The Chair, Commissioners, and staff members of the Japan Fair Trade Commission must not express their opinions outside the Japan Fair Trade Commission on the existence or non-existence of facts or the application of laws and regulations with regard to a case provided, however, that this does not apply to a case provided for in this Act or to a case in which the results of their research on this Act are published.
委員長、委員及び公正取引委員会の職員は、事件に関する事実の有無又は法令の適用について、意見を外部に発表してはならない。但し、この法律に規定する場合又はこの法律に関する研究の結果を発表する場合は、この限りでない。
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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.