Supplementary Provisions, Article 16Review
第十六条（検討）
The government is to conduct a review of the procedures by which the Japan Fair Trade Commission conducts necessary investigations of cases, from the viewpoint of ensuring that persons concerned with a case can mount an adequate defense while ensuring consistency with other administrative procedures in Japan, reach a conclusion within about one year after the promulgation of this Act, and, if it finds it necessary, take required measures.
政府は、公正取引委員会が事件について必要な調査を行う手続について、我が国における他の行政手続との整合性を確保しつつ、事件関係人が十分な防御を行うことを確保する観点から検討を行い、この法律の公布後一年を目途に結論を得て、必要があると認めるときは、所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
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.