# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

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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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4281-99/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年六月を超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、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of its promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items:
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  **一**  附則第十一条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation.
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  **二**  第三十五条の三の十二の改正規定及び第三十五条の三の十三第七項の改正規定並びに附則第六条及び第七条の規定　特定商取引に関する法律の一部を改正する法律（平成二十八年法律第六十号）の施行の日
  <sup>suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions amending Article 35-3-12 and the provisions amending Article 35-3-13, paragraph (7), and the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (Act No. 60 of 2016) comes into effect.
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## Cites
- suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第十一条 → 割賦販売法 附則第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11), suppl-4281-99/art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-11
- suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第六条 → 割賦販売法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4281-99/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-6
- suppl-4281-99/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第七条 → 割賦販売法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4281-99/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-7

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 割賦販売法 附則第六条第一項（通常必要とされる分量を著しく超える商品の販売契約等に係る個別信用購入あっせん関係受領契約の申込みの撤回等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-6/par-1
- 割賦販売法 附則第十条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-10/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
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch installment-sales-act-20261102T230407-003, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-opus-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch installment-sales-act-20261102T230407-008, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch installment-sales-act-20261102T230407-010, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 222 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
