# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2)

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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: 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2)（内閣総理大臣への資料提供等） — address `art-41-2`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-41-2
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### 第四十一条の二（内閣総理大臣への資料提供等） — (Providing Materials to the Prime Minister)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-41-2</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、利用者又は購入者若しくは役務の提供を受ける者若しくは指定役務の提供を受ける者の利益の保護を図るため必要があると認めるときは、経済産業大臣に対し、資料の提供、説明その他必要な協力を求めることができる。
<sup>art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-41-2/par-1</sup>
If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary in order to protect the interests of users, purchasers, service recipients, or recipients of designated services, the minister may request the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to provide materials or explanations or to otherwise provide the necessary cooperation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第二条第三項第一号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-3/item-1
- 割賦販売法 第二条第五項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-5
- 割賦販売法 第二条第六項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-6

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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
