# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の五十一 (Article 35-3-51)

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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: 第三十五条の三の五十一 (Article 35-3-51)（業務及び財産に関する報告書の提出） — address `art-35-3-51`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-51
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### 第三十五条の三の五十一（業務及び財産に関する報告書の提出） — (Submission of Reports on Business Activities and Assets)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-3-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-51</sup>

    **第一項**  指定信用情報機関は、事業年度ごとに、当該事業年度に係る業務及び財産に関する報告書を作成し、経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。
    <sup>art-35-3-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-51/par-1</sup>
    Each business year, a designated credit bureau must prepare a report on its business activities and assets in the relevant business year and submit it to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の報告書に関する記載事項、提出期日その他必要な事項は、経済産業省令で定める。
    <sup>art-35-3-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-51/par-2</sup>
    The matters that are required to be stated in the report referred to in the preceding paragraph, the submission date, and other necessary matters are specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35-3-51/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十一第一項 (Article 35-3-51, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-51/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十一第二項（業務及び財産に関する報告書の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-51/par-2
- 割賦販売法 第五十二条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-52/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-52/par-1/item-8

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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
