# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の十七の八 (Article 35-17-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8. 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八 (Article 35-17-8)（クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の調査等） — address `art-35-17-8` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8 - 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八（クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の調査等） — (Investigation of a Business That has a Contract for Handling Credit Card Numbers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35-17-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8 **第一項** クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約を締結しようとする場合には、その契約の締結に先立つて、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、販売業者又は役務提供事業者によるクレジットカード番号等の適切な管理及び利用者によるクレジットカード番号等の不正な利用の防止を図るため、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約を締結しようとする販売業者又は役務提供事業者に関し、クレジットカード番号等の適切な管理又は利用者によるクレジットカード番号等の不正な利用の防止（以下「クレジットカード番号等の適切な管理等」という。）に支障を及ぼすおそれの有無に関する事項であつて経済産業省令で定める事項を調査しなければならない。 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 When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers intends to make a contract for handling credit card numbers, it must, preparatory to making the contract, in accordance with the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and for the purpose of proper management of credit card numbers by seller or service provider and prevention of illegal use of credit card numbers by users, investigate the matters prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, concerning the likelihood of risk of harm to proper management of credit card numbers or in prevention of illegal use of credit card numbers by users (referred to below as "proper management of credit card numbers") with respect to seller or service provider intending to conclude a contract. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers intends to make a contract for handling credit card numbers must, preparatory to making the contract, in accordance with the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and for the purpose of proper management of credit card numbers by seller or service provider and prevention of illegal use of credit card numbers by users, investigate the matters prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, concerning the likelihood of risk of harm to proper management of credit card numbers or in prevention of illegal use of credit card numbers by users (referred to below as "proper management of credit card numbers") with respect to seller or service provider intending to conclude a contract." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **第二項** クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、前項の規定による調査その他の方法により知つた事項からみて、販売業者又は役務提供事業者が講じようとする第三十五条の十六第一項若しくは第三項又は第三十五条の十七の十五に規定する措置がそれぞれ第三十五条の十六第一項若しくは第三項又は第三十五条の十七の十五に規定する基準に適合せず、又は適合しないおそれがあると認めるときは、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約を締結してはならない。 art-35-17-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-2 When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers finds that, based on the matters learned from the investigation prescribed in the preceding paragraph and other means, the measures provided in Article 35-16, paragraph (1) or (3) or Article 35-17-15 that a seller or service provider intends to take do not conform to, or are likely not to conform to, the standards specified in Article 35-16, paragraph (1) or (3) or Article 35-17-15 respectively, it must not conclude the contract for handling credit card numbers. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers finds that, based on the matters learned from the investigation prescribed in the preceding paragraph and other means, the measures provided in Section 35-16, paragraphs (1) or (3) or 35-17-15 that a seller or service provider intends to take do not conform to, or are likely not to conform to, the standards specified in Section 35-16, paragraphs (1) or (3) or 35-17-15 respectively, it must not conclude the contract for handling credit card numbers." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **第三項** クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、そのクレジットカード番号等取扱契約を締結したクレジットカード等購入あつせん関係販売業者又はクレジットカード等購入あつせん関係役務提供事業者について、定期的に、又は必要に応じて、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、第一項に規定する事項を調査しなければならない。 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 A business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers must investigate the matters prescribed in paragraph (1) about a seller affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases or service provider affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases that concluded the contract for handling credit card numbers periodically, or as necessary, in accordance with the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers must investigate the matters prescribed in paragraph (1) about a seller affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases or service provider affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases that concluded the contract for handling credit card numbers periodically, or as necessary, in accordance with the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry," — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **第四項** クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、前項の規定による調査その他の方法により知つた事項からみて、クレジットカード等購入あつせん関係販売業者又はクレジットカード等購入あつせん関係役務提供事業者が講ずる第三十五条の十六第一項若しくは第三項又は第三十五条の十七の十五に規定する措置がそれぞれ第三十五条の十六第一項若しくは第三項又は第三十五条の十七の十五に規定する基準に適合せず、又は適合しないおそれがあると認めるときは、クレジットカード番号等取扱契約の解除その他の経済産業省令で定める必要な措置を講じなければならない。 art-35-17-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-4 When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers finds that, based on the matters learned from the investigation prescribed in the preceding paragraph and other means, the measures provided in Article 35-16, paragraph (1) or (3) or Article 35-17-15 that a seller affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases or service provider affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases take do not conform to, or are likely not to conform to, the standards specified in Article 35-16, paragraph (1) or (3) or Article 35-17-15 respectively, it must cancel the contract for handling credit card numbers or take other necessary measures prescribed by the provisions of the Order of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers finds that, based on the matters learned from the investigation prescribed in the preceding paragraph and other means, the measures provided in Section 35-16, paragraphs (1) or (3) or 35-17-15 that a seller affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases or service provider affiliated with the intermediation of credit card purchases take do not conform to, or are likely not to conform to, the standards specified in Section 35-16, paragraphs (1) or (3) or 35-17-15 respectively, it must cancel the contract for handling credit card numbers or take other necessary measures prescribed by the provisions of the Order of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb **第五項** クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、第一項及び第三項の規定による調査に関する記録を作成し、これを保存しなければならない。 art-35-17-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-5 A business that has a contract for handling credit card numbers must prepare and archive the record concerning the investigation prescribed by paragraphs (1) and (3) pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35-17-8/par-2: 前項 → 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-35-17-8/par-2: 第三十五条の十六第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十六第一項 (Article 35-16, paragraph (1)), art-35-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-16/par-1 - art-35-17-8/par-2: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十六第三項 (Article 35-16, paragraph (3)), art-35-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-16/par-3 - art-35-17-8/par-2: 第三十五条の十七の十五 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十五 (Article 35-17-15), art-35-17-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-15 - art-35-17-8/par-3: 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-35-17-8/par-4: 前項 → 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-35-17-8/par-4: 第三十五条の十六第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十六第一項 (Article 35-16, paragraph (1)), art-35-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-16/par-1 - art-35-17-8/par-4: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十六第三項 (Article 35-16, paragraph (3)), art-35-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-16/par-3 - art-35-17-8/par-4: 第三十五条の十七の十五 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の十五 (Article 35-17-15), art-35-17-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-15 - art-35-17-8/par-5: 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-35-17-8/par-5: 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 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の五第一項第八号（登録の拒否） — 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 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の八第二項（クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-2 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の八第三項（クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-3 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の八第四項（クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-4 - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の十七の八第五項（クレジットカード番号等取扱契約締結事業者の調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-17-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-17-8/par-5 - 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 第五十三条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-53/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-53/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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 35-17-8, paragraph (1) — 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 35-17-8, paragraph (2) — 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 35-17-8, paragraph (3) — 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 35-17-8, paragraph (4) — 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 - This site's parser, version 220 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02