# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第八条 (Article 8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8. 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（適用除外） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条（適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8 **第一項** この章の規定は、次の割賦販売については、適用しない。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1 The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to one of the following installment sales: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約又は指定役務を提供する契約（次に掲げるものを除く。）であつて、当該契約の申込みをした者が営業のために若しくは営業として締結するもの又は購入者若しくは役務の提供を受ける者が営業のために若しくは営業として締結するものに係る割賦販売 art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-1 an installment sale based on a contract under which designated goods or designated rights are sold, or a contract under which designated services are provided (excluding the following contracts), which the person offering the contract concludes for business purposes or as a part of its business or which the purchaser or service recipient concludes for business purposes or as a part of its business: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 連鎖販売業（特定商取引に関する法律第三十三条第一項に規定する連鎖販売業をいう。以下同じ。）に係る連鎖販売取引（同項に規定する連鎖販売取引をいう。以下同じ。）についての契約（当該契約以外の契約であつてその連鎖販売業に係る商品若しくは権利の販売又は役務の提供に係るもの（以下「特定商品販売等契約」という。）を含む。）のうち、その連鎖販売業に係る商品若しくは権利の販売又は役務の提供を店舗その他これに類似する設備によらないで行う個人との契約（以下「連鎖販売個人契約」という。） art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1 a contract for a multilevel marketing transaction (meaning a multilevel marketing transaction as prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions; the same applies below) arising from multilevel marketing (meaning multilevel marketing as prescribed in that paragraph; the same applies below) (including a contract other than one for such a transaction, which involves the sale of goods or rights or the provision of services linked to multilevel marketing (referred to below as a "sales contract for specified goods, etc.")), that constitutes a contract with an individual who sells goods or rights or provides services arising from the multilevel marketing other than through a store or other similar facility (referred to below as a "personal multilevel marketing contract"); or Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a contract for a multilevel marketing transaction (meaning a multilevel marketing transaction as prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions; the same applies below) arising from multilevel marketing (meaning multilevel marketing as prescribed in that paragraph; the same applies below) (including a contract other than one for such a transaction, which involves the sale of goods or rights or the provision of services linked to multilevel marketing (referred to below as a "sales contract for specified goods, etc.")), that constitutes a contract with an individual who sells goods or rights or provides services that arising from the multilevel marketing other than through a store or other similar facility (referred to below as a "personal multilevel marketing contract"); or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **ロ** 業務提供誘引販売業（特定商取引に関する法律第五十一条第一項に規定する業務提供誘引販売業をいう。以下同じ。）に係る業務提供誘引販売取引（同項に規定する業務提供誘引販売取引をいう。以下同じ。）についての契約のうち、その業務提供誘引販売業に関して提供され、又はあつせんされる業務を事業所その他これに類似する施設によらないで行う個人との契約（以下「業務提供誘引販売個人契約」という。） art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2 a contract for a business opportunity sales transaction (meaning a business opportunity sales transaction as prescribed in Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions; the same applies below) arising from business opportunity sales (meaning business opportunity sales as prescribed in that paragraph; the same applies below), with an individual who performs services that are provided or arranged in connection with business opportunity sales, at a place other than a business establishment or other similar facility (referred to below as a "personal business opportunity sales contract"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 本邦外に在る者に対して行う割賦販売 art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-2 an installment sale to a person residing outside Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 国又は地方公共団体が行う割賦販売 art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-3 an installment sale by the national or local government; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 次の団体がその直接又は間接の構成員に対して行う割賦販売（当該団体が構成員以外の者にその事業又は施設を利用させることができる場合には、これらの者に対して行う割賦販売を含む。） art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-4 an installment sale by one of the following organizations to its direct or indirect member (if the organization is able to make its business or facility available to persons other than its members, this includes the installment sales to a non-member): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 特別の法律に基づいて設立された組合並びにその連合会及び中央会 art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1 a partnership incorporated based on a special law, or a federation or central association of those partnerships; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）第百八条の二又は地方公務員法（昭和二十五年法律第二百六十一号）第五十二条の団体 art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2 an organization as referred to in Article 108-2 of the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) or Article 52 of the Local Public Service Act (Act No. 261 of 1950); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 労働組合 art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-3 a labor union. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 事業者がその従業者に対して行う割賦販売 art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-5 an installment sale by a business operator to its employee; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 無尽業法（昭和六年法律第四十二号）第一条に規定する無尽に該当する割賦販売 art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-6 an installment sale that falls under the category of a mutual loan prescribed in Article 1 of the Act on the Mutual Loan Business (Act No. 42 of 1931). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1: 特定商取引に関する法律第三十三条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-33/par-1 - art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 特定商取引に関する法律第五十一条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-51/par-1 - art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2: 国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）第百八条の二 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000120, 第百八条の二 (Article 108-2), art-108-2 — not held in this collection - art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2: 地方公務員法（昭和二十五年法律第二百六十一号）第五十二条 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000261, 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — not held in this collection - art-8/par-1/item-6: 無尽業法（昭和六年法律第四十二号）第一条 → e-Gov law 306AC0000000042, 第一条 (Article 1), art-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第二十九条の四第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六十二第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-62/par-1 - 割賦販売法 附則第三条第三項（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-4121-120/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4121-120/art-3/par-3 - 割賦販売法 附則第三条第三項（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-4161-44/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3 --- ## 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 8, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) — 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 220 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02