# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 第二章 (Chapter 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: 第二章 (Chapter 2) — address `ch-2`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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## 第二章　割賦販売 — Chapter II Installment Sales
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/ch-2</sup>

## 第一節　総則 — Section 1 General Provisions
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-2/sec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/ch-2/sec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/ch-2/sec-1</sup>

### 第三条（割賦販売条件の表示） — (Indication of the Terms and Conditions of Installment Sales)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3</sup>

  **第一項**  割賦販売を業とする者（以下「割賦販売業者」という。）は、前条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売（カード等を利用者に交付し又は付与し、そのカード等の提示若しくは通知を受けて、又はそれと引換えに当該利用者に商品若しくは権利を販売し、又は役務を提供するものを除く。）の方法により、指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売しようとするとき又は指定役務を提供しようとするときは、その相手方に対して、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該指定商品、当該指定権利又は当該指定役務に関する次の事項を示さなければならない。
  <sup>art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-1</sup>
  If a person in the business of installment sales (referred to below as an "installment seller") seeks to sell designated goods or designated rights or to provide designated services in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article (excluding the sale of goods or rights or the provision of services to a user wherein the user is issued or granted a card, etc. and that card, etc. is presented, indicated, or traded in), the installment seller must indicate the following matters about the designated goods, designated rights, or designated services to the other party, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Cabinet Office Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  商品若しくは権利の現金販売価格（商品の引渡し又は権利の移転と同時にその代金の全額を受領する場合の価格をいう。以下同じ。）又は役務の現金提供価格（役務を提供する契約の締結と同時にその対価の全額を受領する場合の価格をいう。以下同じ。）
    <sup>art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the cash price of the goods or rights (meaning the price that the goods or rights would be if the seller received the full cost for them upon delivery of the goods or transfer of the rights; the same applies below) or the cash price of the services (meaning the price that services would be if the service provider received the full amount of consideration for them upon the conclusion of the service contract; the same applies below);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  商品若しくは権利の割賦販売価格（割賦販売の方法により商品又は権利を販売する場合の価格をいう。以下同じ。）又は役務の割賦提供価格（割賦販売の方法により役務を提供する場合の価格をいう。以下同じ。）
    <sup>art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the installment price of the goods or rights (meaning the price of the goods or rights when the seller sells them in a way that constitutes an installment sale; the same applies below) or the installment price of the services (meaning the price of the services when the service provider provides them in a way that involves an installment sale; the same applies below);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  割賦販売に係る商品若しくは権利の代金又は役務の対価の支払（その支払に充てるための預金の預入れを含む。次項を除き、以下同じ。）の期間及び回数
    <sup>art-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the term and number of payments for the cost of the goods or rights or consideration for the services under the installment sale (including any deposit of money to be allocated to that payment; the same applies below, except in the following paragraph);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  第十一条に規定する前払式割賦販売以外の割賦販売の場合には、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める方法により算定した割賦販売の手数料の料率
    <sup>art-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-1/item-4</sup>
    if it is an installment sale other than a prepaid installment sale as prescribed in Article 11, the rate of the fee connected with that installment sale, as arrived at by the method of calculation specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  第十一条に規定する前払式割賦販売の場合には、商品の引渡時期
    <sup>art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-1/item-5</sup>
    if it is a prepaid installment sale as prescribed in Article 11, the timing of the delivery of goods.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  割賦販売業者は、前条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売（カード等を利用者に交付し又は付与し、そのカード等の提示若しくは通知を受けて、又はそれと引換えに当該利用者に商品若しくは権利を販売し、又は役務を提供するものに限る。）の方法により、指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売するため又は指定役務を提供するため、カード等を利用者に交付し又は付与するときは、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該割賦販売をする場合における商品若しくは権利の販売条件又は役務の提供条件に関する次の事項を記載した書面を当該利用者に交付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-2</sup>
  If an installment seller issues or grants a card, etc. to a user in order to sell designated goods or designated rights or provide designated services in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article (but only if the installment seller issues or grants the card, etc. to the user and sells goods or rights or provides services to the user when the card, etc. is presented, indicated, or traded in), the installment seller must deliver a document to the user stating the following matters in respect of the terms and conditions of the sale of goods or rights or the terms and conditions for the provision of services when an installment sale is made, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  割賦販売に係る商品若しくは権利の代金又は役務の対価の支払の期間及び回数
    <sup>art-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the term and number of payments for the cost of the goods or rights or the consideration for the services in connection with an installment sale;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める方法により算定した割賦販売の手数料の料率
    <sup>art-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the rate of the fee connected with an installment sale, as arrived at by the method of calculation specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める事項
    <sup>art-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order, beyond what is stated in the preceding two items.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  割賦販売業者は、前条第一項第二号に規定する割賦販売の方法により、指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売するため又は指定役務を提供するため、カード等を利用者に交付し又は付与するときは、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該割賦販売をする場合における商品若しくは権利の販売条件又は役務の提供条件に関する次の事項を記載した書面を当該利用者に交付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3</sup>
  If an installment seller issues or grants a card, etc. to a user in order to sell designated goods or designated rights or provide designated services in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article, the installment seller must deliver a document to the user stating the following matters, in respect of the terms and conditions of the sale of goods or rights or the terms and conditions for the provision of services when an installment sale is made, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  利用者が弁済をすべき時期及び当該時期ごとの弁済金の額の算定方法
    <sup>art-3/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3/item-1</sup>
    the time at which the user is required to make payments and how the amount of the payment money is calculated each time;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める方法により算定した割賦販売の手数料の料率
    <sup>art-3/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3/item-2</sup>
    the rate of the fee connected with an installment sale, as arrived at by the method of calculation specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める事項
    <sup>art-3/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3/item-3</sup>
    the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order, beyond what is stated in the preceding two items.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  割賦販売業者は、第一項、第二項又は前項の割賦販売の方法により指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する場合の販売条件又は指定役務を提供する場合の提供条件について広告をするときは、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該広告に、それぞれ第一項各号、第二項各号又は前項各号の事項を表示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-4</sup>
  When an installment seller sells designated goods or designated rights or provides designated services in a way that involves an installment sale as referred to in paragraph (1), paragraph (2), or the preceding paragraph, and advertises the terms and conditions of the sale or the terms and conditions for their provision, it must indicate the matters stated in the items of paragraph (1), the items of paragraph (2), or the items of the preceding paragraph, respectively, in its advertising, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四条（書面の交付） — (Delivery of Documents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4</sup>

  **第一項**  割賦販売業者は、第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売の方法により指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約又は指定役務を提供する契約を締結したときは、遅滞なく、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、次の事項について当該契約の内容を明らかにする書面を購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に交付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1</sup>
  If an installment seller has concluded a contract to sell designated goods or designated rights or a contract to provide designated services in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i), it must deliver a document to the purchaser or service recipient which makes clear the details of the contract with respect to the following matters without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  商品若しくは権利の割賦販売価格又は役務の割賦提供価格
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the installment price of the goods or rights or the installment price of the services;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  賦払金（割賦販売に係る各回ごとの代金の支払分をいう。以下同じ。）の額
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the amount of an installment (meaning the amount to be paid on each occasion in respect of installment sales; the same applies below);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  賦払金の支払の時期及び方法
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the timing and method of payment for the installments;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  商品の引渡時期若しくは権利の移転時期又は役務の提供時期
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the timing for the delivery of the goods, the timing for the transfer of the rights, or the timing for the provision of the services;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  契約の解除に関する事項
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-5</sup>
    information about cancellation of the contract;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  所有権の移転に関する定めがあるときは、その内容
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-6</sup>
    if there are provisions concerning the transfer of ownership, their details; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **七**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める事項
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-7</sup>
    matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order, beyond what is stated in the preceding items.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  割賦販売業者は、第二条第一項第二号に規定する割賦販売の方法により指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約又は指定役務を提供する契約を締結したときは、遅滞なく、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、次の事項について当該契約の内容を明らかにする書面を購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に交付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2</sup>
  If an installment seller has concluded a contract to sell designated goods or designated rights or a contract to provide designated services in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii), it must deliver a document to the purchaser or service recipient which makes clear the details of the contract with respect to the following matters without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  商品若しくは権利の現金販売価格又は役務の現金提供価格
    <sup>art-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the cash price of the goods or rights or the cash price of the services;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  弁済金の支払の方法
    <sup>art-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the method of payment for the payment money;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  商品の引渡時期若しくは権利の移転時期又は役務の提供時期
    <sup>art-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the timing for the delivery of the goods, the timing for the transfer of the rights, or the timing for the provision of the services;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  契約の解除に関する事項
    <sup>art-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-4</sup>
    information about cancellation of the contract;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  所有権の移転に関する定めがあるときは、その内容
    <sup>art-4/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-5</sup>
    if there are provisions concerning the transfer of ownership, their details; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める事項
    <sup>art-4/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-6</sup>
    matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order, beyond what is stated in the preceding items.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  割賦販売業者は、指定商品、指定権利又は指定役務に係る第二条第一項第二号に規定する割賦販売に係る弁済金の支払を請求するときは、あらかじめ、経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、次の事項を記載した書面を購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に交付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-3</sup>
  If an installment seller requests that the payment be made in connection with an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) for designated goods, designated rights, or designated services, it must deliver a document to the purchaser or service recipient stating the following matters in advance, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an installment seller requests that the payment be made in connection with an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) for designated goods, designated rights, or designated services, it must deliver a document to the purchaser or service recipient stating the following matters, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

    **一**  弁済金を支払うべき時期
    <sup>art-4/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-3/item-1</sup>
    the time at which the payment money is due; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  前号の時期に支払われるべき弁済金の額及びその算定根拠
    <sup>art-4/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-3/item-2</sup>
    the amount of the payment that must be made at the time referred to in the preceding item, and the basis for calculation.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四条の二（情報通信の技術を利用する方法） — (Means of Using Information and Communications Technology)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4-2</sup>

  **第一項**  割賦販売業者は、第三条第二項若しくは第三項又は前条各項の規定による書面の交付に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、当該利用者又は購入者若しくは役務の提供を受ける者の承諾を得て、当該書面に記載すべき事項を電子情報処理組織を使用する方法その他の情報通信の技術を利用する方法であつて経済産業省令・内閣府令で定めるもの（以下「電磁的方法」という。）により提供することができる。この場合において、当該割賦販売業者は、当該書面を交付したものとみなす。
  <sup>art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4-2/par-1</sup>
  With the consent of the user, purchaser, or service recipient and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, in lieu of delivering a document under the provisions of paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of Article 3 or the paragraphs of the preceding Article, an installment seller may provide the user, purchaser, or service recipient with the matters that are required to be stated in the document by a means that makes use of an electronic data processing system, or by any other means specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order which uses information and communications technology (referred to below as an "electronic or magnetic means"). In doing so, the installment seller is deemed to have delivered the relevant document.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五条（契約の解除等の制限） — (Restrictions on the Cancellation of Contracts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-5</sup>

  **第一項**  割賦販売業者は、割賦販売の方法により指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約又は指定役務を提供する契約について賦払金（第二条第一項第二号に規定する割賦販売の方法により指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約又は指定役務を提供する契約にあつては、弁済金。以下この項において同じ。）の支払の義務が履行されない場合において、二十日以上の相当な期間を定めてその支払を書面で催告し、その期間内にその義務が履行されないときでなければ、賦払金の支払の遅滞を理由として、契約を解除し、又は支払時期の到来していない賦払金の支払を請求することができない。
  <sup>art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-5/par-1</sup>
  In the event of an unperformed obligation to pay an installment pursuant to a contract under which designated goods or designated rights are sold or a contract under which designated services are provided in a way that involves an installment sale (or to make the payment, in respect of a contract under which designated goods or designated rights are sold or designated services are provided in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii); the same applies below in this paragraph), the installment seller may not cancel the contract or demand the payment of installments that are not yet due on the grounds of a delay in the payment of an installment, unless it makes a written demand for this to be paid within a reasonable period of not less than twenty days, and the obligation is not performed within that period.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定に反する特約は、無効とする。
  <sup>art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-5/par-2</sup>
  Any special provisions of a contract that run counter to the preceding paragraph are void.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第六条（契約の解除等に伴う損害賠償等の額の制限） — (Restriction on the Amount of Damages Accompanying the Cancellation of a Contract)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6</sup>

  **第一項**  割賦販売業者は、第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売の方法により指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約又は指定役務を提供する契約が解除された場合（第三項及び第四項に規定する場合を除く。）には、損害賠償額の予定又は違約金の定めがあるときにおいても、次の各号に掲げる場合に応じ当該各号に定める額にこれに対する法定利率による遅延損害金の額を加算した金額を超える額の金銭の支払を購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に対して請求することができない。
  <sup>art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1</sup>
  In the event that a contract under which designated goods or designated rights are sold or designated services are provided in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) is cancelled (excluding in a case as prescribed in paragraph (3) or (4)), even if the contract has provisions stating liquidated damages or the penalty for breach of contract, the installment seller may not demand that the purchaser or service recipient pay an amount of money that exceeds the total of the amount specified in the relevant of the following items for the case stated in that item plus the amount of delay damages for this based on the applicable statutory interest rate:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  当該商品又は当該権利が返還された場合　当該商品の通常の使用料の額又は当該権利の行使により通常得られる利益に相当する額（当該商品又は当該権利の割賦販売価格に相当する額から当該商品又は当該権利の返還された時における価額を控除した額が通常の使用料の額又は当該権利の行使により通常得られる利益に相当する額を超えるときは、その額）
    <sup>art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the goods or rights are returned:the ordinary usage fee for those goods or an amount that corresponds to the profit that can normally be earned through the exercise of those rights (if the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the goods or rights less the market value of the goods or rights at the time of their return, exceeds the ordinary usage fee or the amount that corresponds to the profit that can normally be earned through the exercise of those rights, that amount);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  当該商品又は当該権利が返還されない場合　当該商品又は当該権利の割賦販売価格に相当する額
    <sup>art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the goods or rights are not returned:the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the goods or rights;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  当該商品又は当該権利を販売する契約又は当該役務を提供する契約の解除が当該商品の引渡し若しくは当該権利の移転又は当該役務の提供の開始前である場合（次号に掲げる場合を除く。）　契約の締結及び履行のために通常要する費用の額
    <sup>art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the contract under which the goods or rights were to be sold or the contract under which the services were to be provided is cancelled before the goods start to be delivered, before the rights start to be transferred, or before the services start to be provided (excluding in the case stated in the following item):the amount of costs normally required for concluding and performing the contract;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the contract under which the goods or rights were to be sold or the contract under which the services were to be provided is cancelled before the goods start to be delivered, before the rights start to be transferred, or before the services start to be provided (excluding in the case stated in in the following item):the amount of costs normally required for concluding and performing the contract;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

    **四**  当該役務が特定商取引に関する法律（昭和五十一年法律第五十七号）第四十一条第二項に規定する特定継続的役務に該当する場合であつて、当該役務を提供する契約の同法第四十九条第一項の規定に基づく解除が当該役務の提供の開始前である場合　契約の締結及び履行のために通常要する費用の額として当該役務ごとに同条第二項第二号の政令で定める額
    <sup>art-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the services fall under the category of specified continuous services as prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (2) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (Act No. 57 of 1976), and the contract under which those services were to be provided is cancelled pursuant to the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (1) of that Act before they start to be provided:the amounts specified by Cabinet Order which are referred to in paragraph (2), item (ii) of that Article, in accordance with each of the specified services, as the costs normally required for concluding and performing the contract;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  当該役務を提供する契約の解除が当該役務の提供の開始後である場合（次号に掲げる場合を除く。）　提供された当該役務の対価に相当する額に、当該役務の割賦提供価格に相当する額から当該役務の現金提供価格に相当する額を控除した額を加算した額
    <sup>art-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-5</sup>
    the contract under which the services are provided is cancelled after the services start to be provided (excluding the case stated in the following item):the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the services less the amount that corresponds to the cash price of the services, plus the amount that corresponds to the consideration for services provided; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  当該役務が特定商取引に関する法律第四十一条第二項に規定する特定継続的役務に該当する場合であつて、当該役務を提供する契約の同法第四十九条第一項の規定に基づく解除が当該役務の提供の開始後である場合　次の額を合算した額
    <sup>art-6/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-6</sup>
    the services fall under the category of specified continuous services as prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (2) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, and the contract under which the services are provided is cancelled pursuant to the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (1) of that Act after the services start to be provided: the total of the following amounts:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  提供された当該役務の対価に相当する額に、当該役務の割賦提供価格に相当する額から当該役務の現金提供価格に相当する額を控除した額を加算した額
      <sup>art-6/par-1/item-6/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-6/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-6/sub-1</sup>
      the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the services less the amount that corresponds to the cash price of the services, plus the amount that corresponds to the consideration for services provided; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the services less the amount that corresponds to the cash price of the services, plus the amount that corresponds to the consideration for services provided; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

      **ロ**  当該役務を提供する契約の解除によつて通常生ずる損害の額として当該役務ごとに同条第二項第一号ロの政令で定める額
      <sup>art-6/par-1/item-6/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-6/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-6/sub-2</sup>
      the amounts specified by Cabinet Order which are referred to in paragraph (2), item (i), (b) of that Article, in accordance with each of the specified services, as the amount of damages that are normally caused by the cancellation of a contract under which the services are provided.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  割賦販売業者は、前項の契約について賦払金の支払の義務が履行されない場合（契約が解除された場合を除く。）には、損害賠償額の予定又は違約金の定めがあるときにおいても、当該商品若しくは当該権利の割賦販売価格又は当該役務の割賦提供価格に相当する額から既に支払われた賦払金の額を控除した額にこれに対する法定利率による遅延損害金の額を加算した金額を超える額の金銭の支払を購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に対して請求することができない。
  <sup>art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-2</sup>
  In the event of an unperformed obligation to pay an installment pursuant to the contract referred to in the preceding paragraph (excluding if that contract is cancelled), even if the contract has provisions stating liquidated compensation for loss or damage or the penalty for breach of contract, the installment seller may not demand that the purchaser or service recipient pay an amount of money that exceeds the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the goods or rights or the installment price of the services less the amount of installments already paid, plus the amount of delay damages for this based on the applicable statutory interest rate.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  割賦販売業者は、第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売の方法により指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約又は指定役務を提供する契約が特定商取引に関する法律第三十七条第二項に規定する連鎖販売契約に該当する場合であつて、当該契約が同法第四十条の二第一項の規定により解除された場合には、損害賠償額の予定又は違約金の定めがあるときにおいても、契約の締結及び履行のために通常要する費用の額（次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合にあつては、当該額に当該各号に掲げる場合に応じ当該各号に定める額を加算した額）にこれに対する法定利率による遅延損害金の額を加算した金額を超える額の金銭の支払を購入者又は役務の提供を受ける者に対して請求することができない。
  <sup>art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-3</sup>
  In the event that a contract under which designated goods or designated rights are sold or a contract under which designated services are provided in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) item (i) constitutes a multilevel marketing contract as prescribed in Article 37, paragraph (2) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, and that contract is cancelled pursuant to the provisions of Article 40-2, paragraph (1) of that Act, even if the contract has provisions stating liquidated damages or the penalty for breach of contract, the installment seller may not demand that the purchaser or service recipient pay an amount of money that exceeds the total amount of costs normally required for concluding and performing that contract (or, in a case that falls under one of the following items, the total of this amount and the amount specified in the relevant of those items for the case stated) plus the amount of delay damages for this based on the applicable statutory interest rate:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  当該連鎖販売契約の解除が当該連鎖販売取引に伴う特定商取引に関する法律第三十三条第一項に規定する特定負担（次号、第三十五条の三の十一及び第三十五条の三の十四において「特定負担」という。）に係る商品の引渡し又は権利の移転後である場合　次の額を合算した額
    <sup>art-6/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-3/item-1</sup>
    the multilevel marketing contract is cancelled after the delivery of goods or transfer of rights involving a specified burden as prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions in connection with the multilevel marketing transactions (referred to as a "specified burden" in the following item, Article 35-3-11, and Article 35-3-14): the total of the following amounts:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  引渡しがされた当該商品又は移転がされた当該権利（当該連鎖販売契約に基づき販売が行われた商品又は権利に限り、特定商取引に関する法律第四十条の二第二項の規定により当該商品又は当該権利に係る同項に規定する商品販売契約が解除されたものを除く。）の割賦販売価格に相当する額
      <sup>art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-1</sup>
      the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the delivered goods or transferred rights (limited to goods or rights that have been sold based on that multilevel marketing contract, and excluding goods or rights under a sales contract for goods as prescribed in Article 40-2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions which is cancelled pursuant to that paragraph); and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the delivered goods or transferred rights (limited to goods or rights that have been sold based on that multilevel marketing contract, and excluding goods or rights under a sales contract for goods as prescribed in Article 40-2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions which is cancelled pursuant to that paragraph); or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

      **ロ**  提供された特定商取引に関する法律第三十三条第一項に規定する特定利益（第三十五条の三の十四において「特定利益」という。）その他の金品（同法第四十条の二第二項の規定により解除された同項に規定する商品販売契約に係る商品又は権利に係るものに限る。）に相当する額
      <sup>art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-2</sup>
      the amount that corresponds to the specified profit as prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (referred to as "specified profit" in Article 35-3-14) or any other money or goods that have been provided (limited to those that are connected with the goods or rights under a sales contract for goods as prescribed in Article 40-2, paragraph (2) of that Act which is cancelled pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph); or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  当該連鎖販売契約の解除が当該連鎖販売取引に伴う特定負担に係る役務の提供開始後である場合　提供された当該役務（当該連鎖販売契約に基づき提供されたものに限る。）の対価に相当する額に、当該役務の割賦提供価格に相当する額から当該役務の現金提供価格に相当する額を控除した額を加算した額
    <sup>art-6/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-3/item-2</sup>
    the multilevel marketing contract is cancelled after services connected with a multilevel marketing transaction involving a specified burden is provided:the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the services less the amount that corresponds to the cash price of the services, plus the amount that corresponds to the consideration for services provided (limited to those provided based on the multilevel marketing contract).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  割賦販売業者は、第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売の方法により指定商品又は指定権利を販売する契約が特定商取引に関する法律第四十条の二第二項に規定する商品販売契約に該当する場合であつて、当該契約が同項の規定により解除された場合には、損害賠償額の予定又は違約金の定めがあるときにおいても、次の各号に掲げる場合に応じ当該各号に定める額にこれに対する法定利率による遅延損害金の額を加算した金額を超える額の金銭の支払を購入者に対して請求することができない。
  <sup>art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-4</sup>
  In the event that a contract under which designated goods or designated rights are sold in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) constitutes a sales contract for goods as prescribed in Article 40-2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, and that contract is cancelled pursuant to that paragraph, even if the contract has provisions stating liquidated damages or the penalty for breach of contract, the installment seller may not demand that the purchaser pay an amount of money that exceeds the amount specified in the relevant of the following items for the case stated in that item plus the amount of delay damages for this based on the applicable statutory interest rate:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  当該商品若しくは当該権利が返還された場合又は当該商品販売契約の解除が当該商品の引渡し若しくは当該権利の移転前である場合　当該商品又は当該権利の現金販売価格の十分の一に相当する額に、当該商品又は当該権利の割賦販売価格に相当する額から当該商品又は当該権利の現金販売価格に相当する額を控除した額を加算した額
    <sup>art-6/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-4/item-1</sup>
    the goods or rights are returned or the sales contract for the goods is cancelled before the goods are delivered or before the rights are transferred:the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the goods or rights less the amount that corresponds to the cash price of the goods or rights, plus an amount that corresponds to 10 percent of the cash price of the goods or rights; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  当該商品又は当該権利が返還されない場合　当該商品又は当該権利の割賦販売価格に相当する額
    <sup>art-6/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-4/item-2</sup>
    the goods or rights are not returned:the amount that corresponds to the installment price of the goods or rights.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第七条（所有権に関する推定） — (Presumption of Ownership)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-7</sup>

  **第一項**  第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売の方法により販売された指定商品（耐久性を有するものとして政令で定めるものに限る。）の所有権は、賦払金の全部の支払の義務が履行される時までは、割賦販売業者に留保されたものと推定する。
  <sup>art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-7/par-1</sup>
  The ownership of designated goods sold in a way that involves an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) item (i) (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order as durable) is presumed to be retained by the installment seller until the obligation to pay the installments in full is performed.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第八条（適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8</sup>

  **第一項**  この章の規定は、次の割賦販売については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1</sup>
  The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to one of the following installment sales:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売する契約又は指定役務を提供する契約（次に掲げるものを除く。）であつて、当該契約の申込みをした者が営業のために若しくは営業として締結するもの又は購入者若しくは役務の提供を受ける者が営業のために若しくは営業として締結するものに係る割賦販売
    <sup>art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-1</sup>
    an installment sale based on a contract under which designated goods or designated rights are sold, or a contract under which designated services are provided (excluding the following contracts), which the person offering the contract concludes for business purposes or as a part of its business or which the purchaser or service recipient concludes for business purposes or as a part of its business:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  連鎖販売業（特定商取引に関する法律第三十三条第一項に規定する連鎖販売業をいう。以下同じ。）に係る連鎖販売取引（同項に規定する連鎖販売取引をいう。以下同じ。）についての契約（当該契約以外の契約であつてその連鎖販売業に係る商品若しくは権利の販売又は役務の提供に係るもの（以下「特定商品販売等契約」という。）を含む。）のうち、その連鎖販売業に係る商品若しくは権利の販売又は役務の提供を店舗その他これに類似する設備によらないで行う個人との契約（以下「連鎖販売個人契約」という。）
      <sup>art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
      a contract for a multilevel marketing transaction (meaning a multilevel marketing transaction as prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions; the same applies below) arising from multilevel marketing (meaning multilevel marketing as prescribed in that paragraph; the same applies below) (including a contract other than one for such a transaction, which involves the sale of goods or rights or the provision of services linked to multilevel marketing (referred to below as a "sales contract for specified goods, etc.")), that constitutes a contract with an individual who sells goods or rights or provides services arising from the multilevel marketing other than through a store or other similar facility (referred to below as a "personal multilevel marketing contract"); or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a contract for a multilevel marketing transaction (meaning a multilevel marketing transaction as prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions; the same applies below) arising from multilevel marketing (meaning multilevel marketing as prescribed in that paragraph; the same applies below) (including a contract other than one for such a transaction, which involves the sale of goods or rights or the provision of services linked to multilevel marketing (referred to below as a "sales contract for specified goods, etc.")), that constitutes a contract with an individual who sells goods or rights or provides services that arising from the multilevel marketing other than through a store or other similar facility (referred to below as a "personal multilevel marketing contract"); or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

      **ロ**  業務提供誘引販売業（特定商取引に関する法律第五十一条第一項に規定する業務提供誘引販売業をいう。以下同じ。）に係る業務提供誘引販売取引（同項に規定する業務提供誘引販売取引をいう。以下同じ。）についての契約のうち、その業務提供誘引販売業に関して提供され、又はあつせんされる業務を事業所その他これに類似する施設によらないで行う個人との契約（以下「業務提供誘引販売個人契約」という。）
      <sup>art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
      a contract for a business opportunity sales transaction (meaning a business opportunity sales transaction as prescribed in Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions; the same applies below) arising from business opportunity sales (meaning business opportunity sales as prescribed in that paragraph; the same applies below), with an individual who performs services that are provided or arranged in connection with business opportunity sales, at a place other than a business establishment or other similar facility (referred to below as a "personal business opportunity sales contract").
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  本邦外に在る者に対して行う割賦販売
    <sup>art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-2</sup>
    an installment sale to a person residing outside Japan;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  国又は地方公共団体が行う割賦販売
    <sup>art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-3</sup>
    an installment sale by the national or local government;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  次の団体がその直接又は間接の構成員に対して行う割賦販売（当該団体が構成員以外の者にその事業又は施設を利用させることができる場合には、これらの者に対して行う割賦販売を含む。）
    <sup>art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-4</sup>
    an installment sale by one of the following organizations to its direct or indirect member (if the organization is able to make its business or facility available to persons other than its members, this includes the installment sales to a non-member):
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  特別の法律に基づいて設立された組合並びにその連合会及び中央会
      <sup>art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-1</sup>
      a partnership incorporated based on a special law, or a federation or central association of those partnerships;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）第百八条の二又は地方公務員法（昭和二十五年法律第二百六十一号）第五十二条の団体
      <sup>art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2</sup>
      an organization as referred to in Article 108-2 of the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) or Article 52 of the Local Public Service Act (Act No. 261 of 1950); or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ハ**  労働組合
      <sup>art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-3</sup>
      a labor union.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  事業者がその従業者に対して行う割賦販売
    <sup>art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-5</sup>
    an installment sale by a business operator to its employee; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  無尽業法（昭和六年法律第四十二号）第一条に規定する無尽に該当する割賦販売
    <sup>art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8/par-1/item-6</sup>
    an installment sale that falls under the category of a mutual loan prescribed in Article 1 of the Act on the Mutual Loan Business (Act No. 42 of 1931).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 第二節　割賦販売の標準条件 — Section 2 Standard Terms and Conditions for Installment Sales
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-2/sec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/ch-2/sec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/ch-2/sec-2</sup>

### 第九条（標準条件の公示） — (Public Notice of Standard Terms and Conditions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-9</sup>

  **第一項**  主務大臣は、第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売（第十一条に規定する前払式割賦販売を除く。以下次条において同じ。）について、その健全な発達を図るため必要があるときは、指定商品ごとに、割賦販売価格に対する第一回の賦払金の額の標準となるべき割合及び第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売に係る代金の支払の標準となるべき期間を定め、これを告示するものとする。
  <sup>art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-9/par-1</sup>
  When necessary in order to promote the sound development of installment sales as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) (excluding prepaid installment sales as prescribed in Article 11; the same applies below in the following Article), the competent minister is to specify the percentage of the installment price to be used as the standards for the amount of the initial installment for each designated good and the term to be used as the standards for the payment of the cost in an installment sale as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i), and to give public notice of these.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十条（勧告） — (Recommendations)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-10</sup>

  **第一項**  主務大臣は、割賦販売業者が前条の規定により告示した割合より著しく低い第一回の賦払金の額の割賦販売価格に対する割合又は同条の規定により告示した期間より著しく長い代金の支払の期間によつて指定商品の第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売を行つているため、当該商品の同号に規定する割賦販売の健全な発達に著しい支障が生じ、又は生ずるおそれがあると認めるときは、当該割賦販売業者に対し、その割合を引き上げ、又はその期間を短縮すべきことを勧告することができる。
  <sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-10/par-1</sup>
  If the competent minister finds that a significant obstacle has arisen or could arise to the sound development of installment sales as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) for designated goods because an installment seller is conducting installment sales of those designated goods as prescribed in that item with the initial installment at a percentage of the installment price which is significantly lower than the percentage of which public notice is issued pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, or with a term for the payment of the cost which is significantly longer than the term of which public notice is issued pursuant to that Article, the minister may recommend that the installment seller increase the percentage or shorten the term.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定による勧告は、告示により行なうことができる。
  <sup>art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-10/par-2</sup>
  A recommendation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be given through a public notice.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 第三節　前払式割賦販売 — Section 3 Prepaid Installment Sales
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-2/sec-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/ch-2/sec-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/ch-2/sec-3</sup>

### 第十一条（前払式割賦販売業の許可） — (Prepaid Installment Sales Licenses)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11</sup>

  **第一項**  指定商品を引き渡すに先立つて購入者から二回以上にわたりその代金の全部又は一部を受領する第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売（以下「前払式割賦販売」という。）は、経済産業大臣の許可を受けた者でなければ、業として営んではならない。ただし、次の場合は、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11/par-1</sup>
  It is not permissible for a person to engage in installment sales in the course of trade, through which it receives all or part of the cost of the designated goods from the purchaser in two or more installments as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i), before the delivery of the designated goods (referred to below as "prepaid installment sales"), without being licensed by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; provided, however, that this does not apply in the following cases:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  指定商品の前払式割賦販売の方法による年間の販売額が政令で定める金額に満たない場合
    <sup>art-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the annual sales amount from prepaid installment sales of designated goods is less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  指定商品が新たに定められた場合において、現に当該指定商品を前払式割賦販売の方法により販売することを業として営んでいる者が、その定められた日から六月間（その期間内に次条第一項の申請書を提出した場合には、その申請につき許可又は不許可の処分があるまでの間を含む。）当該商品を販売するとき。
    <sup>art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the designated goods are newly specified, and a person currently engaged in the sale of those designated goods in the course of trade through prepaid installment sales, sells those goods for six months from the date of their specification (if the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article is submitted during that period, this includes the time up until the license sought under the application is granted or refused); or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前号の期間が経過した後において、その期間の末日までに締結した同号の指定商品の前払式割賦販売の契約に基づく取引を結了する目的の範囲内で営む場合
    <sup>art-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11/par-1/item-3</sup>
    after the period stated in the preceding item passes, the only such dealings the person engages in are aimed at enabling the completion of transactions under the contracts for prepaid installment sales for the designated goods referred to in that item, which have been concluded by the last day of that period.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十二条（許可の申請） — (Application for a License)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12</sup>

  **第一項**  前条の許可を受けようとする者は、次の事項を記載した申請書を経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1</sup>
  A person seeking the license referred to in the preceding Article must submit an application to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry stating the following:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  名称
    <sup>art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1/item-1</sup>
    its name;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  本店その他の営業所及び代理店の名称及び所在地
    <sup>art-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the names and locations of its principal office and other business offices and agency offices;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  資本金又は出資の額及び役員の氏名
    <sup>art-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1/item-3</sup>
    its amount of stated capital or capital contributions, and the names of its officers; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  前払式割賦販売の方法により販売しようとする指定商品の種類
    <sup>art-12/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the types of designated goods it seeks to sell through prepaid installment sales.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の申請書には、定款、登記事項証明書、前払式割賦販売契約約款その他経済産業省令で定める書類を添付しなければならない。ただし、経済産業省令で定める場合は、登記事項証明書の添付を省略することができる。
  <sup>art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-2</sup>
  The articles of incorporation, a certificate of registered information, the general conditions of the contract for prepaid installment sales, and the documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry must accompany the application referred to in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that a certificate of registered information may be omitted if so specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前項の場合において、定款が電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。以下同じ。）で作られているときは、書面に代えて電磁的記録（経済産業省令で定めるものに限る。）を添付することができる。
  <sup>art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-3</sup>
  In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the articles of incorporation have been created in the form of an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record used in computer data processing, which is created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that is impossible to perceive through the human senses alone; the same applies below), the electronic or magnetic record (limited to one as specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) may accompany the application in lieu of a paper document.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十三条から第十四条まで  〔削除 / repealed〕
<sup>art-13-to-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-13-to-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-13-to-14</sup>

  **第一項**  削除
  <sup>art-13-to-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-13-to-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-13-to-14/par-1</sup>

### 第十五条（許可の基準） — (Licensing Standards)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15</sup>

  **第一項**  経済産業大臣は、第十一条の許可の申請をした者が次の各号のいずれかに該当すると認めるときは、同条の許可をしてはならない。
  <sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1</sup>
  If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds an applicant for the license referred to in Article 11 to fall under one of the following items, the minister must not grant the license referred to in that Article:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the Minister of the Economy, Trade and Industry finds an applicant for the license referred to in Article 11 to fall under one of the following items, the minister must not grant the license referred to in that Article:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

    **一**  法人でない者
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-1</sup>
    a person that is not a corporation;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  資本金又は出資の額が購入者の利益を保護するため必要かつ適当であると認められる金額で政令で定めるものに満たない法人
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-2</sup>
    a corporation with a stated capital or capital contributions of less than the amount that is found to be necessary and appropriate for protecting the interests of purchasers, as specified by Cabinet Order;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  資産の合計額から負債の合計額を控除した額が資本金又は出資の額の百分の九十に相当する額に満たない法人
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-3</sup>
    a corporation with an amount of total assets minus total liabilities that is less than 90 percent of its stated capital or capital contributions;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、その行おうとする前払式割賦販売に係る業務を健全に遂行するに足りる財産的基礎を有しない法人
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-4</sup>
    a corporation that, beyond what is stated in the preceding two items, does not have a sufficient financial basis to soundly perform the business involved in prepaid installment sales;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  前払式割賦販売契約約款の内容が経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める基準に適合しない法人
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-5</sup>
    a corporation with general conditions in the contract for prepaid installment sales that do not conform to the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  第二十三条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を取り消され、その取消しの日から二年を経過しない法人
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-6</sup>
    a corporation whose license has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) or (2), if two years have not yet passed since the date of the rescission;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **七**  この法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から二年を経過しない法人
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-7</sup>
    a corporation that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if two years have not yet passed since the day on which it finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **八**  役員のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある法人
    <sup>art-15/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-8</sup>
    a corporation with an officer that falls under one of the following:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者
      <sup>art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-1</sup>
      a person that has not had rights restored after receiving a ruling of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又はこの法律の規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から二年を経過しない者
      <sup>art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-2</sup>
      a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, or a person that has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if two years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement; or
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **ハ**  第十一条の許可を受けた者（以下「許可割賦販売業者」という。）が第二十三条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を取り消された場合において、その処分のあつた日前三十日以内にその許可割賦販売業者の役員であつた者で、その処分のあつた日から二年を経過しないもの
      <sup>art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-3</sup>
      a person that, during the thirty days before the relevant disposition, was the officer of a person licensed as referred to in Article 11 (referred to below as a "licensed installment seller") whose license has been rescinded pursuant to Article 23, paragraph (1) or (2), if two years have not yet passed since the date of that disposition.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項第三号の資産の合計額及び負債の合計額は、政令で定めるところにより計算しなければならない。
  <sup>art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-2</sup>
  The total assets and the total liabilities referred to in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph must be calculated pursuant to Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  経済産業大臣は、第十一条の許可の申請があつた場合において、不許可の処分をしたときは、遅滞なく、その理由を示して、その旨を申請者に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-3</sup>
  If an application is filed for the license referred to in Article 11 and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry reaches the disposition not to grant the license, the minister must notify the applicant of this without delay, indicating the reasons for refusal.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十六条（営業保証金の供託等） — (Making Business Security Deposits)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者は、営業保証金を主たる営業所のもよりの供託所に供託しなければならない。
  <sup>art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-1</sup>
  A licensed installment seller must make a business security deposit with the closest official depository to its principal business office.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  許可割賦販売業者は、営業保証金を供託したときは、供託物受入れの記載のある供託書の写しを添附して、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-2</sup>
  Once a licensed installment seller makes a business security deposit, it must file a notification of this with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, accompanied by a copy of the deposit statement showing receipt of the deposit.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  許可割賦販売業者は、前項の規定による届出をした後でなければ、前払式割賦販売の営業を開始してはならない。
  <sup>art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-3</sup>
  A licensed installment seller must not commence prepaid installment sale operations until after it files the notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十七条
<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項の営業保証金の額は、主たる営業所につき十万円、その他の営業所又は代理店につき営業所又は代理店ごとに五万円の割合による金額の合計額とする。
  <sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-1</sup>
  The amount of the business security deposit referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is the sum total of 100,000 yen for the principal business office and 50,000 yen for each other business office or agency office.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The amount of the business security deposit referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is the sum total of 100,000 yen for the principal business office and 50,000 yen for each business office or agency office." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の営業保証金は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、国債証券、地方債証券その他の経済産業省令で定める有価証券（社債、株式等の振替に関する法律（平成十三年法律第七十五号）第二百七十八条第一項に規定する振替債を含む。）をもつて、これに充てることができる。
  <sup>art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-2</sup>
  National and local government bonds and other securities specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (including book-entry transfer bonds prescribed in Article 278, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares (Act No. 75 of 2001)) may serve as the business security deposit referred to in the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十八条
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者は、営業の開始後新たに営業所又は代理店を設置したときは、当該営業所又は代理店につき前条第一項に規定する割合による金額の営業保証金を供託しなければならない。
  <sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller newly establishes a business office or agency office after commencing operations, it must deposit the business security deposit for each such business office or agency office in the amount calculated based on the rates prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第十六条及び前条第二項の規定は、前項の規定により供託する場合に準用する。
  <sup>art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 16 and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis when a deposit is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十八条の二
<sup>art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-2</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者が一部の営業所又は代理店を廃止した場合において、営業保証金の額が第十七条第一項に規定する額をこえることとなつたときは、当該許可割賦販売業者は、そのこえる額を取り戻すことができる。
  <sup>art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-2/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller closes some of its business offices or agency offices and the amount of the business security deposit exceeds the amount prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1), the licensed installment seller may recover the excess amount.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の営業保証金の取戻しは、当該営業保証金につき第二十一条第一項の権利を有する者に対し、六月を下らない一定期間内に申し出るべき旨を公告し、その期間内にその申出がなかつた場合でなければ、することができない。ただし、営業保証金を取り戻すことができる理由が発生した時から十年を経過したときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-18-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-2/par-2</sup>
  The recovery of the excess business security deposit as referred to in the preceding paragraph is not permitted unless public notice is issued to the persons with the right to that business security deposit as referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1), indicating that those persons must make a filing within a fixed period of not less than six months, and no filing is made within that period; provided, however, that this does not apply once ten years have passed following the occurrence of grounds for the recovery of a business security deposit.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前項の公告その他第一項の規定による営業保証金の取戻しに関し必要な事項は、法務省令・経済産業省令で定める。
  <sup>art-18-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-2/par-3</sup>
  The necessary matters of the public notice referred to in the preceding paragraph and other matters relevant to the recovery of the business security deposit as referred to in the provisions of paragraph (1) are specified by Order of the Ministry of Justice and Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十八条の三（前受金保全措置） — (Preservative Measures for Advances Received)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者は、毎年三月三十一日及び九月三十日（以下これらの日を「基準日」という。）において前払式割賦販売の契約を締結している者から基準日までにその契約に係る商品の代金の全部又は一部として受領した前受金の合計額の二分の一に相当する額が当該基準日における第十七条第一項に規定する営業保証金の額をこえるときは、次項の前受金保全措置を講じ、次条第一項の規定によりその旨を経済産業大臣に届け出た後でなければ、基準日の翌日から起算して五十日を経過した日以後においては、新たに前払式割賦販売の契約を締結してはならない。
  <sup>art-18-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-1</sup>
  If, as of March 31 and September 30 of each year (each of these days is referred to below as a "base date"), the amount that corresponds to one-half of the total amount of advances that a licensed installment seller has received, from persons with which it has concluded contracts for prepaid installment sales by that base date, as all or part of the cost of the goods under the contracts, exceeds the amount of the business security deposit provided for in Article 17, paragraph (1) as of the base date, the licensed installment seller must not conclude any new contract for prepaid installment sales after fifty days have passed counting from the day after that base date, until it takes the preservative measures for advances received which are referred to in the following paragraph and notifies the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前受金保全措置は、前受業務保証金の供託又は前受業務保証金供託委託契約の締結であつて、その措置により、許可割賦販売業者が、基準日において前払式割賦販売の契約を締結している者から当該基準日までにその契約に係る商品の代金の全部又は一部として受領した前受金の合計額の二分の一に相当する額から当該基準日における第十七条第一項に規定する営業保証金の額を差し引いた額に相当する額（以下「基準額」という。）をその契約によつて生じた債務の弁済に充てることができるものとする。
  <sup>art-18-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-2</sup>
  Preservative measures for advances received are the making of business deposit for prepaid services or the conclusion of a contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services, in a way that the licensed installment seller may allocate an amount that corresponds to one-half of the total amount of the advances that it receives by the base date, from persons with which it has concluded contracts for prepaid installment sales as of the base date, as all or part of the cost of the goods under the contracts, after the business security deposit prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) as of the base date is deducted (referred to below as the "base amount"), toward the repayment of obligations arising from those contracts.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前受金保全措置として締結する前受業務保証金供託委託契約は、次条第一項の規定による届出の翌日以降次の基準日の翌日から起算して五十日を経過する日（その日前に当該次の基準日に係る基準額について同項の規定による届出があつたときは、その届出の日）までの間に、委託者たる許可割賦販売業者が第二十七条第一項各号の一に該当することとなつた場合又は受託者が第二十条の三第三項の規定による指示を受けた場合において、受託者が委託者のために委託額に相当する額の前受業務保証金を供託することを約する契約とする。
  <sup>art-18-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-3</sup>
  A contract on the entrustment of business deposits for prepaid services that is concluded as a preservative measure for advances received is a contract under which the entrusted party agrees to make a business deposit for prepaid services on behalf of the entrusting party, in an amount that corresponds to that with which it is entrusted, if the licensed installment seller that is the entrusting party comes to fall under one of the items of Article 27, paragraph (1) or if the entrusted party receives instructions under the provisions of Article 20-3, paragraph (3), during the period from the day after the notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article until fifty days have elapsed counting from the day after the next base date (or, if a notification under that paragraph which concerns the base amount for that next base date is filed before that day, until the day of that notification).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  銀行その他政令で定める金融機関又は経済産業大臣の指定する者でなければ、前項の前受業務保証金供託委託契約（以下単に「供託委託契約」という。）の受託者となることができない。
  <sup>art-18-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-4</sup>
  It is not permissible for a person other than a bank, financial institution specified by Cabinet Order, or person designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to become the entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposit for prepaid services as referred to in the preceding paragraph (simply referred to below as a "contract on the entrustment of business deposits").
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  第十六条第一項及び第十七条第二項の規定は、前受金保全措置として前受業務保証金を供託する場合に準用する。
  <sup>art-18-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-5</sup>
  The provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) and Article 17, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis when a business deposit for prepaid services is made as a preservative measure for advances received.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十八条の四
<sup>art-18-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-4</sup>

  **第一項**  前受金保全措置を講じた許可割賦販売業者は、基準日ごとに、当該基準日に係る基準額についての前受金保全措置につき、書面で、経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-18-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-4/par-1</sup>
  A licensed installment seller that takes preservative measures for advances received must file a written notification with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry on each base date, of the preservative measures for advances received in respect of that base amount, for that base date.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  許可割賦販売業者が新たな前受金保全措置を講じて前項の規定による届出をする場合においては、当該前受金保全措置が、前受業務保証金の供託であるときは供託物受入れの記載のある供託書の写しを、供託委託契約の締結であるときは当該契約書の写しをそれぞれ同項の書面に添附しなければならない。
  <sup>art-18-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-4/par-2</sup>
  When a licensed installment seller takes a new preservative measure for advances received and files a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the document referred to in that paragraph must be accompanied by a copy of the deposit statement showing the receipt of the deposit, if that preservative measure for advances received is the making of a business deposit for prepaid services, or by the copy of the contract, if that preservative measure for advances received is the conclusion of a contract on the entrustment of business deposits.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十八条の五
<sup>art-18-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5</sup>

  **第一項**  前受金保全措置を講じている許可割賦販売業者は、基準日において前払式割賦販売の契約を締結している者から当該基準日までにその契約に係る商品の代金の全部又は一部として受領した前受金の合計額の二分の一に相当する額が当該基準日における第十七条第一項に規定する営業保証金の額以下となつたときは、次の基準日までに、前受業務保証金の全部を取り戻し、又は供託委託契約の全部を解除することができる。
  <sup>art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-1</sup>
  If an amount that corresponds to one-half of the total amount of the advances that a licensed installment seller taking preservative measures for advances received has received by the base date, from persons with which it has concluded contracts for prepaid installment sales as of the base date, as all or part of the cost of the goods under the contracts, falls to or below the amount of the business security deposit provided for in Article 17, paragraph (1) as of the base date, the licensed installment seller may recover all of the business deposits for the prepaid services or cancel all of the contracts on the entrustment of business deposits by the next base date.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an amount that corresponds to one-half of the total amount of the advances that a licensed instalment seller taking preservative measures for advances received has received by the base date, from persons with which it has concluded contracts for prepaid installment sales as of the base date, as all or part of the cost of the goods under the contracts, falls below the amount of the business security deposit provided for in Article 17, paragraph (1) as of the base date, the licensed installment seller may recover all of the business deposits for the prepaid services or cancel all of the contracts on the entrustment of business deposits by the next base date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  前項に定める場合を除き、前受金保全措置を講じている許可割賦販売業者は、基準日において当該前受金保全措置により前払式割賦販売の契約によつて生じた債務の弁済に充てることができる額が当該基準日に係る基準額をこえることとなつたときは、次の基準日までに、そのこえる額につき、前受業務保証金を取り戻し、又は供託委託契約の全部若しくは一部を解除することができる。
  <sup>art-18-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-2</sup>
  In a case beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if, as of the base date, the amount that can be allocated to the repayment of obligations under a contract for prepaid installment sales due to the preservative measures for advances received, exceeds the base amount for that base date, the licensed installment seller that is taking the preservative measures may recover the excess amount of the business deposits for prepaid services or cancel all or part of the contract on the entrustment of business deposits by the next base date.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In a case beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if, as of the base date, the amount that can be allocated to the repayment of obligations under a contract for prepaid installment sales due to the preservative measures for advances received, exceeds the base amount for that base date, the licensed installment seller that is taking the preservative measures may recover the excess amount of the business deposits for prepaid services or cancel all or part of the contract on the entrustment of business deposits." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の規定による前受業務保証金の取戻しは、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、経済産業大臣の承認を受けなければ、することができない。
  <sup>art-18-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-3</sup>
  The recovery of business deposits for prepaid services under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs may not be made without the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry having been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The recovery of business deposits for prepaid services under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs may not be made without the approval of the Minister of the Economy, Trade and Industry having been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

  **第四項**  前項に定めるもののほか、第一項又は第二項の規定による前受業務保証金の取戻しに関し必要な事項は、法務省令・経済産業省令で定める。
  <sup>art-18-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-4</sup>
  Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, necessary matters relevant to the recovery of business deposits for prepaid services under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), are specified by Order of the Ministry of Justice and Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  第一項又は第二項の規定による供託委託契約の解除は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、経済産業大臣の承認を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
  <sup>art-18-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-5</sup>
  The cancellation of a contract on the entrustment of business deposits under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) does not become effective without the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry having been obtained pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  前受金保全措置としての供託委託契約は、第一項又は第二項の規定による場合のほか、その全部又は一部を解除することができない。ただし、当該供託委託契約の一部を解除した場合において、なお当該供託委託契約が第十八条の三第三項に規定する要件を満たすものであるときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-18-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-6</sup>
  It is not permissible for a contract on the entrustment of business deposits as a preservative measure for advances received to be cancelled in whole or in part, except in the cases prescribed in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2); provided, however, that this does not apply if a part of the contract on the entrustment of business deposits is canceled and the contract on the entrustment of business deposits still satisfies the requirements prescribed in Article 18-3, paragraph (3).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第七項**  前項の規定に反する特約は、無効とする。
  <sup>art-18-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-7</sup>
  Any special provisions of a contract that run counter to the preceding paragraph are void.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十八条の六（承継） — (Succession)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-6</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者が事業の全部を譲渡し、又は許可割賦販売業者について合併若しくは分割（当該事業の全部を承継させるものに限る。）があつたときは、当該事業の全部を譲り受けた法人又は合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立した法人若しくは分割により当該事業の全部を承継した法人は、その許可割賦販売業者の地位を承継する。ただし、当該事業の全部を譲り受けた法人又は合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立した法人若しくは分割により当該事業の全部を承継した法人が第十五条第一項第二号又は同項第六号から第八号までのいずれかに該当するときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-18-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-6/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller transfers all of its business or if a licensed installment seller merges or undergoes a company split (limited to when all of its business is succeeded to), the corporation succeeding to all of its business, the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation incorporated in the merger, or the corporation succeeding to the whole of business in the company split, succeeds to the status of licensed installment seller; provided, however, that this does not apply if the corporation succeeding to the whole of the business, the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation incorporated in the merger, or the corporation succeeding to the whole of business in the company split falls under one of the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii) or items (vi) through (viii) inclusive.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定により許可割賦販売業者の地位を承継した者は、遅滞なく、その事実を証する書面を添附して、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-18-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-6/par-2</sup>
  A person that succeeds to the status of licensed installment seller pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must file a notification of this, accompanied by documents evidencing that fact, with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, without delay.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十九条（変更の届出等） — (Notification of a Change)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者は、第十二条第一項各号に掲げる事項について変更があつたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-1</sup>
  If there is any change in a matter stated in one of the items of Article 12, paragraph (1), the licensed installment seller must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this without delay.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  許可割賦販売業者は、前払式割賦販売契約約款を変更しようとするときは、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-2</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller seeks to change the general conditions of a contract for prepaid installment sales, it must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  経済産業大臣は、前項の規定による変更の届出があつた場合において、その変更後の前払式割賦販売契約約款の内容が第十五条第一項第五号の経済産業省令・内閣府令で定める基準に適合しなくなると認めるときは、当該許可割賦販売業者に対し、その内容の変更を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-3</sup>
  If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is notified of a change under the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the minister finds that the content of the general conditions of the contract for prepaid installment sales after the change no longer conforms to the standard specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Office Order which are referred to in Article 15, paragraph (1), item (v), the minister may order the licensed installment seller to change that content.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第十二条第二項及び第三項の規定は第一項の規定による変更の届出をする場合に、同条第二項の規定は第二項の規定による変更の届出をする場合に準用する。
  <sup>art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of Article 12, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis when a notification of a change under paragraph (1) is filed and the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis when a notification of a change under paragraph (2) is filed.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十九条の二（帳簿の備付け） — (Keeping of Books)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19-2</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、帳簿を備え、前払式割賦販売の契約について経済産業省令で定める事項を記載し、これを保存しなければならない。
  <sup>art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19-2/par-1</sup>
  A licensed installment seller must keep books, enter in them the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry concerning contracts for prepaid installment sales, and archive them, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十条（契約の締結の禁止） — (Prohibition on the Conclusion of Contracts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20</sup>

  **第一項**  経済産業大臣は、許可割賦販売業者が第十五条第一項第三号の規定に該当することとなつたときは、当該許可割賦販売業者に対し、前払式割賦販売の契約を締結してはならない旨を命じなければならない。ただし、その命令をすることによつて購入者の保護に欠けることとなる場合は、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller comes to fall under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1), item (iii), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must order that licensed installment seller not to conclude a contract for prepaid installment sales; provided, however, that this does not apply if the protection of purchasers would be compromised by that order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  経済産業大臣は、前項の規定による命令をした場合において、その許可割賦販売業者が六月以内にその命令の要件に該当しなくなつたときは、その命令を取り消さなければならない。
  <sup>art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20/par-2</sup>
  If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry issues an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the licensed installment seller comes to no longer fall under the requirements referred to in that order within six months, the minister must rescind that order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十条の二（改善命令） — (Improvement Orders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2</sup>

  **第一項**  経済産業大臣は、許可割賦販売業者の財産の状況又は前払式割賦販売に係る業務の運営が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合において、購入者の利益を保護するため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該許可割賦販売業者に対し、財産の状況又は前払式割賦販売に係る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-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller's financial condition or the business operations that are connected with prepaid installment sales fall under one of the following items and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it to be necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of purchasers, the minister, within the scope that it is necessary, may order the licensed installment seller to take the necessary measures to improve its financial condition or to improve business operations that are connected with prepaid installment sales:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  一事業年度の収益の額の費用の額に対する比率が経済産業省令で定める率を下つた場合
    <sup>art-20-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the ratio of revenues to expenditures during one business year falls below the ratio specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  流動資産の合計額の流動負債の合計額に対する比率が経済産業省令で定める率を下つた場合
    <sup>art-20-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the ratio of total current assets to total current liabilities falls below the ratio specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前二号に掲げる場合のほか、購入者の利益を保護するため財産の状況又は前払式割賦販売に係る業務の運営につき是正を加えることが必要な場合として経済産業省令で定める場合
    <sup>art-20-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
    a case beyond what is stated in the preceding two items, which is specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as a case in which it is necessary to remedy its financial condition or to remedy business operations that are connected with prepaid installment sales in order to protect the interests of purchasers.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項第一号の収益の額及び費用の額並びに同項第二号の流動資産の合計額及び流動負債の合計額は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより計算しなければならない。
  <sup>art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-2</sup>
  The amount of revenues and expenditures referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph and the total current assets and total current liabilities referred to in item (ii) of that paragraph, are calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The amount of revenues to expenditures referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph and the total current assets and total current liabilities referred to in item (ii) of that paragraph, are calculated pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4837/tb</sup>

  **第三項**  経済産業大臣は、許可割賦販売業者の前払式割賦販売に係る業務の運営が第一項第三号に該当する場合において、同項の規定による命令をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣に協議しなければならない。
  <sup>art-20-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-3</sup>
  If the business operations that are connected with the prepaid installment sales of a licensed installment seller fall under paragraph (1), item (iii), before the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry seeks to issue an order under the provisions of that paragraph, the minister must consult with the Prime Minister.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  内閣総理大臣は、許可割賦販売業者の前払式割賦販売に係る業務の運営が第一項第三号に該当する場合において、購入者の利益を保護するため必要があると認めるときは、経済産業大臣に対し、同項の規定による命令に関し、必要な意見を述べることができる。
  <sup>art-20-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-4</sup>
  If the business operations that are connected with the prepaid installment sales of a licensed installment seller fall under paragraph (1), item (iii), and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary to protect the interests of purchasers, the minister may state a necessary opinion on an order under the provisions of that paragraph to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十条の三（供託委託契約の受託者の供託等） — (Deposit by an Entrusted Party under a Contract on the Entrustment of Business Deposits)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-20-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3</sup>

  **第一項**  経済産業大臣は、前受金保全措置として供託委託契約を締結している許可割賦販売業者が第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号までの一に該当するとき、又は第二十一条第一項の権利を有する者若しくは当該許可割賦販売業者から当該許可割賦販売業者が第二十七条第一項第五号若しくは第六号に該当する旨の申出があつたときは、遅滞なく、第二十一条第一項の権利を有する者に対し、六十日以上の一定の期間内に経済産業大臣に債権の申出をすべきこと及びその期間内に債権の申出をしないときは当該公示に係る前受金保全措置についての権利の実行の手続から除斥されるべきことを公示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller that concludes a contract on the entrustment of business deposits as a preservative measure for advances received, falls under one of Article 27, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) inclusive, or if a person with the right referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1) or such a licensed installment seller files a notification indicating that the licensed installment seller falls under Article 27, paragraph (1), item (v) or item (vi), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must issue public notice to persons with the right referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1), without delay, indicating that any such person must file a claim with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry within a fixed period of not less than sixty days, and that failure to file a claim within that period excludes a person from the process by which rights are exercised in connection with the preservative measures for advances received concerning the public notice.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  経済産業大臣は、前項の規定による公示をしたときは、遅滞なく、当該許可割賦販売業者に係る供託委託契約の受託者に対し、当該公示に係る債権の申出をすべき期間の末日までに当該供託委託契約に基づく前受業務保証金を供託すべきことを指示しなければならない。ただし、当該受託者が次項の規定による指示を受けて前受業務保証金を供託している場合は、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-2</sup>
  If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry issues public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the minister, without delay, must instruct the entrusted party under the contract on the entrustment of business deposits with the relevant licensed installment seller to make a business deposit for prepaid services based on that contract on the entrustment of business deposits by the last day of the period during which the filing of claims to which the public notice concerns must be made; provided, however, that this does not apply if the entrusted party has already made the business deposit for prepaid services on receipt of the instructions under the provisions of the following paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  経済産業大臣は、前項本文に定める場合のほか、許可割賦販売業者と前払式割賦販売の契約を締結した者のその契約によつて生ずる債権を保全するため必要があると認めたときは、当該許可割賦販売業者に係る供託委託契約の受託者に対し、期限を指定して供託委託契約に基づく前受業務保証金を供託すべきことを指示することができる。
  <sup>art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3</sup>
  If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it to be necessary for the preservation of a person's claims arising under a contract for prepaid installment sales that the person has concluded with a licensed installment seller, the minister may instruct the entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits with that licensed installment seller to make a business deposit for prepaid services based on the contract on the entrustment of business deposits within a designated time frame, in a case beyond what is prescribed in the main clause of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  供託委託契約の受託者は、第二項本文の規定による指示を受けたときは第一項の規定による公示に係る債権の申出をすべき期間の末日までに、前項の規定による指示を受けたときは同項の規定により指定された期限までに、当該供託委託契約に基づく前受業務保証金を供託しなければならない。
  <sup>art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-4</sup>
  If the entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits is given an instruction under the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (2), it must make the business deposit for prepaid services based on the contract on the entrustment of business deposits by the last day of the period during which the filing of claims to which the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (1) concerns must be made, and if it is given an instruction under the preceding paragraph, it must make that deposit within the time frame designated pursuant to that paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  供託委託契約の受託者は、前項の規定により前受業務保証金を供託したときは、経済産業大臣に供託物受入れの記載のある供託書の写しを提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-20-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-5</sup>
  When the entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits makes a business deposit for prepaid services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must submit a copy of the deposit statement showing the receipt of the deposit to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  第十六条第一項の規定は、第四項の規定により供託する場合に準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「主たる営業所」とあるのは、「許可割賦販売業者の主たる営業所」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-20-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-6</sup>
  The provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis when a deposit is made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4). In this case, the phrase "the principal business office" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the principal business office of the licensed installment seller".
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十条の四
<sup>art-20-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第二項本文の規定による指示を受けて前受業務保証金を供託した供託委託契約の受託者は、同条第一項の規定による公示に係る債権の申出をすべき期間内にその申出がなかつた場合には、その供託した前受業務保証金を取り戻すことができる。
  <sup>art-20-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-1</sup>
  The entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits which makes a business deposit for prepaid services following the instructions under the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, may recover the business deposit for prepaid services it makes, if a filing of claims to which the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article concerns is not made within the period during which the claims must be filed.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前条第三項の規定による指示を受けて前受業務保証金を供託した供託委託契約の受託者は、同条第一項の規定による公示がされている場合にあつては当該公示に係る債権の申出をすべき期間内にその申出がなかつたとき、当該公示がされていない場合にあつては経済産業省令で定めるところにより経済産業大臣の承認を受けたときは、その供託した前受業務保証金を取り戻すことができる。
  <sup>art-20-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-2</sup>
  The entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits which makes a business deposit for prepaid services following instructions under paragraph (3) of the preceding Article may recover the business deposit for prepaid services it makes if the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article is issued and the claim to which that public notice concerns is not filed within the period that the claim must be filed; or if the public notice is not issued and the entrusted party obtains the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の規定による前受業務保証金の取戻しに関し必要な事項は、法務省令・経済産業省令で定める。
  <sup>art-20-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-3</sup>
  The necessary matters relevant to the recovery of a business deposit for prepaid services under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs are specified by Order of the Ministry of Justice and Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十一条（営業保証金及び前受業務保証金の還付） — (Refunding of Business Security Deposits and Business Deposits for Prepaid Services)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者と前払式割賦販売の契約を締結した者は、その契約によつて生じた債権に関し、当該許可割賦販売業者又は当該許可割賦販売業者と供託委託契約を締結した受託者が供託した営業保証金又は前受業務保証金について、その債権の弁済を受ける権利を有する。
  <sup>art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-1</sup>
  A person that concludes a contract for prepaid installment sales with a licensed installment seller has the right to be repaid for the claims arising from such a contract out of the business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services made by the licensed installment seller or an entrusted party that has concluded a contract on the entrustment of business deposits with that licensed installment seller.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の権利の実行に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
  <sup>art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-2</sup>
  The necessary matters relevant to the exercise of the right referred to in the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十二条（権利の実行があつた場合の措置） — (Measures for When Rights Are Exercised)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者は、前条第一項の権利を有する者がその権利を実行したため、営業保証金が第十七条第一項に規定する額に不足することとなつたときは、その事実を知つた日以後遅滞なく、その不足額を供託しなければならない。
  <sup>art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22/par-1</sup>
  If a business security deposit comes to fall short of the amount specified in Article 17, paragraph (1) because a person that holds the right referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article exercises that right, the licensed installment seller must deposit the shortfall without delay on or after the date on which it becomes aware of that fact.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前受金保全措置を講じている許可割賦販売業者は、前条第一項の権利を有する者がその権利を実行したため、当該前受金保全措置により前払式割賦販売の契約によつて生じた債務の弁済に充てることができる額がその権利を実行した日の直前の基準日における基準額に不足することとなつたときは、その事実を知つた日以後遅滞なく、その不足額について新たに前受金保全措置を講じ、書面で、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22/par-2</sup>
  If the amount that may be allocated for the repayment of an obligation arising from a contract for prepaid installment sales based on preservative measures for advances received comes to fall short of the base amount as of the base date immediately before the day on which the right referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is exercised, because a person that holds that right exercises it, the licensed installment seller that is taking those preservative measures for advances received must take a new preservative measure for advances received for the shortfall without delay on or after the day on which it becomes aware of that fact, and must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of this in writing.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第十六条第二項及び第十七条第二項の規定は第一項の規定により供託する場合に、第十八条の四第二項の規定は前項の規定による届出に準用する。
  <sup>art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2) and Article 17, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis when a deposit is made pursuant to paragraph (1), and the provisions of Article 18-4, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十二条の二（営業保証金及び前受業務保証金の保管替え等） — (Change of Depository for a Business Security Deposit or Business Deposit for Prepaid Services)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22-2</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者又は供託委託契約の受託者は、金銭のみをもつて営業保証金又は前受業務保証金を供託している場合において、許可割賦販売業者の主たる営業所の所在地について変更があつたためそのもよりの供託所が変更したときは、遅滞なく、営業保証金又は前受業務保証金を供託している供託所に対し、費用を予納して、所在地変更後の許可割賦販売業者の主たる営業所のもよりの供託所への営業保証金又は前受業務保証金の保管替えを請求しなければならない。
  <sup>art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22-2/par-1</sup>
  If the business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services is made solely in cash and the nearest depository changes because the location of the principal business office of the licensed installment seller has changed, the licensed installment seller or the entrusted party under a contract on the entrustment of business deposits must pay the expenses in advance and request the depository with which the business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services has been made to transfer the business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services to the depository which is nearest to the principal business office of the licensed installment seller after the change, without delay.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  許可割賦販売業者は、第十七条第二項に規定する有価証券又はその有価証券及び金銭をもつて営業保証金又は前受業務保証金を供託している場合において、主たる営業所の所在地について変更があつたためその最寄りの供託所が変更したときは、遅滞なく、当該営業保証金又は前受業務保証金の額と同額の営業保証金又は前受業務保証金を所在地変更後の主たる営業所の最寄りの供託所に供託しなければならない。その供託をしたときは、法務省令・経済産業省令で定めるところにより、所在地変更前の主たる営業所の最寄りの供託所に供託した営業保証金又は前受業務保証金を取り戻すことができる。
  <sup>art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22-2/par-2</sup>
  If a business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services is made in the form of securities provided for in Article 17, paragraph (2) or in those securities and cash, and the nearest depository changes because the location of the principal business office of a licensed installment seller has changed, the licensed installment seller must make a business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services in the same amount as that business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services with the depository which is nearest to its principal business office after the change, without delay. Once that deposit is made, the business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services that was made with the depository that was nearest to the principal business office before it changed location may be recovered pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Justice and Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第十七条第二項の規定は、前項の規定により供託する場合に準用する。
  <sup>art-22-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22-2/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 17, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis when a deposit is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十三条（許可の取消し等） — (Rescission of a License)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23</sup>

  **第一項**  経済産業大臣は、許可割賦販売業者が次の各号の一に該当するときは、その許可を取り消さなければならない。
  <sup>art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must rescind its license:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第十五条第一項第二号、第七号又は第八号の規定に該当することとなつたとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1/item-1</sup>
    it comes to fall under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii), item (vii), or item (viii);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第二十条第一項の規定による命令があつた場合において、その命令の日から六月以内に同条第二項の規定による取消しがされないとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1/item-2</sup>
    an order under Article 20, paragraph (1) is issued and a rescission under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article is not made within six months from the date of that order;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第二十条第一項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1/item-3</sup>
    it violates an order under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1); or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  不正の手段により第十一条の許可を受けたとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1/item-4</sup>
    it has obtained the license referred to in Article 11 by wrongful means.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  経済産業大臣は、許可割賦販売業者が次の各号の一に該当するときは、当該許可割賦販売業者に対し、三月以内の期間を定めて前払式割賦販売の契約を締結してはならない旨を命じ、又はその許可を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may order that licensed installment seller not to conclude any contract for prepaid installment sales for a fixed period of no longer than three months, or may rescind its license:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第十六条第三項（第十八条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反して営業を開始したとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2/item-1</sup>
    it violates the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (2)) in commencing operations;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第十八条の三第一項の規定に違反して新たに前払式割賦販売の契約を締結したとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2/item-2</sup>
    it violates the provisions of Article 18-3, paragraph (1) in concluding a new contract for prepaid installment sales;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第十九条第三項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2/item-3</sup>
    it violates an order under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  第二十条の二第一項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2/item-4</sup>
    it violates an order under the provisions of Article 20-2, paragraph (1);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  第二十二条第一項の規定による供託をしないとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2/item-5</sup>
    it fails to make a deposit under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1); or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  第二十二条第二項の規定による前受金保全措置を講じないとき。
    <sup>art-23/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2/item-6</sup>
    it fails to take preservative measures for advances received under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  経済産業大臣は、許可割賦販売業者が前項第四号の命令（当該許可割賦販売業者の前払式割賦販売に係る業務の運営が第二十条の二第一項第三号に該当する場合におけるものに限る。次項及び第四十条第二項において同じ。）に違反した場合において、前項の規定による処分をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣に協議しなければならない。
  <sup>art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-3</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller violates the order referred to in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph (limited to an order issued when business operations that are connected with the prepaid installment sales of the licensed installment seller fall under Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (iii); the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 40, paragraph (2)), before the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry seeks to reach a disposition under the preceding paragraph, the minister must consult with the Prime Minister.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  内閣総理大臣は、許可割賦販売業者が第二項第四号の命令に違反した場合において、購入者の利益を保護するため必要があると認めるときは、経済産業大臣に対し、同項の規定による処分に関し、必要な意見を述べることができる。
  <sup>art-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-4</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller violates the order referred to in item (iv) of paragraph (2) and the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary to protect the interests of purchasers, the minister may state a necessary opinion concerning a disposition under the provisions of that paragraph to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  経済産業大臣は、第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を取り消したときは、遅滞なく、その理由を示して、その旨を当該許可割賦販売業者であつた者に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-23/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-5</sup>
  If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry rescinds a license pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the minister must notify the person that was formerly the relevant licensed installment seller of this, indicating the reasons for the rescission, without delay.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十四条（処分の公示） — (Public Notice of a Disposition)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-24</sup>

  **第一項**  経済産業大臣は、第二十条第一項の規定による命令をし、若しくは同条第二項の規定によりこれを取り消したとき、又は前条第一項若しくは第二項の規定により許可を取り消したときは、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、その旨を公示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-24/par-1</sup>
  If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry issues an order under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) or rescinds such an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2), or if the minister rescinds a license pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the minister must issue a public notice of this pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十五条（許可の失効） — (Expiration of a License)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-25</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者が前払式割賦販売の営業を廃止したときは、許可は、その効力を失う。
  <sup>art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-25/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller discontinues operations in prepaid installment sales, its license expires.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十六条（廃止の届出） — (Notification of Discontinuation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-26</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者は、前払式割賦販売の営業を廃止したときは、遅滞なく、その旨を経済産業大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-26/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller discontinues operations in prepaid installment sales, it must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of the discontinuation without delay.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第二十四条の規定は、前項の規定による届出があつた場合に準用する。
  <sup>art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-26/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 24 apply mutatis mutandis when a notification under the preceding paragraph is filed.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十七条（契約の解除） — (Cancellation of a Contract)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該許可割賦販売業者と前払式割賦販売の契約を締結している者でその契約に係る商品の引渡しを受けていないものは、その契約を解除することができる。
  <sup>art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1</sup>
  If a licensed installment seller falls under one of the following items, a person that has concluded a contract for prepaid installment sales with that licensed installment seller but has not been delivered the goods under that contract may cancel the contract:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  基準日の翌日から起算して五十日を経過する日までの間に当該基準日に係る基準額について前受金保全措置を講じなかつたとき。
    <sup>art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-1</sup>
    it fails to take preservative measures for advances received for the base amount as of the base date, on or before the day on which fifty days have passed since the day following the relevant base date;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第二十条第一項の規定による命令を受けたとき。
    <sup>art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-2</sup>
    it becomes subject to an order under Article 20, paragraph (1);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第二十三条第一項又は第二項の規定により許可を取り消されたとき。
    <sup>art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-3</sup>
    its license is rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 23;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  第二十五条の規定により許可が効力を失つたとき。
    <sup>art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-4</sup>
    its license loses validity pursuant to the provisions of Article 25;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  破産手続開始、再生手続開始又は更生手続開始の申立てがあつたとき。
    <sup>art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-5</sup>
    a motion to commence bankruptcy proceedings, rehabilitation proceedings, or reorganization proceedings is filed; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  支払を停止したとき。
    <sup>art-27/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-6</sup>
    it suspends payments.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定に反する特約は、無効とする。
  <sup>art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-2</sup>
  Any special provisions of a contract that run counter to the preceding paragraph are void.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十八条（許可の取消し等に伴う取引の結了等） — (Completion of Transactions Upon Rescission of a License)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-28</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者が第二十三条第一項若しくは第二項の規定により許可を取り消されたとき、又は第二十五条の規定により許可が効力を失つたときは、当該許可割賦販売業者であつた者又はその一般承継人は、当該許可割賦販売業者が締結した前払式割賦販売の契約に基づく取引を結了する目的の範囲内においては、なお許可割賦販売業者とみなす。
  <sup>art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-28/par-1</sup>
  If the license of a licensed installment seller is rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 23 or loses validity pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, the person that was formerly the licensed installment seller or its general successor is deemed to continue to be a licensed installment seller, inasmuch as its sole aim is to enable the completion of transactions under contracts for prepaid installment sales that the licensed installment seller has concluded.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十九条
<sup>art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29</sup>

  **第一項**  許可割賦販売業者が第二十三条第一項若しくは第二項の規定により許可を取り消されたとき、又は第二十五条の規定により許可が効力を失つたときは、許可割賦販売業者であつた者又はその承継人（前条の規定により許可割賦販売業者とみなされる者を除く。）は、当該許可割賦販売業者であつた者が供託した営業保証金又は前受業務保証金を取り戻すことができる。
  <sup>art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29/par-1</sup>
  If the license of a licensed installment seller is rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of Article 23 or loses validity pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, the person that was formerly that licensed installment seller or its successor (excluding a person that is deemed to be a licensed installment seller pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article) may recover the business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services that the person that was formerly that licensed installment seller has made.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の営業保証金又は前受業務保証金の取戻しは、当該営業保証金又は前受業務保証金につき第二十一条第一項の権利を有する者に対し、六月を下らない一定期間内に申し出るべき旨を公告し、その期間内にその申出がなかつた場合でなければ、することができない。ただし、営業保証金又は前受業務保証金を取り戻すことができる理由が発生した時から十年を経過したときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29/par-2</sup>
  The recovery of a business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services referred to in the preceding paragraph is not permitted unless public notice is issued to the persons with the right to that business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services as referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1), indicating that those persons must make a filing within a fixed period of not less than six months, and no filing is made within that period; provided, however, that this does not apply once ten years have passed following the occurrence of grounds for the recovery of a business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前項の公告その他第一項の規定による営業保証金又は前受業務保証金の取戻しに関し必要な事項は、法務省令・経済産業省令で定める。
  <sup>art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29/par-3</sup>
  The necessary matters of the public notice referred to in the preceding paragraph and those relevant to the recovery of the business security deposit or business deposit for prepaid services under the provisions of paragraph (1) are specified by Order of the Ministry of Justice and Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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- art-3/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 割賦販売法 第三条第二項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-3/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-2/item-2
- art-3/par-3: 前条第一項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-2
- art-3/par-3/item-3: 前二号 → 割賦販売法 第三条第三項第一号 (Article 3, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-3/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3/item-1
- art-3/par-3/item-3: 前二号 → 割賦販売法 第三条第三項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-3/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3/item-2
- art-3/par-4: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-1
- art-3/par-4: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-2
- art-3/par-4: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第三条第三項 (Article 3, paragraph (3)), art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3
- art-4/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-4/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-1
- art-4/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-2
- art-4/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第一項第三号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-4/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-3
- art-4/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第一項第四号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-4/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-4
- art-4/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第一項第五号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-4/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-5
- art-4/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第一項第六号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-4/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-1/item-6
- art-4/par-2: 第二条第一項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-2
- art-4/par-2/item-6: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第二項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-4/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-1
- art-4/par-2/item-6: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第二項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-4/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-2
- art-4/par-2/item-6: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第二項第三号 (Article 4, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-4/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-3
- art-4/par-2/item-6: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第二項第四号 (Article 4, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-4/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-4
- art-4/par-2/item-6: 前各号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第二項第五号 (Article 4, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-4/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-2/item-5
- art-4/par-3: 第二条第一項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-2
- art-4/par-3/item-2: 前号 → 割賦販売法 第四条第三項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-4/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-3/item-1
- art-4-2/par-1: 第三条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-2
- art-4-2/par-1: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三条第三項 (Article 3, paragraph (3)), art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-3/par-3
- art-4-2/par-1: 前条 → 割賦販売法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4
- art-5/par-1: 第二条第一項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-2
- art-5/par-1: この項 → 割賦販売法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-5/par-1
- art-5/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-5/par-1
- art-6/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-6/par-1: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第六条第三項 (Article 6, paragraph (3)), art-6/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-3
- art-6/par-1: 第四項 → 割賦販売法 第六条第四項 (Article 6, paragraph (4)), art-6/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-4
- art-6/par-1/item-3: 次号 → 割賦販売法 第六条第一項第四号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-6/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-4
- art-6/par-1/item-4: 特定商取引に関する法律（昭和五十一年法律第五十七号）第四十一条第二項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-41/par-2
- art-6/par-1/item-4: 同法第四十九条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-49/par-1
- art-6/par-1/item-4: 同条第二項第二号 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十九条第二項第二号 (Article 49, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-49/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-49/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-49/par-2/item-2
- art-6/par-1/item-5: 次号 → 割賦販売法 第六条第一項第六号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-6/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1/item-6
- art-6/par-1/item-6: 特定商取引に関する法律第四十一条第二項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-41/par-2
- art-6/par-1/item-6: 同法第四十九条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-49/par-1
- art-6/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-1
- art-6/par-3: 第二条第一項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-6/par-3: 特定商取引に関する法律第三十七条第二項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-37/par-2
- art-6/par-3: 同法第四十条の二第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十条の二第一項 (Article 40-2, paragraph (1)), art-40-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-40-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-40-2/par-1
- art-6/par-3/item-1: 特定商取引に関する法律第三十三条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-33/par-1
- art-6/par-3/item-1: 次号 → 割賦販売法 第六条第三項第二号 (Article 6, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-6/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-3/item-2
- art-6/par-3/item-1: 第三十五条の三の十一 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の十一 (Article 35-3-11), art-35-3-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-11
- art-6/par-3/item-1: 第三十五条の三の十四 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の十四 (Article 35-3-14), art-35-3-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-14
- art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-1: 特定商取引に関する法律第四十条の二第二項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十条の二第二項 (Article 40-2, paragraph (2)), art-40-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-40-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-40-2/par-2
- art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-2: 特定商取引に関する法律第三十三条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-33/par-1
- art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-2: 第三十五条の三の十四 → 割賦販売法 第三十五条の三の十四 (Article 35-3-14), art-35-3-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-35-3-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-35-3-14
- art-6/par-3/item-1/sub-2: 同法第四十条の二第二項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十条の二第二項 (Article 40-2, paragraph (2)), art-40-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-40-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-40-2/par-2
- art-6/par-4: 第二条第一項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-6/par-4: 特定商取引に関する法律第四十条の二第二項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第四十条の二第二項 (Article 40-2, paragraph (2)), art-40-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-40-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-40-2/par-2
- art-7/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-1: 特定商取引に関する法律第三十三条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-33/par-1
- art-8/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 特定商取引に関する法律第五十一条第一項 → 特定商取引に関する法律 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-51/par-1
- art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2: 国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）第百八条の二 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000120, 第百八条の二 (Article 108-2), art-108-2 — not held in this collection
- art-8/par-1/item-4/sub-2: 地方公務員法（昭和二十五年法律第二百六十一号）第五十二条 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000261, 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — not held in this collection
- art-8/par-1/item-6: 無尽業法（昭和六年法律第四十二号）第一条 → e-Gov law 306AC0000000042, 第一条 (Article 1), art-1 — not held in this collection
- art-9/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-9/par-1: 第十一条 → 割賦販売法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11
- art-9/par-1: 次条 → 割賦販売法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-10
- art-10/par-1: 前条 → 割賦販売法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-9
- art-10/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-10/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-10/par-1
- art-11/par-1: 第二条第一項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1/item-1
- art-11/par-1/item-2: 次条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1
- art-11/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 割賦販売法 第十一条第一項第二号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-11/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11/par-1/item-2
- art-12/par-1: 前条 → 割賦販売法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11
- art-12/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1
- art-12/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-2
- art-15/par-1: 第十一条 → 割賦販売法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11
- art-15/par-1/item-4: 前二号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第二号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-15/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-2
- art-15/par-1/item-4: 前二号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第三号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-15/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-3
- art-15/par-1/item-6: 第二十三条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1
- art-15/par-1/item-6: 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-15/par-1/item-8/sub-3: 第十一条 → 割賦販売法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11
- art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-3: 第二十三条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1
- art-15/par-1/item-8/sub-3: 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-15/par-2: 前項第三号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第三号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-15/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-3
- art-15/par-3: 第十一条 → 割賦販売法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11
- art-16/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-2
- art-17/par-1: 前条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-1
- art-17/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-1
- art-17/par-2: 社債、株式等の振替に関する法律（平成十三年法律第七十五号）第二百七十八条第一項 → e-Gov law 413AC0000000075, 第二百七十八条第一項 (Article 278, paragraph (1)), art-278/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-18/par-1: 前条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-1
- art-18/par-2: 第十六条 → 割賦販売法 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16
- art-18/par-2: 前条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-2
- art-18/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18/par-1
- art-18-2/par-1: 第十七条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-1
- art-18-2/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の二第一項 (Article 18-2, paragraph (1)), art-18-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-2/par-1
- art-18-2/par-2: 第二十一条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-1
- art-18-2/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の二第二項 (Article 18-2, paragraph (2)), art-18-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-2/par-2
- art-18-2/par-3: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の二第一項 (Article 18-2, paragraph (1)), art-18-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-2/par-1
- art-18-3/par-1: 第十七条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-1
- art-18-3/par-1: 次項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の三第二項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (2)), art-18-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-2
- art-18-3/par-1: 次条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の四第一項 (Article 18-4, paragraph (1)), art-18-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-4/par-1
- art-18-3/par-2: 第十七条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-1
- art-18-3/par-3: 次条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の四第一項 (Article 18-4, paragraph (1)), art-18-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-4/par-1
- art-18-3/par-3: 第二十七条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1
- art-18-3/par-3: 第二十条の三第三項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第三項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (3)), art-20-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3
- art-18-3/par-4: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の三第三項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (3)), art-18-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-3
- art-18-3/par-5: 第十六条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-1
- art-18-3/par-5: 第十七条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-2
- art-18-4/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の四第一項 (Article 18-4, paragraph (1)), art-18-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-4/par-1
- art-18-5/par-1: 第十七条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-1
- art-18-5/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第一項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (1)), art-18-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-1
- art-18-5/par-3: 前二項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第一項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (1)), art-18-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-1
- art-18-5/par-3: 前二項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第二項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (2)), art-18-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-2
- art-18-5/par-4: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第三項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (3)), art-18-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-3
- art-18-5/par-4: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第一項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (1)), art-18-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-1
- art-18-5/par-4: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第二項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (2)), art-18-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-2
- art-18-5/par-5: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第一項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (1)), art-18-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-1
- art-18-5/par-5: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第二項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (2)), art-18-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-2
- art-18-5/par-6: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第一項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (1)), art-18-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-1
- art-18-5/par-6: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第二項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (2)), art-18-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-2
- art-18-5/par-6: 第十八条の三第三項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の三第三項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (3)), art-18-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-3
- art-18-5/par-7: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の五第六項 (Article 18-5, paragraph (6)), art-18-5/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-5/par-6
- art-18-6/par-1: 第十五条第一項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第二号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-15/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-2
- art-18-6/par-1: 同項第六号から第八号まで → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第六号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-15/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-6
- art-18-6/par-1: 同項第六号から第八号まで → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第七号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-15/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-7
- art-18-6/par-1: 同項第六号から第八号まで → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第八号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-15/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-8
- art-18-6/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の六第一項 (Article 18-6, paragraph (1)), art-18-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-6/par-1
- art-19/par-1: 第十二条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-1
- art-19/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-2
- art-19/par-3: 第十五条第一項第五号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第五号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-15/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-5
- art-19/par-4: 第十二条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-2
- art-19/par-4: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第十二条第三項 (Article 12, paragraph (3)), art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-12/par-3
- art-19/par-4: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-1
- art-19/par-4: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-2
- art-20/par-1: 第十五条第一項第三号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第三号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-15/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-3
- art-20/par-2: 前項 → 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-20-2/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項第一号 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-20-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-1
- art-20-2/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項第二号 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-20-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-2
- art-20-2/par-2: 前項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項第一号 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-20-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-1
- art-20-2/par-2: 同項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項第二号 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-20-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-2
- art-20-2/par-3: 第一項第三号 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項第三号 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-20-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-3
- art-20-2/par-3: 同項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1
- art-20-2/par-4: 第一項第三号 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項第三号 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-20-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-3
- art-20-2/par-4: 同項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1
- art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第一号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-27/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-1
- art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第二号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-27/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-2
- art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第三号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-27/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-3
- art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第四号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-27/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-4
- art-20-3/par-1: 第二十一条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-1
- art-20-3/par-1: 第二十七条第一項第五号 → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第五号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-27/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-5
- art-20-3/par-1: 第六号 → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項第六号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-27/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1/item-6
- art-20-3/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第一項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (1)), art-20-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1
- art-20-3/par-2: 次項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第三項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (3)), art-20-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3
- art-20-3/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第二項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (2)), art-20-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-2
- art-20-3/par-4: 第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第二項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (2)), art-20-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-2
- art-20-3/par-4: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第一項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (1)), art-20-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1
- art-20-3/par-4: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第三項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (3)), art-20-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3
- art-20-3/par-5: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第四項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (4)), art-20-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-4
- art-20-3/par-6: 第十六条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-1
- art-20-3/par-6: 第四項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第四項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (4)), art-20-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-4
- art-20-4/par-1: 前条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第二項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (2)), art-20-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-2
- art-20-4/par-1: 同条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第一項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (1)), art-20-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1
- art-20-4/par-2: 前条第三項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第三項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (3)), art-20-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-3
- art-20-4/par-2: 同条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の三第一項 (Article 20-3, paragraph (1)), art-20-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-3/par-1
- art-20-4/par-3: 前二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の四第一項 (Article 20-4, paragraph (1)), art-20-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-1
- art-20-4/par-3: 前二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の四第二項 (Article 20-4, paragraph (2)), art-20-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-4/par-2
- art-21/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-1
- art-22/par-1: 前条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-1
- art-22/par-1: 第十七条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-1
- art-22/par-2: 前条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-1
- art-22/par-3: 第十六条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-2
- art-22/par-3: 第十七条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-2
- art-22/par-3: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22/par-1
- art-22/par-3: 第十八条の四第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の四第二項 (Article 18-4, paragraph (2)), art-18-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-4/par-2
- art-22/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22/par-2
- art-22-2/par-2: 第十七条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-2
- art-22-2/par-3: 第十七条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-17/par-2
- art-22-2/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十二条の二第二項 (Article 22-2, paragraph (2)), art-22-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22-2/par-2
- art-23/par-1/item-1: 第十五条第一項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第二号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-15/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-2
- art-23/par-1/item-1: 第七号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第七号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-15/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-7
- art-23/par-1/item-1: 第八号 → 割賦販売法 第十五条第一項第八号 (Article 15, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-15/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-15/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-15/par-1/item-8
- art-23/par-1/item-2: 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-23/par-1/item-2: 同条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20/par-2
- art-23/par-1/item-3: 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-23/par-1/item-4: 第十一条 → 割賦販売法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-11
- art-23/par-2/item-1: 第十六条第三項 → 割賦販売法 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-16/par-3
- art-23/par-2/item-1: 第十八条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18/par-2
- art-23/par-2/item-2: 第十八条の三第一項 → 割賦販売法 第十八条の三第一項 (Article 18-3, paragraph (1)), art-18-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-18-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-18-3/par-1
- art-23/par-2/item-3: 第十九条第三項 → 割賦販売法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-19/par-3
- art-23/par-2/item-4: 第二十条の二第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1
- art-23/par-2/item-5: 第二十二条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22/par-1
- art-23/par-2/item-6: 第二十二条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-22/par-2
- art-23/par-3: 前項第四号 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第二項第四号 (Article 23, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-23/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2/item-4
- art-23/par-3: 第二十条の二第一項第三号 → 割賦販売法 第二十条の二第一項第三号 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-20-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20-2/par-1/item-3
- art-23/par-3: 次項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第四項 (Article 23, paragraph (4)), art-23/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-4
- art-23/par-3: 第四十条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-40/par-2
- art-23/par-3: 前項 → 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-23/par-4: 第二項第四号 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第二項第四号 (Article 23, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-23/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-2/item-4
- art-23/par-4: 同項 → 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-23/par-5: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1
- art-23/par-5: 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-24/par-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-24/par-1: 同条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-20/par-2
- art-24/par-1: 前条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1
- art-24/par-1: 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-26/par-2: 第二十四条 → 割賦販売法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-24
- art-26/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-26/par-1
- art-27/par-1/item-2: 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-27/par-1/item-3: 第二十三条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1
- art-27/par-1/item-3: 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-27/par-1/item-4: 第二十五条 → 割賦販売法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-25
- art-27/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-27/par-1
- art-28/par-1: 第二十三条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1
- art-28/par-1: 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-28/par-1: 第二十五条 → 割賦販売法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-25
- art-29/par-1: 第二十三条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-23/par-1
- art-29/par-1: 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-29/par-1: 第二十五条 → 割賦販売法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-25
- art-29/par-1: 前条 → 割賦販売法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-28
- art-29/par-2: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29/par-1
- art-29/par-2: 第二十一条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-21/par-1
- art-29/par-3: 前項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29/par-2
- art-29/par-3: 第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29/par-1

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