# 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 — 第百十二条 (Article 112)

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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: 第百十二条 (Article 112) — address `art-112`
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### 第百十二条
<sup>art-112 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-112</sup>

**第一項**  委員会職員は、領置、差押え又は記録命令付差押えをしたときは、その目録を作成し、領置物件、差押物件若しくは記録命令付差押物件の所有者、所持者若しくは保管者（第百三条の三の規定による処分を受けた者を含む。）又はこれらの者に代わるべき者にその謄本を交付しなければならない。
<sup>art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-112/par-1</sup>
After carrying out retention, seizure, or seizure with ordering records, a Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member must prepare an inventory of the objects retained, seized, or seized by ordering records and deliver a copy of the inventory to the owner, holder, or custodian of the objects retained, seized, or seized by ordering records (including a person subjected to the measure under the provisions of Article 103-3) or a person who can act in lieu of the owner, holder, or custodian.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "After carrying out retention, seizure, or seizure with a record order, a Japan Fair Trade Commission staff member must prepare an inventory of the objects retained, seized, or seized by ordering records and deliver a copy of the inventory to the owner or holder of the objects retained, seized, or seized by ordering records (including a person subjected to the measure under the provisions of Article 103-3) or a person who can act in lieu of the owner or holder." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-112/par-1: 第百三条の三 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百三条の三 (Article 103-3), art-103-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-103-3

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## 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 in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054/20260521_505AC0000000063), 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 112, 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
