# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第五十一条の五 (Article 51-5)

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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: 第五十一条の五 (Article 51-5) — address `art-51-5`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5
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### 第五十一条の五
<sup>art-51-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした登録包括信用購入あつせん業者、登録少額包括信用購入あつせん業者、登録個別信用購入あつせん業者、指定信用情報機関、指定受託機関、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者又は認定割賦販売協会の代表者、管理人、代理人、使用人その他の従業者は、百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-51-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1</sup>
In a case that falls under any of the following items, the violating representative, administrator, agent, employee, or other worker of a Registered comprehensive credit purchase intermediary, registered comprehensive small amount credit purchase intermediary, registered individual credit purchase intermediary, designated credit bureau, designated entrusted institution, a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers or certified installment sales association, is subject to punishment by a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第三十四条（第三十五条の三において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 34 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第三十五条の三の三十一の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 35-3-31;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第三十五条の三の五十二の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 35-3-52;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  第三十五条の十三の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1/item-4</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 35-13;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  第三十五条の十七の十の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1/item-5</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 35-17-10; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **六**  第三十五条の二十四第一項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1/item-6</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 35-24, paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-51-5/par-1/item-1: 第三十四条 → 割賦販売法 第三十四条 (Article 34), art-34 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34
- art-51-5/par-1/item-1: 第三十五条の三 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三 (Article 35-3), art-35-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3
- art-51-5/par-1/item-2: 第三十五条の三の三十一 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十一 (Article 35-3-31), art-35-3-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-31
- art-51-5/par-1/item-3: 第三十五条の三の五十二 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十二 (Article 35-3-52), art-35-3-52 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-52
- art-51-5/par-1/item-4: 第三十五条の十三 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十三 (Article 35-13), art-35-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-13
- art-51-5/par-1/item-5: 第三十五条の十七の十 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十 (Article 35-17-10), art-35-17-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-10
- art-51-5/par-1/item-6: 第三十五条の二十四第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の二十四第一項 (Article 35-24, paragraph (1)), art-35-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-24/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-54/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
- This site's parser, version 220 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02