# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の七 (Article 35-3-7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-7. 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: 第三十五条の三の七 (Article 35-3-7)（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） — address `art-35-3-7` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-7 - 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. --- ### 第三十五条の三の七（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） — (Prohibition on the Acceptance of an Offer for a Contract Providing the Receipt of Monies Subject to the Intermediation of Individual Credit Purchases) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-7 **第一項** 個別信用購入あつせん業者は、第三十五条の三の五第一項の規定による調査その他の方法により知つた事項からみて、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が特定契約に係る個別信用購入あつせん関係販売契約又は個別信用購入あつせん関係役務提供契約の申込み又は締結の勧誘をするに際し、次の各号のいずれかに該当する行為をしたと認めるときは、当該勧誘の相手方に対し当該個別信用購入あつせん関係販売契約若しくは当該個別信用購入あつせん関係役務提供契約に係る個別信用購入あつせん関係受領契約の申込みをし、又は当該勧誘の相手方から受けた当該個別信用購入あつせん関係販売契約若しくは当該個別信用購入あつせん関係役務提供契約に係る個別信用購入あつせん関係受領契約の申込みを承諾してはならない。ただし、当該勧誘の相手方が当該個別信用購入あつせん関係販売契約又は当該個別信用購入あつせん関係役務提供契約の締結を必要とする特別の事情があることを確認した場合その他当該勧誘の相手方の利益の保護に欠け、又は欠けることとなるおそれがないと認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-35-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-7/par-1 If an individual credit purchase intermediary finds, based on information learned in an investigation under the provisions of Article 35-3-5, paragraph (1) or from any other source, that the seller affiliated with the intermediation of individual credit purchases or the service provider affiliated with the intermediation of individual credit purchases has engaged in an act falling under one of the following items in soliciting an offer for a contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases or contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases which constitutes a specified contract, or in soliciting a person to conclude such a contract, the individual credit purchase intermediary must not offer the solicited party a contract providing the receipt of monies subject to the intermediation of individual credit purchases in connection with the contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases or contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases, and must not accept the solicited party's offer of a contract providing the receipt of monies subject to the intermediation of individual credit purchases in connection with the contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases or contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are confirmed to be special circumstances that make it necessary for the solicited party to conclude the contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases or contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases, or if it is found that the interests of the solicited party are not compromised and are unlikely to become compromised: 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 finds, based on information learned in an investigation under the provisions of Article 35-3-5, paragraph (1) or from any other source, that the seller affiliated with the intermediation of individual credit purchase or the service provider affiliated with the intermediation of individual credit purchases has engaged an act falling under one of the following items in soliciting an offer for a contract for a sale involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases or contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases which constitutes a specified contract, or in soliciting a person to conclude such a contract, the individual credit purchase intermediary must not offer the solicited party a contract stipulating the receipt of monies subject to the intermediation of individual credit purchases in connection with the contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases or contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases, and must not accept the solicited party's offer of a contract stipulating the receipt of monies subject to the intermediation of individual credit purchases in connection with the contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases or contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are confirmed to be special circumstances that make it necessary for the solicited party to conclude the contract for sales involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases or contract for services involving the intermediation of individual credit purchases, or if it is found that the interests of the solicited party are not compromised and are unlikely to become compromised:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **一** 特定商取引に関する法律第六条第一項から第三項まで、第二十一条各項、第三十四条第一項から第三項まで、第四十四条各項又は第五十二条第一項若しくは第二項の規定に違反する行為 art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1 an act that violates the provisions of one of Article 6, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions or of the paragraphs of Article 21; Article 34, paragraphs (1) through (3); the paragraphs of Article 44; or Article 52, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of that Act; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 消費者契約法（平成十二年法律第六十一号）第四条第一項から第三項までに規定する行為（同条第二項に規定する行為にあつては、同項ただし書の場合に該当するものを除く。） art-35-3-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-7/par-1/item-2 an act prescribed in one of Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Consumer Contract Act (Act No. 61 of 2000) (excluding an act prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article which falls under the proviso to that paragraph). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35-3-7/par-1: 第三十五条の三の五第一項 → 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 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 特定商取引に関する法律第六条第一項から第三項まで → 特定商取引に関する法律 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-6/par-1 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 特定商取引に関する法律第六条第一項から第三項まで → 特定商取引に関する法律 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-6/par-2 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 特定商取引に関する法律第六条第一項から第三項まで → 特定商取引に関する法律 第六条第三項 (Article 6, paragraph (3)), art-6/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-6/par-3 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 第二十一条 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-21 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 第三十四条第一項から第三項まで → 特定商取引に関する法律 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-34/par-1 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 第三十四条第一項から第三項まで → 特定商取引に関する法律 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-34/par-2 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 第三十四条第一項から第三項まで → 特定商取引に関する法律 第三十四条第三項 (Article 34, paragraph (3)), art-34/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-34/par-3 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 第四十四条 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十四条 (Article 44), art-44 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-44 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 第五十二条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-52/par-1 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第五十二条第二項 (Article 52, paragraph (2)), art-52/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-52/par-2 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-2: 消費者契約法（平成十二年法律第六十一号）第四条第一項から第三項まで → 消費者契約法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-contract-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/412AC0000000061/art-4/par-1 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-2: 消費者契約法（平成十二年法律第六十一号）第四条第一項から第三項まで → 消費者契約法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-contract-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/412AC0000000061/art-4/par-2 - art-35-3-7/par-1/item-2: 消費者契約法（平成十二年法律第六十一号）第四条第一項から第三項まで → 消費者契約法 第四条第三項 (Article 4, paragraph (3)), art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-contract-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/412AC0000000061/art-4/par-3 ## Cited by 9 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一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-5/par-1 - 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 --- ## 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 35-3-7, 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