What is the Specified Commercial Transactions Law?

Types of transactions subject to the Specified Commercial Transactions Act

• Door-to-Door Sales

  

  Door-to-Door Sales are transactions such as the sale of goods or rights or the provision of services for which a business operator visits a consumer's domicile and concludes a contract, unscrupulous sales on the street, or appointment sales.

• Mail Order Sales

  

  Mail Order Sales are transactions in which a business operator distributes advertisements via newspapers, magazines, websites, or other media, and receives an offer by communication means such as postal mail or telephone. It includes "internet auctions," but excludes those that fall under "Telemarketing Sales."

• Telemarketing Sales

  

  Telemarketing Sales are transactions in which a business operator solicits a consumer and receives an offer by telephone. It is applicable to cases in which a consumer makes an offer via postal mail or by telephone after hanging up the phone.

• Multilevel Marketing Transactions

  

  Multilevel Marketing Transactions are transactions of goods or services by a sales organization sequentially expanded by soliciting a person to be a salesperson, and having the salesperson solicit another person to be a salesperson.

• Provision of Specified Continuous Services

  

  Provisions of Specified Continuous Services are transactions in which the provision of long-term and continuous services is promised in exchange for the payment of expensive fees. Currently, six services are included such as esthetic salons, language schools, home tutors, cram schools, marriage agencies, and personal computer schools.

• Business Opportunity Sales Transactions

  

  Business Opportunity Sales Transactions are transactions in which a consumer is solicited on the grounds that "income will be gained through the job that will be offered," and made to buy and bear the cost of goods, etc., said to be necessary for the job.

• Door-to-Door Purchase

  

  Door-to-Door Purchase means a transaction in which a business operator visits a consumer's house, etc., and purchases articles.

Outline of the Specified Commercial Transactions Act

１．Administrative Controls

２．Civil Rules