Local offices are established at necessary locations as local organizations of the General Secretariat of the Japan Fair Trade Commission.
公正取引委員会の事務総局の地方機関として、所要の地に地方事務所を置く。
The names, locations, and jurisdictional districts of the Local Offices referred to in the preceding paragraph are provided by Cabinet Order.
前項の地方事務所の名称、位置及び管轄区域は、政令で定める。
Branches may be established at necessary locations under the Local Offices referred to in paragraph (1) to conduct some of the affairs of the Local Offices.
第一項の地方事務所には、所要の地にその支所を置き、地方事務所の事務を分掌させることができる。
The names, locations, and jurisdictional districts of the branches referred to in the preceding paragraph are provided by Cabinet Office Order.
前項の支所の名称、位置及び管轄区域は、内閣府令で定める。
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Fair Trade Commission
公正取引委員会
The body the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade (独占禁止法, the Antimonopoly Act) sets up to achieve that Act's purpose — among other things, to promote fair and free competition by banning private monopolization, unreasonable restraint of trade and unfair trade practices, and so to protect the interests of general consumers and the democratic and sound development of the national economy (Antimonopoly Act, Articles 1 and 27, paragraph (1)). It comes under the Prime Minister's jurisdiction, but its chairperson and four commissioners — appointed by the Prime Minister with the consent of both Houses of the Diet — exercise their authority independently (Articles 27, paragraph (2), 28 and 29). Under the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, businesses and trade associations may, with the approval of both the Prime Minister and the Fair Trade Commission, conclude or set agreements or rules (協定又は規約) on premiums or representations (Article 36, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Antimonopoly Act, Arts. 1, 27, 28, 29 and Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Art. 36 as a reference.