# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46. 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46)（主務大臣） — address `art-46` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-46 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十六条（主務大臣） — (The Competent Minister) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-46 **第一項** この法律において主務大臣は、次のとおりとする。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-46/par-1 In this Act, the competent ministers are as follows: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 商品に係る事項については、経済産業大臣及び当該商品の流通を所掌する大臣 art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-46/par-1/item-1 in matters that concern goods, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the minister with jurisdiction over the physical distribution of those goods; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 指定権利に係る事項については、経済産業大臣及び当該権利に係る施設又は役務の提供を行う事業を所管する大臣 art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-46/par-1/item-2 in matters that concern designated rights, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the minister with jurisdiction over the facility to which those rights relate or the business of providing the services to which those rights relate; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 役務に係る事項については、経済産業大臣及び当該役務の提供を行う事業を所管する大臣 art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-46/par-1/item-3 in matters that concern services, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the minister with jurisdiction over the business of providing those services; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第三十六条第一項の規定による消費経済審議会への諮問に関する事項については、経済産業大臣及び当該商品の流通を所掌する大臣、当該権利に係る施設若しくは役務の提供を行う事業を所管する大臣又は当該役務の提供を行う事業を所管する大臣 art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-46/par-1/item-4 in matters that concern advisory consultations with the Consumer Economic Affairs Council under Article 36, paragraph (1), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the minister with jurisdiction over the physical distribution of the relevant goods, the minister with jurisdiction over the facility to which the relevant rights relate or over the business of providing the services to which the rights relate, or the minister with jurisdiction over the business of providing the relevant services; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 第三十六条第二項の規定による消費経済審議会及び消費者委員会への諮問に関する事項については、経済産業大臣、内閣総理大臣及び当該商品の流通を所掌する大臣、当該権利に係る施設若しくは役務の提供を行う事業を所管する大臣又は当該役務の提供を行う事業を所管する大臣 art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-46/par-1/item-5 in matters that concern advisory consultations with the Consumer Economic Affairs Council and the Consumer Commission under Article 36, paragraph (2), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Prime Minister, and the minister with jurisdiction over the physical distribution of the relevant goods, the minister with jurisdiction over the facility to which the relevant rights relate or over the business of providing the services to which the rights relate, or the minister with jurisdiction over the business of providing the relevant services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46/par-1/item-4: 第三十六条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-36/par-1 - art-46/par-1/item-5: 第三十六条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十六条第二項 (Article 36, paragraph (2)), art-36/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-36/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 附則第五条第二十九項（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4201-74/art-5/par-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4201-74/art-5/par-29 --- ## 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