When necessary in the investigation of a criminal case (cases related to crimes in Articles 89 to 91; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter), a staff member of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (limited to the staff members designated by the Japan Fair Trade Commission; hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as a "Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member") may request a criminal suspect or witness (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as a "criminal suspect, etc.") to appear before the Japan Fair Trade Commission, may question a criminal suspect, etc., inspect an object possessed or abandoned by a criminal suspect, etc., and may retain an object voluntarily submitted or abandoned by a criminal suspect, etc.
公正取引委員会の職員（公正取引委員会の指定を受けた者に限る。以下この章において「委員会職員」という。）は、犯則事件（第八十九条から第九十一条までの罪に係る事件をいう。以下この章において同じ。）を調査するため必要があるときは、犯則嫌疑者若しくは参考人（以下この項において「犯則嫌疑者等」という。）に対して出頭を求め、犯則嫌疑者等に対して質問し、犯則嫌疑者等が所持し若しくは置き去つた物件を検査し、又は犯則嫌疑者等が任意に提出し若しくは置き去つた物件を領置することができる。
In the course of an investigation in a criminal case, a Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member may inquire with a public agency or public or private organization and request that the agency or organization report the necessary matters.
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Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member
「委員会職員」
In Chapter 12, a staff member of the Japan Fair Trade Commission whom the Commission has designated to investigate criminal cases (犯則事件).
Short name set inArticle 101, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
criminal casemachine translation
「犯則事件」
In Chapter 12, a case concerning the offences in Articles 89 to 91 (among them private monopolization and unreasonable restraint of trade, prohibited international agreements, failing to obey a final cease and desist order, and shareholding in breach of Article 11), which designated Japan Fair Trade Commission staff members (委員会職員) may investigate.
Defined inArticle 101, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
criminal suspect or witness
「犯則嫌疑者等」
In Article 101, paragraph (1), a person suspected in a criminal case (犯則事件) or a witness (参考人), whom a designated Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member (委員会職員) may ask to appear and may question, and whose belongings may be inspected or retained when handed over or left behind.
Short name set inArticle 101, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
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.