# 割賦販売法 / Installment Sales Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 割賦販売法 (Installment Sales Act), 昭和三十六年法律第百五十九号 - English title "Installment Sales Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3591-49` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和五九年六月二日法律第四九号 suppl-3591-49 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、第三十七条第二項の改正規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-3591-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 37, paragraph (2) come into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** 改正後の割賦販売法（以下「新法」という。）第四条第三項及び第五条（新法第三十条の六において準用する場合を含む。）並びに第三十条の二第三項の規定は、指定商品に係る新法第二条第一項第二号に規定する割賦販売又は同条第三項第三号に規定する割賦購入あつせんに係る弁済金のうちそれを支払うべき時期がこの法律の施行日以後に到来するものについて、適用する。 suppl-3591-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-2 Article 4, paragraph (3) and Article 5 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-6 of the New Act) and Article 30-2, paragraph (3) of the Installment Sales Act after amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") apply to those payment moneys, among the payment moneys pertaining to an installment sale prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the New Act or to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in paragraph (3), item (iii) of that Article, concerning designated goods, the due date of which arrives on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行前に締結した契約で、新法第二条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売の方法又は同条第二項第一号に規定するローン提携販売の方法により指定商品を販売するもの並びにこの法律の施行前に割賦販売業者又はローン提携販売業者が受けた申込みで、同条第一項第一号に規定する割賦販売の方法又は同条第二項第一号に規定するローン提携販売の方法により指定商品を販売する契約に係るもの及びこの法律の施行後当該申込みに係る契約が締結された場合における当該契約については、新法第四条の三（新法第二十九条の四において準用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3591-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-3 With regard to a contract concluded before this Act comes into effect under which designated goods are sold by the method of installment sale prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the New Act or the method of loan-affiliated installment sale prescribed in paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article, an offer received before this Act comes into effect by an installment seller or loan-affiliated installment seller that relates to a contract to sell designated goods by the method of installment sale prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) of that Article or the method of loan-affiliated installment sale prescribed in paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article, and a contract concluded after this Act comes into effect that relates to that offer, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 4-3 of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29-4 of the New Act). machine translation, not official **第四項** 新法第四条の三（新法第二十九条の四及び第三十条の六において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、この法律の施行前に締結した契約で、新法第二条第一項第二号に規定する割賦販売の方法、同条第二項第二号に規定するローン提携販売の方法又は同条第三項に規定する割賦購入あつせんに係る販売の方法により指定商品を販売するもの並びにこの法律の施行前に割賦販売業者、ローン提携販売業者又は割賦購入あつせん関係販売業者が受けた申込みで、同条第一項第二号に規定する割賦販売の方法、同条第二項第二号に規定するローン提携販売の方法又は同条第三項に規定する割賦購入あつせんに係る販売の方法により指定商品を販売する契約に係るもの及びこの法律の施行後当該申込みに係る契約が締結された場合における当該契約については、適用しない。 suppl-3591-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-4 Article 4-3 of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29-4 and Article 30-6 of the New Act) does not apply to a contract concluded before this Act comes into effect under which designated goods are sold by the method of installment sale prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the New Act, the method of loan-affiliated installment sale prescribed in paragraph (2), item (ii) of that Article, or the method of sale pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article, to an offer received before this Act comes into effect by an installment seller, loan-affiliated installment seller or seller affiliated with the intermediation of installment purchases that relates to a contract to sell designated goods by the method of installment sale prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Article, the method of loan-affiliated installment sale prescribed in paragraph (2), item (ii) of that Article, or the method of sale pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article, or to a contract concluded after this Act comes into effect that relates to that offer. machine translation, not official **第五項** 新法第六条第二項及び第三十条の三の規定は、この法律の施行前に締結した契約で、割賦販売の方法により指定商品を販売するもの又は割賦購入あつせんに係る購入の方法により購入された指定商品の代金に相当する額の受領に係るものについては、適用しない。 suppl-3591-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-5 Article 6, paragraph (2) and Article 30-3 of the New Act do not apply to a contract concluded before this Act comes into effect under which designated goods are sold by the method of installment sale, or which relates to the receipt of an amount equivalent to the price of designated goods purchased by the method of purchase pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases. machine translation, not official **第六項** 新法第三十条の四の規定は、この法律の施行日以後購入者が新法第二条第三項第一号又は第二号に規定する割賦購入あつせんに係る購入の方法により購入した指定商品に係る新法第三十条の二第一項第二号又は第五項第二号の支払分について、適用する。 suppl-3591-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-6 Article 30-4 of the New Act applies to the amounts to be paid referred to in Article 30-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) or paragraph (5), item (ii) of the New Act that relate to designated goods purchased by a purchaser, on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect, by the method of purchase pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i) or (ii) of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第七項** 新法第三十条の五の規定は、この法律の施行日以後購入者がそれと引換えに、又はそれを提示して指定商品を購入した証票等（新法第二条第三項第一号に規定する証票等をいう。以下同じ。）に係る新法第二条第三項第三号に規定する割賦購入あつせんに係る弁済金のうち、新法第三十条の五の規定を適用した場合には当該商品に係るものとみなされることとなるものの支払について、適用する。 suppl-3591-49/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-7 Article 30-5 of the New Act applies to the payment of those payment moneys, among the payment moneys pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3), item (iii) of the New Act that relate to a voucher, etc. (meaning the voucher, etc. prescribed in paragraph (3), item (i) of that Article; the same applies below) in exchange for which or by presenting which a purchaser purchased designated goods on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect, that would be deemed to relate to those goods if Article 30-5 of the New Act were applied. machine translation, not official **第八項** 新法第三十一条の規定は、この法律の施行の際現に新法第二条第三項第三号に規定する割賦購入あつせんを業として営んでいる者については、次に掲げる場合に該当する場合に限り、適用しない。 suppl-3591-49/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-8 Article 31 of the New Act does not apply to a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually engaged in the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3), item (iii) of the New Act as a business, only in a case that falls under one of the following: machine translation, not official **一** この法律の施行の日から六月間（その期間内に新法第三十二条の申請書を提出した場合には、その申請につき登録又は登録拒否の処分があるまでの間を含む。）その営業をする場合 suppl-3591-49/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-8/item-1 the case where the person carries on that business for six months from the day on which this Act comes into effect (including, where the person has submitted the application referred to in Article 32 of the New Act within that period, the period until the disposition of registration or refusal of registration is made on that application); machine translation, not official **二** 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交付した証票等に係る取引を結了する目的の範囲内でその営業をする場合 suppl-3591-49/par-8/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-8/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-8/item-2 the case where, after the period referred to in the preceding item has passed, the person carries on that business within the scope of the purpose of completing transactions pertaining to vouchers, etc. issued by the last day of that period. machine translation, not official **第九項** この法律の施行前に、改正前の割賦販売法又は同法の規定に基づく命令の規定により前払式特定取引に関してした処分、手続その他の行為は、新法又は新法の規定に基づく命令の規定により前払式特定取引に関してした処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-3591-49/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-9 Dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out in relation to specified prepaid transactions before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the Installment Sales Act prior to amendment or of orders based on the provisions of that Act are deemed to be dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out in relation to specified prepaid transactions pursuant to the provisions of the New Act or of orders based on the provisions of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第十項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3591-49/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-3591-49/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-3591-49/par-10 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3591-49/par-2: 第四条第三項 → 割賦販売法 第四条第三項 (Article 4, paragraph (3)), art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-4/par-3 - suppl-3591-49/par-2: 第五条 → 割賦販売法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-5 - suppl-3591-49/par-2: 新法第三十条の六 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の六 (Article 30-6), art-30-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-6 - suppl-3591-49/par-2: 第三十条の二第三項 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の二第三項 (Article 30-2, paragraph (3)), art-30-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-2/par-3 - suppl-3591-49/par-2: 新法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 - suppl-3591-49/par-3: 新法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 - suppl-3591-49/par-3: 同条第二項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第二項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-2/item-1 - suppl-3591-49/par-3: 新法第二十九条の四 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の四 (Article 29-4), art-29-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4 - suppl-3591-49/par-4: 新法第二十九条の四 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の四 (Article 29-4), art-29-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4 - suppl-3591-49/par-4: 第三十条の六 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の六 (Article 30-6), art-30-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-6 - suppl-3591-49/par-4: 新法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 - suppl-3591-49/par-4: 同条第二項第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第二項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-2/item-2 - suppl-3591-49/par-4: 同条第三項 → 割賦販売法 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-3 - suppl-3591-49/par-5: 新法第六条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-6/par-2 - suppl-3591-49/par-5: 第三十条の三 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の三 (Article 30-3), art-30-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-3 - suppl-3591-49/par-6: 新法第三十条の四 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4), art-30-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-4 - suppl-3591-49/par-6: 新法第二条第三項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第三項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-2/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-3/item-1 - suppl-3591-49/par-6: 第二号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第三項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-2/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-3/item-2 - suppl-3591-49/par-7: 新法第三十条の五 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の五 (Article 30-5), art-30-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-5 - suppl-3591-49/par-7: 新法第二条第三項第一号 → 割賦販売法 第二条第三項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-2/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-3/item-1 - suppl-3591-49/par-8: 新法第三十一条 → 割賦販売法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-31 - suppl-3591-49/par-8/item-1: 新法第三十二条 → 割賦販売法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-32 - 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