# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の九 (Article 35-9)

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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: 第三十五条の九 (Article 35-9)（兼業の制限） — address `art-35-9`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-9
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### 第三十五条の九（兼業の制限） — (Restriction on Concurrent Business)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-9</sup>

**第一項**  指定受託機関は、受託事業以外の事業を営んではならない。ただし、受託事業以外の事業を営むことが受託事業の適正な運営に支障を及ぼすおそれがないと認められる場合で、経済産業大臣の承認を受けたときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-35-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-9/par-1</sup>
A designated entrusted institution must not engage in any business other than services under entrustment; provided, however, that this does not apply if its performance of business other than services under entrustment is found to carry no risk of compromising the appropriate performance of services under entrustment, and it obtains the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 割賦販売法 第五十二条第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-52/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-52/par-1/item-11

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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 220 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
