# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の三十七 (Article 35-3-37)

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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: 第三十五条の三の三十七 (Article 35-3-37)（指定の申請） — address `art-35-3-37`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37
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### 第三十五条の三の三十七（指定の申請） — (Application for Designation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-3-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37</sup>

    **第一項**  前条第一項の規定による指定を受けようとする者は、次の事項を記載した申請書を経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。
    <sup>art-35-3-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-1</sup>
    A person seeking the designation under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must submit an application to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, stating the following matters:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  商号又は名称
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-1/item-1</sup>
      its trade name or name;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  主たる営業所又は事務所その他特定信用情報提供等業務を行う営業所又は事務所の名称及び所在地
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-1/item-2</sup>
      the name and location of its principal business office or office or of the business office or office where it conducts specified credit information services;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  役員の氏名又は商号若しくは名称
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-1/item-3</sup>
      the names or trade names of its officers; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  特定信用情報提供等業務及び特定信用情報提供等業務に付随する業務以外の業務を行うときは、その業務の内容
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-1/item-4</sup>
      if it does business other than in specified credit information services and business incidental to it, the content of that business.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の申請書には、次に掲げる書類を添付しなければならない。
    <sup>art-35-3-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2</sup>
    The following documents must accompany the application referred to in the preceding paragraph:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  前条第一項第三号及び第四号に掲げる要件に該当することを誓約する書面
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1</sup>
      a document pledging that the applicant falls under the requirements stated in paragraph (1), items (iii) and (iv) of the preceding Article;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  定款及び法人の登記事項証明書（これらに準ずるものを含む。）
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-2</sup>
      the articles of incorporation and the corporation's certificate of registered information (including documents equivalent to these);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  業務規程
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-3</sup>
      its operational rules;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  財産目録、貸借対照表及び損益計算書又は収支計算書並びに事業報告書
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-4</sup>
      an inventory of property, balance sheet, profit and loss statement, or income and expenditure statement, and business report; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **五**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、経済産業省令で定める書類
      <sup>art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5</sup>
      documents other than those stated in the preceding items, which are specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  前項の場合において、定款、財産目録、貸借対照表、損益計算書若しくは収支計算書又は事業報告書が電磁的記録で作られているときは、書面に代えて電磁的記録（経済産業省令で定めるものに限る。）を添付することができる。
    <sup>art-35-3-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-3</sup>
    In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation, inventory of property, balance sheet, profit and loss statement, or income and expenditure statement, or business report has been created as an electronic or magnetic record, the electronic or magnetic record (limited to one as specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) may accompany the application in lieu of a paper document.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation, inventory of property, balance sheet, profit and loss statement, or income and expenditure statement, or business report has been created as an electronic or magnetic record, the electric or magnetic record (limited to one as specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) may accompany the application in lieu of a paper document." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35-3-37/par-1: 前条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項 (Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1
- art-35-3-37/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第一項 (Article 35-3-37, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-1
- art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1: 前条第一項第三号 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項第三号 (Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-35-3-36/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-3
- art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1: 第四号 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項第四号 (Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-36/par-1/item-4
- art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第二項第一号 (Article 35-3-37, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-1
- art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第二項第二号 (Article 35-3-37, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-35-3-37/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-2
- art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第二項第三号 (Article 35-3-37, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-35-3-37/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-3
- art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第二項第四号 (Article 35-3-37, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-35-3-37/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-4
- art-35-3-37/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第二項 (Article 35-3-37, paragraph (2)), art-35-3-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第二項（指定の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2
- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第二項第五号（指定の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-2/item-5
- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十七第三項（指定の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-37/par-3
- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の四十一第三項（兼業の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-41/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-41/par-3
- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十第一項（変更の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-50/par-1

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## 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 35-3-37, 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 — 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