# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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
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- Provision: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（営業保証金に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4281-99/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第五条（営業保証金に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Business Security Deposits
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<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧法第三十五条の二第一項の規定に基づく営業保証金の取戻しに関する手続を行っている者についての当該営業保証金の取戻しについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-1</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the recovery of a business security deposit by a person that, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually carrying out the procedures for the recovery of that business security deposit based on the provisions of Article 35-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Act.
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**第二項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧法第三十五条の三において準用する旧法第二十一条第一項の規定に基づく権利の実行に関する手続を行っている者についての当該権利の実行については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-2</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the exercise of a right by a person that, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually carrying out the procedures for the exercise of that right based on the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3 of the Former Act.
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**第三項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧法第三十五条の三において準用する旧法第十六条第一項の規定により営業保証金を供託している者（第一項の旧法第三十五条の二第一項（同項前段に限る。）の規定に基づく営業保証金の取戻しに関する手続を行っている者を除く。）は、当該供託に係る営業保証金を取り戻すことができる。
<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3</sup>
A person that, at the time this Act comes into effect, has actually made a business security deposit pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3 of the Former Act (excluding a person that is carrying out the procedures for the recovery of a business security deposit based on the provisions of Article 35-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Act (limited to the first sentence of that paragraph) referred to in paragraph (1)) may recover the business security deposit so made.
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**第四項**  前項の規定による営業保証金の取戻しは、施行日前に当該営業保証金につき旧法第三十五条の三において準用する旧法第二十一条第一項の権利を有していた者に対し、六月を下らない一定期間内に申し出るべき旨を公告し、その期間内にその申出がなかった場合でなければ、することができない。ただし、施行日から十年を経過したときは、この限りでない。
<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4</sup>
The recovery of a business security deposit under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is not permitted unless public notice is issued to the persons that, before the Effective Date, had the right referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3 of the Former Act with respect to that business security deposit, indicating that those persons must make a filing within a fixed period of not less than six months, and no filing is made within that period; provided, however, that this does not apply once 10 years have passed from the Effective Date.
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**第五項**  前項に規定するもののほか、第三項の規定による営業保証金の取戻しに関し必要な事項は、法務省令・経済産業省令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-5</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, necessary matters concerning the recovery of a business security deposit under the provisions of paragraph (3) are specified by Order of the Ministry of Justice and Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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**第六項**  施行日前に旧法第三十一条に規定する登録包括信用購入あっせん業者と旧法第二条第三項に規定する包括信用購入あっせんに係る契約を締結した販売業者又は役務提供事業者（第四項の規定による公告がされたときは同項の申出をした者に限る。）は、その契約によって生じた債権（第四項の規定による公告がされたときは同項の申出に係るものに限る。）に関し、当該登録包括信用購入あっせん業者が供託した営業保証金について、その債権の弁済を受ける権利を有する。
<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6</sup>
A seller or service provider that, before the Effective Date, concluded a contract for the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Former Act with a registered comprehensive credit purchase intermediary prescribed in Article 31 of the Former Act (limited, where public notice has been issued under the provisions of paragraph (4), to a person that has made the filing referred to in that paragraph) has the right to be repaid for the claims arising from that contract (limited, where public notice has been issued under the provisions of paragraph (4), to claims relating to the filing referred to in that paragraph) out of the business security deposit made by that registered comprehensive credit purchase intermediary.
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**第七項**  前項の権利の実行に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-7</sup>
The necessary particulars relevant to the exercise of the right referred to in the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-1
- suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4: 前項 → 割賦販売法 附則第五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3
- suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-5: 前項 → 割賦販売法 附則第五条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (4)), suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4
- suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-5: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 附則第五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (3)), suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3
- suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6: 第四項 → 割賦販売法 附則第五条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (4)), suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4
- suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-7: 前項 → 割賦販売法 附則第五条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (6)), suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第三項（営業保証金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-3
- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第四項（営業保証金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-4
- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第五項（営業保証金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-5
- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第六項（営業保証金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-6
- 割賦販売法 附則第五条第七項（営業保証金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-5/par-7
- 割賦販売法 附則第十一条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-11/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-20261102T230407-010, 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
