# 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-4161-44. 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-4161-44` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44 - 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 平成一六年五月一二日法律第四四号 suppl-4161-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-1 **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。 suppl-4161-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（割賦販売法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Installment Sales Act caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-44/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3 **第一項** 第二条の規定による改正後の割賦販売法（以下この条において「新割賦販売法」という。）第四条の三、第二十九条の三の二及び第三十条の二の二の規定は、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っせん関係販売業者が受けた申込みで、割賦販売法第二条第一項に規定する割賦販売の方法、同条第二項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っせんに係る販売の方法により指定商品を販売する連鎖販売個人契約（連鎖販売契約（当該連鎖販売契約以外の契約であっ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若しくはそのあっせん又は役務の提供若しくはそのあっせん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をいう。以下同じ。）に係るものについては、適用しない。 suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-1 The provisions of Articles 4-3, 29-3-2 and 30-2-2 of the Installment Sales Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "New Installment Sales Act") do not apply to an offer received, before this Act comes into effect, by an installment seller, a loan-affiliated installment seller or a seller affiliated with the intermediation of installment purchases that relates to a personal multilevel marketing contract (meaning, among multilevel marketing contracts (including a contract other than that multilevel marketing contract which relates to the sale of goods or rights or the provision of services pertaining to its multilevel marketing undertaking), a contract with an individual who carries out the sale of goods or rights pertaining to that multilevel marketing undertaking or the intermediation thereof, or the provision of services pertaining to it or the intermediation thereof, other than through a store or other similar facility; the same applies below) under which designated goods are sold by the method of installment sale prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Installment Sales Act, the method of loan-affiliated installment sale prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article or the method of sale pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新割賦販売法第五条の規定は、この法律の施行前に締結した連鎖販売個人契約で、割賦販売法第二条第一項に規定する割賦販売の方法により指定商品を販売するものについては、適用しない。 suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-2 The provisions of Article 5 of the New Installment Sales Act do not apply to a personal multilevel marketing 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) of the Installment Sales Act. machine translation, not official **第三項** 新割賦販売法第八条（新割賦販売法第二十九条の四第一項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連鎖販売個人契約で、割賦販売法第二条第一項に規定する割賦販売の方法、同条第二項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っせんに係る販売若しくは提供の方法により指定商品若しくは指定権利を販売し、又は指定役務を提供するものについては、適用しない。 suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3 The provisions of Article 8 of the New Installment Sales Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29-4, paragraph (1) and Article 30-6 of the New Installment Sales Act) do not apply to a personal multilevel marketing contract concluded before this Act comes into effect under which designated goods or designated rights are sold, or designated services are provided, by the method of installment sale prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Installment Sales Act, the method of loan-affiliated installment sale prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article or the method of sale or provision pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article. machine translation, not official **第四項** 新割賦販売法第二十九条の四第二項及び第三項の規定は、この法律の施行前に購入者が割賦販売法第二条第二項第一号又は第二号に規定するローン提携販売の方法により購入する連鎖販売個人契約を締結した指定商品に係る分割返済金又は弁済金については、適用しない。 suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-4 The provisions of Article 29-4, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the New Installment Sales Act do not apply to amortized repayments or payment money pertaining to designated goods for which a purchaser, before this Act comes into effect, concluded a personal multilevel marketing contract to purchase them by the method of loan-affiliated installment sale prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i) or (ii) of the Installment Sales Act. machine translation, not official **第五項** 新割賦販売法第三十条の二の四の規定は、この法律の施行前に締結した連鎖販売個人契約で割賦販売法第二条第三項に規定する割賦購入あっせんに係る販売の方法により指定商品を販売するものに係る割賦購入あっせんについては、適用しない。 suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-5 The provisions of Article 30-2-4 of the New Installment Sales Act do not apply to the intermediation of installment purchases pertaining to a personal multilevel marketing contract concluded before this Act comes into effect under which designated goods are sold by the method of sale pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Installment Sales Act. machine translation, not official **第六項** 新割賦販売法第三十条の四及び第三十条の五の規定は、この法律の施行前に購入者が割賦販売法第二条第三項各号に規定する割賦購入あっせんに係る購入の方法により購入する連鎖販売個人契約を締結した指定商品に係る支払分又は弁済金については、適用しない。 suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-6 The provisions of Articles 30-4 and 30-5 of the New Installment Sales Act do not apply to the amount to be paid or payment money pertaining to designated goods for which a purchaser, before this Act comes into effect, concluded a personal multilevel marketing contract to purchase them by the method of purchase pertaining to the intermediation of installment purchases prescribed in each item of Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Installment Sales Act. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-44/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-4 **第一項** 前二条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4161-44/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-4/par-1 Beyond what is provided in the preceding two Articles, any transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are provided by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official ### 第五条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-5 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、国民の日常生活に係る商取引に関する事情その他の経済的社会的環境の変化に応じ、新特定商取引法の規定に検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4161-44/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-5/par-1 Approximately five years after the enforcement of this Act, the government is to review the provisions of the New Specified Commercial Transactions Act according to the changes in the situation of commercial transactions that arise in the everyday lives of the people and any other economic and social conditions, and take necessary measures based on the results of its review. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-1: この条 → 割賦販売法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4161-44/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/suppl-4161-44/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/suppl-4161-44/art-3 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-1: 第三十条の二の二 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の二の二 (Article 30-2-2), art-30-2-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-2-2 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-1: 割賦販売法第二条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-1: 同条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-1: 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-4161-44/art-3/par-2: 新割賦販売法第五条 → 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-4161-44/art-3/par-2: 割賦販売法第二条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3: 新割賦販売法第八条 → 割賦販売法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-8 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3: 新割賦販売法第二十九条の四第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の四第一項 (Article 29-4, paragraph (1)), art-29-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-1 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3: 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-4161-44/art-3/par-3: 割賦販売法第二条第一項 → 割賦販売法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3: 同条第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-3: 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-4161-44/art-3/par-4: 新割賦販売法第二十九条の四第二項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の四第二項 (Article 29-4, paragraph (2)), art-29-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-2 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-4: 第三項 → 割賦販売法 第二十九条の四第三項 (Article 29-4, paragraph (3)), art-29-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-29-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-29-4/par-3 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-4: 割賦販売法第二条第二項第一号 → 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-4161-44/art-3/par-4: 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-4161-44/art-3/par-5: 新割賦販売法第三十条の二の四 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の二の四 (Article 30-2-4), art-30-2-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/installment-sales-act/art-30-2-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000159/art-30-2-4 - suppl-4161-44/art-3/par-5: 割賦販売法第二条第三項 → 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-4161-44/art-3/par-6: 新割賦販売法第三十条の四 → 割賦販売法 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4), art-30-4 — 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