# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の十七の五 (Article 35-17-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5. 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: 第三十五条の十七の五 (Article 35-17-5)（登録の拒否） — address `art-35-17-5` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5 - 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. --- ### 第三十五条の十七の五（登録の拒否） — (Refusal to Effect a Registration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35-17-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、第三十五条の十七の三第一項の申請書を提出した者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は当該申請書若しくはその添付書類のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。 art-35-17-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1 If the person submitting an application as referred to in Article 35-17-3, paragraph (1) falls under one of the following items, or if the application or a document accompanying it contains false statement concerning important matters, or omits a statement of important fact, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must refuse that registration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 法人でない者 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-1 a person that is not a corporation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 外国法人である場合には、国内に営業所を有しない者 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-2 if it is established under a foreign law, one that has no business office in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第三十五条の十七の十一第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しない法人 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-3 a corporation whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 35-17-11, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), and five years have not yet passed since the date of rescission; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** この法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない法人 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-4 a corporation that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this law, and five years have not yet passed since the day on which it finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 役員のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある法人 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5 a corporation with an officer that falls under any one of the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-1 a person that has not had rights restored after having the order for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-2 a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, if five years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; machine translation, not official **ハ** この法律若しくは暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律の規定（同法第三十二条の三第七項及び第三十二条の十一第一項の規定を除く。）に違反し、又は刑法若しくは暴力行為等処罰に関する法律の罪を犯し、罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-3 a person that has been sentenced to a fine for violating the provisions of this law or the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (excluding the provisions of Article 32-3, paragraph (7) and Article 32-11, paragraph (1) of that Act) or for committing a crime stated in the Penal Code or in the Act on the Punishment of Violent Acts, if five years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a person that has been sentenced to a fine for violating the provisions of this law or the Act to Prevent Illegal Activities by Members of Organized Crime Groups (excluding the provisions of Article 32-3, paragraph (7) and Article 32-11, paragraph (1) of that Act) or for committing a crime stated in the Penal Code in the Act on the Punishment of Violent Acts, if five years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **ニ** クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者（第三十五条の十七の二の登録を受けた者をいう。以下同じ。）が第三十五条の十七の十一第一項又は第二項の規定により登録を取り消された場合において、その処分のあつた日前三十日以内にそのクレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の役員であつた者で、その処分のあつた日から五年を経過しないもの art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-4 a person that was, during the thirty days before the relevant disposition, the officer of a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers (the one who is registered pursuant to Article 35-17-2; the same applies below), whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 35-17-11, and five years have not yet passed since the date of that disposition; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** 暴力団員等 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-5 a member of an organized crime group, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 暴力団員等がその事業活動を支配する法人 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-6 a corporation whose business activities are controlled by the member of an organized crime group, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 暴力団員等をその業務に従事させ、又はその業務の補助者として使用するおそれのある法人 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-7 a corporation that is likely to allow the member of an organized crime group, etc. to engage in its business activities or to employ that person as an assistant in its business activities; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** クレジットカード番号等取扱契約（第三十五条の十七の二各号に規定する契約をいう。以下同じ。）の締結に係る業務及び第三十五条の十七の八第一項又は第三項の規定による調査の適確な実施を確保するために必要なものとして経済産業省令で定める体制が整備されていると認められない法人 art-35-17-5/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-1/item-8 a corporation that is found not to have in place the system specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as necessary for ensuring the proper implementation of the business involving making of a contract for handling credit card numbers (meaning the contract provided for in each item of Article 35-17-2; the same applies below) and the investigations provided for in Article 35-17-8, paragraphs (1) or (3). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a corporation that is found not to have in place the system specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as necessary for ensuring the proper implementation of the business involving making of a contract (meaning the contract provided for in each paragraph of Article 35-17-2; the same applies below) and the investigations provided for in Article 35-17-8, paragraphs (1) or (3)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **第二項** 第十五条第三項の規定は、第三十五条の十七の三第一項の規定による登録の申請があつた場合に準用する。 art-35-17-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-5/par-2 The provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis when an application for registration under the provisions of Article 35-17-3, paragraph (1) is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35-17-5/par-1: 第三十五条の十七の三第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の三第一項 (Article 35-17-3, paragraph (1)), art-35-17-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-3/par-1 - art-35-17-5/par-1/item-3: 第三十五条の十七の十一第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十一第一項 (Article 35-17-11, paragraph (1)), art-35-17-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-11/par-1 - art-35-17-5/par-1/item-3: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十一第二項 (Article 35-17-11, paragraph (2)), art-35-17-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-11/par-2 - art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-4: 第三十五条の十七の二 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の二 (Article 35-17-2), art-35-17-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-2 - art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-4: 第三十五条の十七の十一第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十一第一項 (Article 35-17-11, paragraph (1)), art-35-17-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-11/par-1 - art-35-17-5/par-1/item-5/sub-4: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十一第二項 (Article 35-17-11, paragraph (2)), art-35-17-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-11/par-2 - art-35-17-5/par-1/item-8: 第三十五条の十七の二 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の二 (Article 35-17-2), art-35-17-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-2 - art-35-17-5/par-1/item-8: 第三十五条の十七の八第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の八第一項 (Article 35-17-8, paragraph (1)), art-35-17-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-1 - art-35-17-5/par-1/item-8: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の八第三項 (Article 35-17-8, paragraph (3)), art-35-17-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-3 - art-35-17-5/par-2: 第十五条第三項 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-3 - art-35-17-5/par-2: 第三十五条の十七の三第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の三第一項 (Article 35-17-3, paragraph (1)), art-35-17-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-3/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の四第一項（登録及びその通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-4/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十第一項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-10/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十一第一項第一号（登録の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-11/par-1/item-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十九条の二第一項（登録等に関する意見聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-39-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-39-2/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第三十九条の二第二項（登録等に関する意見聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-39-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-39-2/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十九条の三第一項（経済産業大臣への意見） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-39-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-39-3/par-1 - 割賦販売法 第四十二条第一項（意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-42/par-1 - 割賦販売法 附則第八条第一項（クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の登録に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4281-99/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4281-99/art-8/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Installment Sales Act, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (割賦販売法), Article 35-17-5, paragraph (1), item (v), (c) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Installment Sales Act (割賦販売法), Article 35-17-5, paragraph (1), item (viii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb), 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch installment-sales-act-20261102T230407-001, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02