# 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 / Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade — 第十章 (Chapter 10)
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- Law: 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 (Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade), 昭和二十二年法律第五十四号
- English title "Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第十章 (Chapter 10) — address `ch-10`
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## 第十章 雑則 — Chapter X Miscellaneous Provisions
heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
ch-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-10
### 第八十八条の二
art-88-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-10#art-88-2
**第一項** この法律に基づき、政令又は公正取引委員会規則を制定し、又は改廃する場合においては、その政令又は公正取引委員会規則で、その制定又は改廃に伴い合理的に必要と判断される範囲内において、所要の経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）を定めることができる。
art-88-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-10#art-88-2/par-1
If any Cabinet Order or Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission are established, revised, or abolished pursuant to the provisions of this Act, necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures relating to penal provisions) may be provided by virtue of the Cabinet Order or the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission to the extent they are considered reasonably necessary along with the establishment, revision, or abolition.
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## Sources
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 — the text as 令和七年法律第三十九号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054/20270331_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06