# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の四 (Article 35-4)

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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
- 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: 第三十五条の四 (Article 35-4)（指定） — address `art-35-4`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4
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They are never merged and never substituted for one another.

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### 第三十五条の四（指定） — (Designation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4</sup>

**第一項**  第十八条の三第四項（前条において準用する場合を含む。）の指定（以下この章において「指定」という。）は、前受金保全措置としての供託委託契約に係る受託の事業（以下「受託事業」という。）を営もうとする者の申請により行う。
<sup>art-35-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-1</sup>
A designation as referred to in Article 18-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article) (referred to below as a "designation" in this Chapter) is accorded at the application of a person seeking to engage in the services with which it is entrusted under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits as a preservative measure for advances received (referred to below as "services under entrustment").
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  指定を受けようとする者は、次の事項を記載した申請書を経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。
<sup>art-35-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-2</sup>
A person seeking designation must submit an application to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry stating the following matters:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  商号
  <sup>art-35-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-2/item-1</sup>
  its trade name;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  本店その他の営業所の名称及び所在地
  <sup>art-35-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-2/item-2</sup>
  the names and locations of its principal business office and other business offices; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  資本金の額及び役員の氏名
  <sup>art-35-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-2/item-3</sup>
  its amount of stated capital and the names of its officers.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  前項の申請書には、定款、業務方法書、事業計画書、前受業務保証金供託委託契約約款その他経済産業省令で定める書類を添付しなければならない。
<sup>art-35-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-3</sup>
The articles of incorporation, a statement of business methods, the business plan, the general conditions of the contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services, and the documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry must accompany the application referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前項の場合において、定款が電磁的記録で作られているときは、書面に代えて電磁的記録（経済産業省令で定めるものに限る。）を添付することができる。
<sup>art-35-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-4</sup>
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation have been created in the form of an electronic or magnetic record, the electronic or magnetic record (limited to one as specified by Order of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) may accompany the application in lieu of a paper document.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35-4/par-1: 第十八条の三第四項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の三第四項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (4)), art-18-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-4
- art-35-4/par-1: 前条 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六十二 (Article 35-3-62), art-35-3-62 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-62
- art-35-4/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の四第二項 (Article 35-4, paragraph (2)), art-35-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-2
- art-35-4/par-4: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の四第三項 (Article 35-4, paragraph (3)), art-35-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の四第三項（指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-3
- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の四第四項（指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-4/par-4
- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の六第一項（変更の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-6/par-1

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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
- 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