Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures
第二条（経過措置）
At the time this Act comes into effect, the Japan Fair Trade Commission that is actually established as an external organ of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is to become the Japan Fair Trade Commission established pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade as amended by this Act, and is to continue to exist with the same identity.
この法律の施行の際、現に総務省の外局として置かれている公正取引委員会は、この法律による改正後の私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律第二十七条第一項の規定に基づいて置かれる公正取引委員会となり、同一性をもって存続するものとする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding Article, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
前条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
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.