# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の五十三 (Article 35-3-53)

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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
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- Provision: 第三十五条の三の五十三 (Article 35-3-53)（特定信用情報提供等業務の休廃止） — address `art-35-3-53`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第三十五条の三の五十三（特定信用情報提供等業務の休廃止） — (Suspension and Discontinuation of Specified Credit Information Services)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35-3-53 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53</sup>

    **第一項**  指定信用情報機関は、特定信用情報提供等業務の全部又は一部の休止（次項に規定する理由によるものを除く。）をし、又は廃止をしようとするときは、経済産業大臣の認可を受けなければならない。
    <sup>art-35-3-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53/par-1</sup>
    If a designated credit bureau seeks to suspend (excluding due to a reason prescribed in the following paragraph) or discontinue all or part of its specified credit information services, it must obtain the authorization of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to do so.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  指定信用情報機関が、天災その他のやむを得ない理由により特定信用情報提供等業務の全部又は一部を休止した場合には、直ちにその旨を、理由を付して経済産業大臣に届け出るとともに、加入包括信用購入あつせん業者及び加入個別信用購入あつせん業者並びに他の指定信用情報機関に通知しなければならない。指定信用情報機関がその休止した当該特定信用情報提供等業務の全部又は一部を再開するときも、同様とする。
    <sup>art-35-3-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53/par-2</sup>
    If a designated credit bureau suspends all or part of its specified credit information services due to a natural disaster or for other reasons beyond its control, the designated credit bureau must immediately file a notification of this with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, indicating the applicable reason, as well as notifying participating comprehensive credit purchase intermediaries, participating individual credit purchase intermediaries, and other designated credit bureaus. The same applies when a designated credit bureau recommences all or part of the specified credit information services so suspended.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  前二項の規定により指定信用情報機関による特定信用情報提供等業務が休止している場合において、包括信用購入あつせん業者又は個別信用購入あつせん業者が指定信用情報機関の保有する特定信用情報の全部又は一部を使用することができないときは、第三十条の二第三項、第三十条の五の五第二項、第三十五条の二の四第二項又は第三十五条の三の三第三項の規定は、適用しない。
    <sup>art-35-3-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53/par-3</sup>
    If the specified credit information services of a designated credit bureau are suspended pursuant to the provisions of one of the preceding two paragraphs, and a comprehensive credit purchase intermediary or individual credit purchase intermediary is unable to use all or part of the specified credit information held by the designated credit bureau, the provisions of Article 30-2, paragraph (3), Article 30-5-5, paragraph (2), Article 35-2-4, paragraph (2) and Article 35-3-3, paragraph (3) do not apply.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35-3-53/par-1: 次項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十三第二項 (Article 35-3-53, paragraph (2)), art-35-3-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53/par-2
- art-35-3-53/par-3: 前二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十三第一項 (Article 35-3-53, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53/par-1
- art-35-3-53/par-3: 前二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十三第二項 (Article 35-3-53, paragraph (2)), art-35-3-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53/par-2
- art-35-3-53/par-3: 第三十条の二第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の二第三項 (Article 30-2, paragraph (3)), art-30-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-2/par-3
- art-35-3-53/par-3: 第三十条の五の五第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の五の五第二項 (Article 30-5-5, paragraph (2)), art-30-5-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-5-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-5-5/par-2
- art-35-3-53/par-3: 第三十五条の二の四第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の二の四第二項 (Article 35-2-4, paragraph (2)), art-35-2-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-2-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-2-4/par-2
- art-35-3-53/par-3: 第三十五条の三の三第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三第三項 (Article 35-3-3, paragraph (3)), art-35-3-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-3/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十三第一項（特定信用情報提供等業務の休廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53/par-1
- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十三第三項（特定信用情報提供等業務の休廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-53/par-3
- 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十五第一項第二号（特定信用情報提供等業務移転命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-2
- 割賦販売法 第五十二条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-52/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-52/par-1/item-9
- 割賦販売法 第五十三条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-53-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-53-2/par-1/item-2

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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
