# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27)

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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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（契約の解除） — address `art-27`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27
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### 第二十七条（契約の解除） — (Cancellation of a Contract)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該許可割賦販売業者と前払式割賦販売の契約を締結している者でその契約に係る商品の引渡しを受けていないものは、その契約を解除することができる。
  <sup>art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller falls under one of the following items, a person that has concluded a contract for prepaid installment sales with that licensed installment seller but has not been delivered the goods under that contract may cancel the contract:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  基準日の翌日から起算して五十日を経過する日までの間に当該基準日に係る基準額について前受金保全措置を講じなかつたとき。
    <sup>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</sup>
    it fails to take preservative measures for advances received for the base amount as of the base date, on or before the day on which fifty days have passed since the day following the relevant base date;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第二十条第一項の規定による命令を受けたとき。
    <sup>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</sup>
    it becomes subject to an order under Article 20, paragraph (1);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第二十三条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を取り消されたとき。
    <sup>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</sup>
    its license is rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 23;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  第二十五条の規定により許可が効力を失つたとき。
    <sup>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</sup>
    its license loses validity pursuant to the provisions of Article 25;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  破産手続開始、再生手続開始又は更生手続開始の申立てがあつたとき。
    <sup>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</sup>
    a motion to commence bankruptcy proceedings, rehabilitation proceedings, or reorganization proceedings is filed; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  支払を停止したとき。
    <sup>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</sup>
    it suspends payments.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定に反する特約は、無効とする。
  <sup>art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-2</sup>
  Any special provisions of a contract that run counter to the preceding paragraph are void.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-27/par-1/item-2: 第二十条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20/par-1
- art-27/par-1/item-3: 第二十三条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1
- art-27/par-1/item-3: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2
- art-27/par-1/item-4: 第二十五条 → 割賦販売法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-25
- art-27/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1

## Cited by

5 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 第二十条の三第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1
- 割賦販売法 第二十七条第二項（契約の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/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 附則第二十五条第一項第十一号（民法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1/item-11

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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
- This site's parser, version 222 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02