# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3431-72` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和四三年五月二九日法律第七二号 suppl-3431-72 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月をこえない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、第十八条の次に二条を加える改正規定中第十八条の二に関する部分及び附則第八項の規定は、公布の日から起算して六月をこえない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-3431-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that, of the provisions adding two Articles after Article 18, the part concerning Article 18-2, and the provisions of paragraph (8) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者は、三万円以下の罰金に処する。 suppl-3431-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-4 A person that fails to file the notification under the preceding paragraph or files a false notification is subject to punishment by a fine of not more than 30,000 yen. machine translation, not official **第五項** 法人の代表者又は法人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人の業務に関し前項の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して同項の刑を科する。 suppl-3431-72/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-5 If the representative of a corporation, or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation, commits the violation referred to in the preceding paragraph in connection with the business of that corporation, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation is subject to the punishment prescribed in that paragraph. machine translation, not official **第六項** 旧法の規定により供託された営業保証金は、新法の規定により供託された営業保証金とみなす。 suppl-3431-72/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-6 A business security deposit made pursuant to the provisions of the Former Act is deemed to be a business security deposit made pursuant to the provisions of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第九項** 旧法第二十三条第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消された法人は、その取消しの日において、新法第二十三条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を取り消されたものとみなす。 suppl-3431-72/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-9 A corporation whose registration was rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Former Act is deemed to have had its license rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) or (2) of the New Act on the date of that rescission. machine translation, not official **第十項** 旧法第二十三条第一項若しくは第二項の規定により登録を取り消され、若しくは旧法第二十六条第一項第二号若しくは第三号の規定により登録を消除された場合における登録割賦販売業者であつた者若しくはその承継人又は当該登録割賦販売業者であつた者とこの法律の施行の際前払式割賦販売の契約を締結している者でその契約に係る商品の引渡しを受けていないものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3431-72/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-10 With regard to a person that was formerly a registered installment seller whose registration was rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Former Act, or deleted pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) of the Former Act, or its successor, or a person that, at the time this Act comes into effect, has concluded a contract for prepaid installment sales with that person that was formerly a registered installment seller but has not been delivered the goods under that contract, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第十一項** 旧法第三十三条において準用する旧法第二十三条第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消された法人は、その取消しの日において、新法第三十四条の二第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消されたものとみなす。 suppl-3431-72/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-11 A corporation whose registration was rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33 of the Former Act is deemed to have had its registration rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 34-2, paragraph (1) or (2) of the New Act on the date of that rescission. machine translation, not official **第十二項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3431-72/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-12 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3431-72/par-5: 前項 → 割賦販売法 附則第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (4)), suppl-3431-72/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-4 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 附則第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-3431-72/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3431-72/par-5 --- ## 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 - claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch installment-sales-act-20261102T230407-003, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02