# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の五 (Article 35-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5. 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: 第三十五条の五 (Article 35-5)（指定の基準） — address `art-35-5` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十五条の五（指定の基準） — (Designation Standards) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、指定を申請した者が次の各号のいずれかに該当すると認めるときは、その指定をしてはならない。 art-35-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds a person applying for designation to fall under one of the following items, the minister must not accord that person the designation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 資本金の額が五千万円以上の株式会社でない者 art-35-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-1 a person that is not a stock company with a stated capital of at least 50,000,000 yen; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げるもののほか、その行おうとする受託事業を健全に遂行するに足りる財産的基礎を有しない者 art-35-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-2 a person other than one stated in the preceding item, but which does not have a sufficient financial basis to soundly perform the services under entrustment which it seeks to perform; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 定款の規定又は業務方法書若しくは事業計画書の内容が法令に違反し、又は事業の適正な運営を確保するのに十分でない者 art-35-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-3 a person whose articles of incorporation, business method, or business plan is in violation of laws and regulations, or is not sufficient for ensuring proper business operations; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a person whose articles of incorporation, business method, or business plan is in violation of laws and regulations, or a person that is not capable of ensuring proper business operations;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **四** 前受業務保証金供託委託契約約款の内容が経済産業省令で定める基準に適合しない者 art-35-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-4 a person with general conditions in its contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services which do not conform to the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 第三十五条の十四第二項の規定により指定を取り消され、その取消しの日から三年を経過しない者 art-35-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-5 a person whose designation has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-14, paragraph (2), if three years have not yet passed since the date of the rescission; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** この法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から三年を経過しない者 art-35-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-6 a person that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if three years have not yet passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 役員のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある者 art-35-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-7 a person with an officer that falls under one of the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 心身の故障のため職務を適正に執行することができない者として経済産業省令で定める者 art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-1 a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as being unable to cope with the execution of their duties due to a mental or physical disorder; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者 art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-2 a person that has not had rights restored after receiving a ruling of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又はこの法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から三年を経過しない者 art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-3 a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment or a person that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if three years have not yet passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; or machine translation, not official **ニ** 指定を受けた者（以下「指定受託機関」という。）が第三十五条の十四第二項の規定により指定を取り消された場合において、その処分のあつた日前三十日以内にその指定受託機関の役員であつた者で、その処分のあつた日から三年を経過しないもの art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-4 a person that, during the 30 days before the relevant disposition, was the officer of a person accorded a designation (referred to below as a "designated entrusted institution"), whose designation has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-14, paragraph (2), if three years have not yet passed since the date of the disposition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35-5/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の五第一項第一号 (Article 35-5, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-35-5/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-1 - art-35-5/par-1/item-5: 第三十五条の十四第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十四第二項 (Article 35-14, paragraph (2)), art-35-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-14/par-2 - art-35-5/par-1/item-7/sub-4: 第三十五条の十四第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十四第二項 (Article 35-14, paragraph (2)), art-35-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-14/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の五第一項第二号（指定の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十三第一項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-13/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十四第二項第二号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-14/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-14/par-2/item-2 --- ## 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 35-5, paragraph (1), item (iii) — 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 - 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