If there is a violation of the provisions of this Chapter, a specified entrusted business operator that is entrusted with business by an entrusting business operator may report that fact to the Fair Trade Commission or the Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency and ask for appropriate measures be taken.
When a report under the preceding paragraph has been made, the Fair Trade Commission or the Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency must conduct the necessary investigation, and if the Fair Trade Commission or the Commissioner finds the content of the report to be true, they must take measures based on this Act or any other appropriate measures.
公正取引委員会又は中小企業庁長官は、前項の規定による申出があったときは、必要な調査を行い、その申出の内容が事実であると認めるときは、この法律に基づく措置その他適当な措置をとらなければならない。
An entrusting business operator must not reduce the volume of transactions, suspend transactions, or otherwise treat a specified entrusted business operator disadvantageously on the grounds that the specified entrusted business operator has made a report under paragraph (1).