# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の五十二 (Article 35-3-52)

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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: 第三十五条の三の五十二 (Article 35-3-52)（改善命令） — address `art-35-3-52`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-52
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-52
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### 第三十五条の三の五十二（改善命令） — (Improvement Orders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-3-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-52</sup>

    **第一項**  経済産業大臣は、指定信用情報機関の特定信用情報提供等業務の運営に関し、特定信用情報提供等業務の適正かつ確実な遂行を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該指定信用情報機関に対し、財産の状況又はその業務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-35-3-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-52/par-1</sup>
    If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds, with respect to a designated credit bureau's operation of specified credit information services, that it is necessary to do so in order to ensure the proper and reliable performance of specified credit information services, the minister, within the scope of that necessity, may order the designated credit bureau to take the measures necessary for improving its financial condition and business operations.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 割賦販売法 第五十一条の五第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51-5/par-1/item-3

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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
