# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第二十条の四 (Article 20-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4. 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: 第二十条の四 (Article 20-4) — address `art-20-4` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十条の四 art-20-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4 **第一項** 前条第二項本文の規定による指示を受けて前受業務保証金を供託した供託委託契約の受託者は、同条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内にその申出がなかつた場合には、その供託した前受業務保証金を取り戻すことができる。 art-20-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-1 The entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits which makes a business deposit for prepaid services following the instructions under the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, may recover the business deposit for prepaid services it makes, if a filing of claims to which the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article concerns is not made within the period during which the claims must be filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第三項の規定による指示を受けて前受業務保証金を供託した供託委託契約の受託者は、同条第一項の規定による公示がされている場合にあつては当該公示に係る債権の申出をすべき期間内にその申出がなかつたとき、当該公示がされていない場合にあつては経済産業省令で定めるところにより経済産業大臣の承認を受けたときは、その供託した前受業務保証金を取り戻すことができる。 art-20-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-2 The entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits which makes a business deposit for prepaid services following instructions under paragraph (3) of the preceding Article may recover the business deposit for prepaid services it makes if the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article is issued and the claim to which that public notice concerns is not filed within the period that the claim must be filed; or if the public notice is not issued and the entrusted party obtains the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による前受業務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。 art-20-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-3 The necessary matters relevant to the recovery of a business deposit for prepaid services under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs are specified by Order of the Ministry of Justice and Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20-4/par-1: 前条第二項 → 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-20-4/par-1: 同条第一項 → 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-20-4/par-2: 前条第三項 → 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-20-4/par-2: 同条第一項 → 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-20-4/par-3: 前二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の四第一項 (Article 20-4, paragraph (1)), art-20-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-1 - art-20-4/par-3: 前二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の四第二項 (Article 20-4, paragraph (2)), art-20-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第二十条の四第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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