# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第五十一条 (Article 51)

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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: 第五十一条 (Article 51) — address `art-51`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51
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### 第五十一条
<sup>art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした許可割賦販売業者、登録包括信用購入あつせん業者、登録少額包括信用購入あつせん業者、登録個別信用購入あつせん業者又は第三十五条の三の六十一の許可を受けた者の代表者、代理人、使用人その他の従業者は、二年以下の拘禁刑若しくは三百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51/par-1</sup>
In a case that falls under any of the following items, the violating representative, agent, employee, or other worker of a licensed installment seller, registered comprehensive credit purchase intermediary, registered comprehensive small amount credit purchase intermediary, registered individual credit purchase intermediary, or person that has obtained the license referred to in Article 35-3-61, is subject to punishment by imprisonment for not more than two years, a fine of not more than 3,000,000 yen, or both:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第二十条第一項（第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-62);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第二十三条第二項（第三十五条の三の六十二において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 35-3-62);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第三十四条の二第二項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 34-2, paragraph (2);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  第三十五条の二の十四第二項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51/par-1/item-4</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 35-2-14, paragraph (2); or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  第三十五条の三の三十二第二項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-51/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-51/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-51/par-1/item-5</sup>
  the person violates an order under the provisions of Article 35-3-32, paragraph (2).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-51/par-1: 第三十五条の三の六十一 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六十一 (Article 35-3-61), art-35-3-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-61
- art-51/par-1/item-1: 第二十条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20/par-1
- art-51/par-1/item-1: 第三十五条の三の六十二 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六十二 (Article 35-3-62), art-35-3-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-62
- art-51/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2
- art-51/par-1/item-2: 第三十五条の三の六十二 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の六十二 (Article 35-3-62), art-35-3-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-62
- art-51/par-1/item-3: 第三十四条の二第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十四条の二第二項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (2)), art-34-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-34-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-34-2/par-2
- art-51/par-1/item-4: 第三十五条の二の十四第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の二の十四第二項 (Article 35-2-14, paragraph (2)), art-35-2-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-2-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-2-14/par-2
- art-51/par-1/item-5: 第三十五条の三の三十二第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の三十二第二項 (Article 35-3-32, paragraph (2)), art-35-3-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-32/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 割賦販売法 第五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-54/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch installment-sales-act-20261102T230407-001, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 222 — 割賦販売法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02