# 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 — 第七章 (Chapter 7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七章 (Chapter 7) — address `ch-7` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-03-31 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 31 March 2027. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20270331_507AC0000000039) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/ch-7 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第七章　差止請求及び損害賠償 — Chapter VII Injunctions and Damages heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7 ### 第二十四条 art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-24 **第一項** 第八条第五号又は第十九条の規定に違反する行為によつてその利益を侵害され、又は侵害されるおそれがある者は、これにより著しい損害を生じ、又は生ずるおそれがあるときは、その利益を侵害する事業者若しくは事業者団体又は侵害するおそれがある事業者若しくは事業者団体に対し、その侵害の停止又は予防を請求することができる。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-24/par-1 A person whose interests are infringed upon or likely to be infringed upon by an act in violation of the provisions of Article 8, item (v) or Article 19 and who is thereby suffering or likely to suffer extreme damage is entitled to seek the suspension or prevention of the infringements from an enterprise or a trade association that infringes upon or is likely to infringe upon the interests. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十五条 art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-25 **第一項** 第三条、第六条又は第十九条の規定に違反する行為をした事業者（第六条の規定に違反する行為をした事業者にあつては、当該国際的協定又は国際的契約において、不当な取引制限をし、又は不公正な取引方法を自ら用いた事業者に限る。）及び第八条の規定に違反する行為をした事業者団体は、被害者に対し、損害賠償の責めに任ずる。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-25/par-1 An enterprise that has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Articles 3, 6, or 19 (for an enterprise that has committed acts in violation of the provisions of Article 6, limited to an enterprise that has effected unreasonable restraint of trade or employed unfair trade practices in the international agreement or contract concerned) and any trade association that has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 8 is liable for damages suffered by another party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事業者及び事業者団体は、故意又は過失がなかつたことを証明して、前項に規定する責任を免れることができない。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-25/par-2 No enterprise or trade association may be exempted from the liability provided in the preceding paragraph by proving the non-existence of intention or negligence on its part. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十六条 art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-26 **第一項** 前条の規定による損害賠償の請求権は、第四十九条に規定する排除措置命令（排除措置命令がされなかつた場合にあつては、第六十二条第一項に規定する納付命令（第八条第一号又は第二号の規定に違反する行為をした事業者団体の構成事業者に対するものを除く。））が確定した後でなければ、裁判上主張することができない。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-26/par-1 The right to claim damages under the provisions of the preceding Article may not be asserted in court until the cease and desist order provided for in the provisions of Article 49 (if no such order has been issued, the payment order provided in Article 62, paragraph (1) (excluding those issued against an enterprise that constitutes a trade association that has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 8, item (i) or (ii))) has become final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The right to claim damages under to the provisions of the preceding Article may not be asserted in court until the cease and desist order provided for in the provisions of Article 49 (if no such order has been issued, the payment order provided in Article 62, paragraph (1) (excluding those issued against an enterprise that constitutes a trade association that has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 8, item (i) or (ii))) has become final and binding." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **第二項** 前項の請求権は、同項の排除措置命令又は納付命令が確定した日から三年を経過したときは、時効によつて消滅する。 art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-26/par-2 The right set forth in the preceding paragraph expires by prescription after a lapse of three years from the date on which the cease and desist order or the payment order set forth in the paragraph became final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-24/par-1: 第八条第五号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条第一項第五号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-8/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-3#art-8/par-1/item-5 - art-24/par-1: 第十九条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-5/from-art-18-2#art-19 - art-25/par-1: 第三条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-2/from-art-2-2#art-3 - art-25/par-1: 第六条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-2/from-art-2-2#art-6 - art-25/par-1: 第十九条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-5/from-art-18-2#art-19 - art-25/par-1: 第八条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-3#art-8 - art-25/par-2: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-25/par-1 - art-26/par-1: 前条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-25 - art-26/par-1: 第四十九条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-8/from-art-48-7#art-49 - art-26/par-1: 第六十二条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-8/from-art-57#art-62/par-1 - art-26/par-1: 第八条第一号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-3#art-8/par-1/item-1 - art-26/par-1: 第二号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条第一項第二号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-3#art-8/par-1/item-2 - art-26/par-2: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039/text/ch-7#art-26/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-06 - 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 (私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律), Article 26, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb), 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