# 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 — 第百十四条の二 (Article 114-2)

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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: 第百十四条の二 (Article 114-2) — address `art-114-2`
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### 第百十四条の二
<sup>art-114-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2</sup>

**第一項**  公正取引委員会は、第百三条の三の規定により電磁的記録を移転し、又は移転させた上差し押さえた記録媒体について留置の必要がなくなつた場合において、差押えを受けた者と当該記録媒体の所有者、所持者又は保管者とが異なるときは、当該差押えを受けた者に対し、当該記録媒体を交付し、又は当該電磁的記録の複写を許さなければならない。
<sup>art-114-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2/par-1</sup>
If the seized object is a recording medium which was seized after transferring the electronic or magnetic records or having the electronic or magnetic records transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 103-3 and does not need to be placed in custody, where the person who underwent the seizure and the owner, possessor, or custodian of the recording medium differ, the Japan Fair Trade Commission must deliver the recording medium to the person who underwent the seizure or must allow the copying of the electronic or magnetic records.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前条第二項の規定は、前項の規定による交付又は複写について準用する。
<sup>art-114-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery or duplication pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery or duplication pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph of the preceding Article." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb</sup>

**第三項**  前項において準用する前条第二項の規定による公告の日から六月を経過しても前項の交付又は複写の請求がないときは、その交付をし、又は複写をさせることを要しない。
<sup>art-114-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2/par-3</sup>
If neither delivery nor duplication is requested under the preceding paragraph even after six months have elapsed from the date of public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis under the preceding paragraph, neither delivery nor duplication is required to be made.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-114-2/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
- art-114-2/par-2: 前条第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条第二項 (Article 114, paragraph (2)), art-114/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114/par-2
- art-114-2/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 第百十四条の二第一項 (Article 114-2, paragraph (1)), art-114-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2/par-1
- art-114-2/par-3: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の二第二項 (Article 114-2, paragraph (2)), art-114-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2/par-2
- art-114-2/par-3: 前条第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条第二項 (Article 114, paragraph (2)), art-114/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2/par-2
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十四条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-114-2/par-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 114-2, paragraph (2) — 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
