# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第二十条の三 (Article 20-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3. 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: 第二十条の三 (Article 20-3)（供託委託契約の受託者の供託等） — address `art-20-3` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3 - 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. --- ### 第二十条の三（供託委託契約の受託者の供託等） — (Deposit by an Entrusted Party under a Contract on the Entrustment of Business Deposits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-20-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、前受金保全措置として供託委託契約を締結している許可割賦販売業者が第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号までの一に該当するとき、又は第二十一条第一項の権利を有する者若しくは当該許可割賦販売業者から当該許可割賦販売業者が第二十七条第一項第五号若しくは第六号に該当する旨の申出があつたときは、遅滞なく、第二十一条第一項の権利を有する者に対し、六十日以上の一定の期間内に経済産業大臣に債権の申出をすべきこと及びその期間内に債権の申出をしないときは当該公示に係る前受金保全措置についての権利の実行の手続から除斥されるべきことを公示しなければならない。 art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1 If a licensed installment seller that concludes a contract on the entrustment of business deposits as a preservative measure for advances received, falls under one of Article 27, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) inclusive, or if a person with the right referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1) or such a licensed installment seller files a notification indicating that the licensed installment seller falls under Article 27, paragraph (1), item (v) or item (vi), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must issue public notice to persons with the right referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1), without delay, indicating that any such person must file a claim with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry within a fixed period of not less than sixty days, and that failure to file a claim within that period excludes a person from the process by which rights are exercised in connection with the preservative measures for advances received concerning the public notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 経済産業大臣は、前項の規定による公示をしたときは、遅滞なく、当該許可割賦販売業者に係る供託委託契約の受託者に対し、当該公示に係る債権の申出をすべき期間の末日までに当該供託委託契約に基づく前受業務保証金を供託すべきことを指示しなければならない。ただし、当該受託者が次項の規定による指示を受けて前受業務保証金を供託している場合は、この限りでない。 art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-2 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry issues public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the minister, without delay, must instruct the entrusted party under the contract on the entrustment of business deposits with the relevant licensed installment seller to make a business deposit for prepaid services based on that contract on the entrustment of business deposits by the last day of the period during which the filing of claims to which the public notice concerns must be made; provided, however, that this does not apply if the entrusted party has already made the business deposit for prepaid services on receipt of the instructions under the provisions of the following paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 経済産業大臣は、前項本文に定める場合のほか、許可割賦販売業者と前払式割賦販売の契約を締結した者のその契約によつて生ずる債権を保全するため必要があると認めたときは、当該許可割賦販売業者に係る供託委託契約の受託者に対し、期限を指定して供託委託契約に基づく前受業務保証金を供託すべきことを指示することができる。 art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it to be necessary for the preservation of a person's claims arising under a contract for prepaid installment sales that the person has concluded with a licensed installment seller, the minister may instruct the entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits with that licensed installment seller to make a business deposit for prepaid services based on the contract on the entrustment of business deposits within a designated time frame, in a case beyond what is prescribed in the main clause of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 供託委託契約の受託者は、第二項本文の規定による指示を受けたときは第一項の規定による公示に係る債権の申出をすべき期間の末日までに、前項の規定による指示を受けたときは同項の規定により指定された期限までに、当該供託委託契約に基づく前受業務保証金を供託しなければならない。 art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-4 If the entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits is given an instruction under the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (2), it must make the business deposit for prepaid services based on the contract on the entrustment of business deposits by the last day of the period during which the filing of claims to which the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (1) concerns must be made, and if it is given an instruction under the preceding paragraph, it must make that deposit within the time frame designated pursuant to that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 供託委託契約の受託者は、前項の規定により前受業務保証金を供託したときは、経済産業大臣に供託物受入れの記載のある供託書の写しを提出しなければならない。 art-20-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-5 When the entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits makes a business deposit for prepaid services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must submit a copy of the deposit statement showing the receipt of the deposit to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第十六条第一項の規定は、第四項の規定により供託する場合に準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「主たる営業所」とあるのは、「許可割賦販売業者の主たる営業所」と読み替えるものとする。 art-20-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-6 The provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis when a deposit is made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4). In this case, the phrase "the principal business office" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the principal business office of the licensed installment seller". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第一号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-27/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-1 - art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第二号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-27/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-2 - art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第三号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-27/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-3 - art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第四号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-27/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-4 - art-20-3/par-1: 第二十一条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-1 - art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第五号 → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第五号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-27/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-5 - art-20-3/par-1: 第六号 → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第六号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-27/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-6 - art-20-3/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第一項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (1)), art-20-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1 - art-20-3/par-2: 次項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第三項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (3)), art-20-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3 - art-20-3/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第二項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (2)), art-20-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-2 - art-20-3/par-4: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第二項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (2)), art-20-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-2 - art-20-3/par-4: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第一項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (1)), art-20-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1 - art-20-3/par-4: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第三項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (3)), art-20-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3 - art-20-3/par-5: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第四項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (4)), art-20-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-4 - art-20-3/par-6: 第十六条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-1 - art-20-3/par-6: 第四項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第四項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (4)), art-20-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-4 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第十八条の三第三項（前受金保全措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第二項（供託委託契約の受託者の供託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第三項（供託委託契約の受託者の供託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第四項（供託委託契約の受託者の供託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-4 - 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第五項（供託委託契約の受託者の供託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-5 - 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第六項（供託委託契約の受託者の供託等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-6 - 割賦販売法 第二十条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第二十条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-2 - 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/ja/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 第五十二条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-52/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-52/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 222 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02