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Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (Act No. 57 of June 4, 1976)
- Chapter 1 General Provisions (Article 1)
- Chapter 2 Door-to-Door Sales, Mail Order Sales, and Telemarketing Sales
- Chapter 3 Multilevel Marketing Transactions (Articles 33 to 40-3)
- Chapter 4 Specified Continuous Service Offers (Articles 41 to 50)
- Chapter 5 Business Opportunity Related Sales Transactions (Articles 51 to 58-3)
- Chapter 6 Miscellaneous Provisions (Articles 59 to 69)
- Chapter 7 Penal Provisions (Articles 70 to 75)
- Supplementary Provisions