The content and character of shop key money are unclear up to now despite the idiomatic word. Because of this intrinsic characteristic of shop key money, a law for protection of commercial building tenants does not protect shop key money itself but pr...
The content and character of shop key money are unclear up to now despite the idiomatic word. Because of this intrinsic characteristic of shop key money, a law for protection of commercial building tenants does not protect shop key money itself but protects a shop key money collection action of a tenant from a leaseholder. Therefore, unlike short and clear contents to protect shop key money itself simply, contents such as protection requirements of a shop key money collection action, disturbance reason of a leaseholder, and information provision of a new tenant should be enacted together. In above shop key money protection regulations and related legal interpretation, there is an interpretation different from a legislator's intention through the judicial branch. For example, one of the most representative things is a problem of existence of exerting time of shop key money protection regulations.
For the above mentioned reasons, the parties to shop key money become confused in applying shop key money protection regulations to a detailed issue. Therefore, it is necessary to revise, establish, or delete regulations related to shop key money for above parties to consider the benefit and protection of the law in a balanced way and to apply it to a detailed issue of above regulations.
First, on a law for protection of commercial building tenants, the exerting time of contact renewal right of a tenant is restricted, but in shop key money protection regulations, the exerting time is not restricted. Of course, in thinking reasonably, a legislator does not seem to miss out the exerting time of shop key money protection regulations deliberately, and it is difficult for the legislator to expect a tenant who leads business deliberately during the period of five years or less to be subject to above regulations. Therefore, Paragraph 4 in 4 of Article 10 of a law for protection of commercial building tenants should be revised to “A right under Paragraph 1 does not lapse until rental contact ends, and according to Paragraph 3, if a right to demand compensation for a leaseholder is not exercised within three years from a day when lease ends, this right lapses because of completion of prescription.”
Above this, for a leaseholder whose liberty of choice of a tenant is violated, the scope of markedly big balance and deposit fixed in No. 3, Paragraph 1 in 4 of Article 10 of a law for protection of commercial building tenants should be interpreted to be formed in a broader range according to present surroundings. In addition, if a tenant leases a store and does not use the store to make profit for a year and a half, there is no shop key money so this can be a right reason of Paragraph 2 in 4 of Article 10 of a law for protection of commercial building tenants, so it seemed that a main agent of No. 3 in the same paragraph is the tenant, but if it is interpreted that a main agent of above regulation is the tenant, it goes against the tenant to no purpose, and interpreting that above main agent is a leaseholder or a third party acts against a law, so No. 3 should be legislatively deleted. Furthermore, it is difficult for a leaseholder to accept deposit and rental fee and for a tenant to lay claim to local shop key money in accordance with local shop key money, so it is desirable not to calculate local shop key money on calculating shop key money for a new tenant.
In addition, a case that a leaseholder obstructs the process that a tenant arranges a new tenant is the obstruction of opportunity to collect shop key money, so Paragraph 1 in 4 of Article 10 of a law for protection of commercial building tenants should be revised to “an action that a leaseholder obstructs a tenant arranges a new tenant or refuses conclusion of a rental contact with a new tenant who a tenant arranges without just reason.” In addition, to reach that a tenant is subject to shop key money protection regulations in accordance with a tenant's information duty of a leaseholder, it is insufficient to neglect information duty simply and a leaseholder should feel more responsible to be offered above information, so the latter part of Paragraph 5 in 4 of Article 10 of a law for protection of commercial building tenants needs “If above information is not offered, a leaseholder should ask for a tenant to offer above information, and although a tenant does not offer above information, it is assumed that there is a valid reason of No. 1, Paragraph 2 in a leaseholder.”
Meanwhile, what a tenant really want is that he or she makes stable profits and conducts business in the relevant store for a long time, so as Paragraph 6 in 4 of Article 10 of a law for protection of commercial building tenants, it is necessary that “If a tenant make an appointment with a leaseholder not to apply Paragraph 1 in 4 of Article 10 on making a rental contact, a tenant can act a contact renewal right within the limit of that the whole of rental term including the first rental term does not exceed 15 years despite Paragraph 2 in Article 10.” In addition, to protect shop key money of a tenant more, “from three months before a term of lease to termination of a rental contact” fixed in Paragraph 1 in 4 of Article 10 of the same law should be revised to “ from three months before a term of lease to termination of a rental contact, or until a leaseholder finds a new tenant within three months after termination of a rental contact.”