# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第五十五条の二 (Article 55-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-55-2. 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: 第五十五条の二 (Article 55-2) — address `art-55-2` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-55-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-55-2 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の二 art-55-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-55-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-55-2 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、その行為をした指定信用情報機関の取締役、執行役、会計参与若しくはその職務を行うべき社員、監査役、理事、監事、代表者、管理人、業務を執行する社員若しくは清算人又は認定割賦販売協会の役員（仮理事を含む。）若しくは代表者であつた者は、三十万円以下の過料に処する。 art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-55-2/par-1 In a case that falls under one of the following items, the violating director, executive officer, accounting advisor, or member that performs the duties of the same, or the violating auditor, board director, inspector, representative, administrator, member that executes business, or liquidator of a designated credit bureau, or the violating person that was formerly the officer (including a provisional board director) or representative of a certified installment sales association, is subject to punishment by a non-criminal fine of not more than 300,000 yen: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In a case that falls under one of the following items, the violating director, executive officer, accounting advisor, or member that performs the duties of the same, or the violating auditor, board director, inspector, representative, administrator, member that executes business, or liquidator of a designated credit bureau, or the violating person that was formerly the officer (including a provisional board director) or representative of a certified installment sales association, is subject to punishment by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **一** 第三十五条の三の三十八の規定に違反して、経済産業大臣の認可を受けずに、法人の代表者となり、若しくは常務に従事し、又は事業を営んだとき。 art-55-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-55-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-55-2/par-1/item-1 the person violates the provisions of Article 35-3-38 in becoming the representative of a corporation, engaging in day-to-day business operations, or engaging in business without obtaining the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第三十五条の三の四十八又は第三十五条の十九第一項の規定に違反したとき。 art-55-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-55-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-55-2/par-1/item-2 the person violates the provisions of Article 35-3-48 or Article 35-19, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55-2/par-1/item-1: 第三十五条の三の三十八 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十八 (Article 35-3-38), art-35-3-38 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-38 - art-55-2/par-1/item-2: 第三十五条の三の四十八 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の四十八 (Article 35-3-48), art-35-3-48 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-48 - art-55-2/par-1/item-2: 第三十五条の十九第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十九第一項 (Article 35-19, paragraph (1)), art-35-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-19/par-1 --- ## 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 55-2, paragraph (1) — 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 - This site's parser, version 222 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02