A review meeting of the Consumer Affairs Agency was held to discuss countermeasures against malicious business methods such as spiritual sales, and how much was the ``cancellation right'' of the contract that came to be applied to the spiritual sales due to the revision of the law four years ago? The Consumer Affairs Agency explained, ``There are no reporting provisions, so it is difficult to get a comprehensive understanding.
In response, members of the committee pointed out problems in the current law and requested improvements.
Eight members participated in the review meeting held on the 7th, and they discussed how much the right of cancellation, which became applicable to the psychiatric marketing law due to the revision of the Consumer Contract Act four years ago, was used. An explanation was given by the person in charge of the agency.
The person in charge said, "Because the Consumer Contract Act is a civil rule, there are no reporting provisions, so it is difficult for the government to comprehensively grasp it." ' said.
In addition, regarding the act of giving a large amount of money in the form of a "contribution" in question, whether it falls under a "contract" subject to the right to cancel is "determined according to the interpretation of the civil law." explained.
In response, lawyer Shiori Kanno pointed out, ``We should face the fact that the law is not effective as a countermeasure against psychic marketing and improve it,'' and added, ``The gray zone between contracts and contributions. It is necessary to organize these. We need to get the knowledge to create the standards for this delineation and make it concrete.”
Naoko Yoshino, vice chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, said, ``There are many possible patterns for psychic marketing. It's getting worse," he said.