# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の十三 (Article 35-13)

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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: 第三十五条の十三 (Article 35-13)（改善命令） — address `art-35-13`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-13
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-13
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### 第三十五条の十三（改善命令） — (Improvement Orders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-13</sup>

**第一項**  経済産業大臣は、指定受託機関が第三十五条の五第二号から第四号までの規定に該当することとなつたと認めるときは、当該指定受託機関に対し、財産の状況又はその事業の運営を改善するため必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-35-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-13/par-1</sup>
If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds that a designated entrusted institution falls under the provisions of one of Article 35-5, items (ii) through (iv), the minister may order the designated entrusted institution to take the necessary measures to improve its financial condition or business operations.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35-13/par-1: 第三十五条の五第二号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の五第一項第二号 (Article 35-5, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-35-5/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-2
- art-35-13/par-1: 第三十五条の五第二号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の五第一項第三号 (Article 35-5, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-35-5/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-3
- art-35-13/par-1: 第三十五条の五第二号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の五第一項第四号 (Article 35-5, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-35-5/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-5/par-1/item-4

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十四第二項第三号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-14/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-14/par-2/item-3
- 割賦販売法 第五十一条の五第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1/item-4

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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
