あつせん業者による書面の交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-9/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-9/par-2/item-3 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の九第四項第三号（個別信用購入あつせん業者による書面の交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-9/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-9/par-4/item-3 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の二十一第一項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-21/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の二十一第二項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-21/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の二十一第三項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-21/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の二十六第一項第九号（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-26/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-26/par-1/item-9 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十二第三項（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-32/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六十第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-60/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第四十条第四項（報告の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-40/par-4 - 割賦販売法 第四十条第十項（報告の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-40/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-40/par-10 - 割賦販売法 第四十一条第五項（立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-41/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-41/par-5 - 割賦販売法 第五十三条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-53/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-53/par-1/item-5 - 割賦販売法 附則第五条第十項（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-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4201-74/art-5/par-10 --- ## 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 35-3-5, 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 — 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