# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第三十五条の三の五十五 (Article 35-3-55) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55. 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: 第三十五条の三の五十五 (Article 35-3-55)（特定信用情報提供等業務移転命令） — address `art-35-3-55` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55 - 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. --- ### 第三十五条の三の五十五（特定信用情報提供等業務移転命令） — (Order to Transfer Specified Credit Information Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35-3-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、指定信用情報機関が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該指定信用情報機関に対し、特定信用情報提供等業務の全部又は一部を他の指定信用情報機関に行わせることを命ずることができる。 art-35-3-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-1 If a designated credit bureau falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may order the designated credit bureau to have another designated credit bureau perform all or part of the specified credit information services: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条第一項の規定により第三十五条の三の三十六第一項の規定による指定を取り消し、又は特定信用情報提供等業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずるとき。 art-35-3-55/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-1 the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry rescinds its designation under Article 35-3-36, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, or orders the suspension of all or part of its specified credit information services; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第三十五条の三の五十三第一項の認可をするとき。 art-35-3-55/par-1/item-2 · 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 the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry gives the authorization referred to in Article 35-3-53, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 弁済期にある債務の弁済が特定信用情報提供等業務の継続に著しい支障を来すこととなる事態又は破産手続開始の原因となる事実が生ずるおそれがあると認められるとき。 art-35-3-55/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-3 it is found to be likely for circumstances to occur in which the repayment of obligations within the repayment term substantially compromises the continuation of specified credit information services, or for a fact to occur that causes bankruptcy proceedings to commence; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 指定信用情報機関が天災その他の事由により特定信用情報提供等業務の全部又は一部を実施することが困難となつたとき。 art-35-3-55/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-1/item-4 it becomes difficult for the designated credit bureau to perform all or part of the specified credit information services due to a natural disaster or other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 経済産業大臣は、前項の規定による命令をしたときは、その旨を官報で公示しなければならない。 art-35-3-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-2 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry issues an order under the preceding paragraph, the minister must issue public notice of this in the Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35-3-55/par-1/item-1: 前条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十四第一項 (Article 35-3-54, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-54/par-1 - art-35-3-55/par-1/item-1: 第三十五条の三の三十六第一項 → 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-35-3-55/par-1/item-2: 第三十五条の三の五十三第一項 → 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-35-3-55/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十五第一項 (Article 35-3-55, paragraph (1)), art-35-3-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の五十五第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-55/par-2 --- ## 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