# 古物営業法 / Secondhand Goods Business Act — 第二条 (Article 2) - Law: 古物営業法 (Secondhand Goods Business Act), 昭和二十四年法律第百八号 - English title "Secondhand Goods Business 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: 第二条 (Article 2)（定義） — address `art-2` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-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). 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. --- ### 第二条（定義） — (Definitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2 **第一項** この法律において「古物」とは、一度使用された物品（鑑賞的美術品及び商品券、乗車券、郵便切手その他政令で定めるこれらに類する証票その他の物を含み、大型機械類（船舶、航空機、工作機械その他これらに類する物をいう。）で政令で定めるものを除く。以下同じ。）若しくは使用されない物品で使用のために取引されたもの又はこれらの物品に幾分の手入れをしたものをいう。 art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-1 In this Act, the term "secondhand goods" means goods that have been used in the past (including collectible works of art, gift certificates, passenger tickets, postage stamps, and other similar vouchers and other items specified by Cabinet Order, but excluding large machinery (meaning ships, aircraft, machine tools, and other similar objects) specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter), or, goods that have been purchased, consigned, or traded for use but are no longer used, or goods as described above that have been maintained to some degree. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律において「古物営業」とは、次に掲げる営業をいう。 art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-2 In this Act, the term "secondhand goods business" means the businesses listed as follows: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 古物を売買し、若しくは交換し、又は委託を受けて売買し、若しくは交換する営業であつて、古物を売却すること又は自己が売却した物品を当該売却の相手方から買い受けることのみを行うもの以外のもの art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-2/item-1 a business that sells, purchases or exchanges secondhand goods, or sells, purchases or exchanges secondhand goods on consignment, excluding businesses engaged solely in selling secondhand goods or in purchasing secondhand goods from counterparties to which the goods were sold; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 古物市場（古物商間の古物の売買又は交換のための市場をいう。以下同じ。）を経営する営業 art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-2/item-2 a business that manages a secondhand goods market (meaning a market for selling and purchasing, or exchanging, secondhand goods among secondhand goods dealers; the same applies hereinafter); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 古物の売買をしようとする者のあつせんを競りの方法（政令で定める電子情報処理組織を使用する競りの方法その他の政令で定めるものに限る。）により行う営業（前号に掲げるものを除く。以下「古物競りあつせん業」という。） art-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-2/item-3 a business that brokers the selling and purchasing of secondhand goods by means of auctions (limited to auction methods using electronic data processing systems specified by Cabinet Order and other methods specified by Cabinet Order) (excluding business set forth in the preceding item; hereinafter referred to as "secondhand goods auction brokerage"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律において「古物商」とは、次条の規定による許可を受けて前項第一号に掲げる営業を営む者をいう。 art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-3 The term "secondhand goods dealer" as used in this Act, means a person who, after receiving a permit under the provisions of the following Article, operates a business engaging in the activities set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** この法律において「古物市場主」とは、次条の規定による許可を受けて第二項第二号に掲げる営業を営む者をいう。 art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-4 The term "secondhand goods market owner" as used in this Act means a person who, after receiving a permit under the provisions of the following Article, operates the type of business set forth in paragraph (2), item (ii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** この法律において「古物競りあつせん業者」とは、古物競りあつせん業を営む者をいう。 art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-5 The term "secondhand goods auction broker" as used in this Act means a person who operates a secondhand goods auction brokerage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-2/par-2/item-3: 前号 → 古物営業法 第二条第二項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-2/item-2 - art-2/par-3: 次条 → 古物営業法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-3 - art-2/par-3: 前項第一号 → 古物営業法 第二条第二項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-2/item-1 - art-2/par-4: 次条 → 古物営業法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-3 - art-2/par-4: 第二項第二号 → 古物営業法 第二条第二項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 古物営業法 第二条第二項第三号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-2/item-3 - 古物営業法 第二条第三項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-3 - 古物営業法 第二条第四項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-2/par-4 - 古物営業法 第三条第一項（許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-3/par-1 - 古物営業法 第五条第一項第五号（許可の手続及び許可証） — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-5/par-1/item-5 - 古物営業法 第五条第一項第六号（許可の手続及び許可証） — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-5/par-1/item-6 - 古物営業法 第十条の二第一項第四号（届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-10-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-10-2/par-1/item-4 - 古物営業法 第三十一条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/art-31/par-1/item-1 - 古物営業法 附則第二条第一項（新たに古物に含まれることとなる物に係る営業に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/suppl-4071-66/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000108/suppl-4071-66/art-2/par-1 - 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十二条第四項（行政庁等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-22/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 古物営業法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000108/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-09-29 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Secondhand Goods Business Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4227/tb), retrieved 2026-09-29 - This site's parser, version 211 — 古物営業法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29