# 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 — 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2. 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: 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2) — address `art-20-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十条の二 art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2 **第一項** 事業者が、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者であつて、第十九条の規定に違反する行為（第二条第九項第一号に該当するものに限る。）をしたときは、公正取引委員会は、第八章第二節に規定する手続に従い、当該事業者に対し、違反行為期間における、当該違反行為において当該事業者がその供給を拒絶し、又はその供給に係る商品若しくは役務の数量若しくは内容を制限した事業者の競争者に対し供給した同号イに規定する商品又は役務と同一の商品又は役務（同号ロに規定する違反行為にあつては、当該事業者が同号ロに規定する他の事業者（以下この条において「拒絶事業者」という。）に対し供給した同号ロに規定する商品又は役務と同一の商品又は役務（当該拒絶事業者が当該同一の商品又は役務を供給するために必要な商品又は役務を含む。）、拒絶事業者がその供給を拒絶し、又はその供給に係る商品若しくは役務の数量若しくは内容を制限した事業者の競争者に対し当該事業者が供給した当該同一の商品又は役務及び拒絶事業者が当該事業者に対し供給した当該同一の商品又は役務）の政令で定める方法により算定した売上額に百分の三を乗じて得た額に相当する額の課徴金を国庫に納付することを命じなければならない。ただし、当該事業者が当該違反行為に係る行為について第七条の二第一項（第八条の三において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。次条から第二十条の五までにおいて同じ。）若しくは第七条の九第一項若しくは第二項の規定による命令（当該命令が確定している場合に限る。第二十条の四及び第二十条の五において同じ。）、第七条の四第七項若しくは第七条の七第三項の規定による通知若しくは第六十三条第二項の規定による決定を受けたとき、又はこの条の規定による課徴金の額が百万円未満であるときは、その納付を命ずることができない。 art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2/par-1 If an enterprise under either of the following items has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 19 (limited to acts that fall under Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i)), pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 2 of Chapter VIII, the Japan Fair Trade Commission must order the enterprise to pay to the national treasury a surcharge in an amount equivalent to three percent of the amount of sales for goods or services identical to those set forth in (a) of the same item that the relevant enterprise supplied, through the act in violation during the violation period, to the competitor of an enterprise to which it refused to supply the goods or services or to which it supplied the goods or services in limited quantities or with limited content (for an act in violation under the provisions of (b) of the same item, the amount of sales for goods or services identical to those set forth in (b) of the same item that the relevant enterprise supplied to the other enterprise prescribed in (b) of the same item (hereinafter referred to as the "refusing enterprise" in this Article) (including goods or services that were necessary in order for the refusing enterprise to supply the relevant type of goods or services), for goods or services identical to those that the enterprise supplied to the competitor of an enterprise to which the refusing enterprise refused to supply the goods or services or to which it supplied the goods or services in limited quantities or with a limited content, and for goods or services identical to those that the refusing enterprise supplied to the relevant enterprise), which is calculated using the method prescribed by the Cabinet Order provided, however, that the Japan Fair Trade Commission may not order the payment of such a surcharge if, with regard to the relevant violation, the enterprise has received an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) (including when these are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 8-3 following the deemed replacement of terms; the same applies in the following Article through Article 20-5) or an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-9, paragraph (1) or (2) (limited to when the relevant order is final and binding; the same applies in Articles 20-4 and 20-5), a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) or Article 7-7, paragraph (3), or a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2), or if the amount of surcharge pursuant to this Article is less than one million yen: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an enterprise under either of the following items has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 19 (limited to acts that fall under Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i)), pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 2 of Chapter VIII, the Japan Fair Trade Commission must order the enterprise to pay to the national treasury a surcharge in an amount equivalent to three percent of the amount of sales for goods or services identical to those set forth in (a) of the same item that the relevant enterprise supplied, through the act in violation during the violation period, to the competitor of an enterprise to which it refused to supply the goods or services or to which it supplied the goods or services in limited quantities or with limited content (for an act in violation under the provisions of (b) of the same item, the amount of sales for goods or services identical to those set forth in (b) of the same item that the relevant enterprise supplied to the other enterprise prescribed in (b) of the same item (hereinafter referred to as the "refusing enterprise" in this Article) (including goods or services that were necessary in order for the refusing enterprise to supply the relevant type of goods or services), for goods or services identical to those that the enterprise supplied to the competitor of an enterprise to which the refusing enterprise refused to supply the goods or services or to which it supplied the goods or services in limited quantities or with a limited content, and for goods or services identical to those that the refusing company supplied to the relevant enterprise), which is calculated using the method prescribed by the Cabinet Order provided, however, that the Japan Fair Trade Commission may not order the payment of such a surcharge if, with regard to the relevant violation, the enterprise has received an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) (including when these are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 8-3 following the deemed replacement of terms; the same applies in the following Article through Article 20-5) or an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-9, paragraph (1) or (2) (limited to when the relevant order is final and binding; the same applies in Articles 20-4 and 20-5), a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) or Article 7-7, paragraph (3), or a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2), or if the amount of surcharge pursuant to this Article is less than one million yen:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **一** 当該違反行為に係る事件についての調査開始日から遡り十年以内に、前条の規定による命令（第二条第九項第一号に係るものに限る。次号において同じ。）又はこの条の規定による命令を受けたことがある者（当該命令が確定している場合に限る。次号において同じ。） art-20-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-1 a person who received an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (limited to an order related to Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i); the same applies in the following item) or an order pursuant to the provisions of this Article (limited to when the relevant order is final and binding; the same applies in the following item), within ten years before the investigation start date in relation to the case concerned with the relevant violation; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該違反行為に係る事件についての調査開始日から遡り十年以内に、その完全子会社が前条の規定による命令（当該命令の日において当該事業者の完全子会社である場合に限る。）又はこの条の規定による命令（当該命令の日において当該事業者の完全子会社である場合に限る。）を受けたことがある者 art-20-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-2 an enterprise whose wholly owned subsidiary company was subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the relevant enterprise on the date of the order) or of this Article (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the enterprise on the date of the order) within the ten years before the investigation start date for the case concerned with the relevant violation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20-2/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/art-19 - art-20-2/par-1: 第二条第九項第一号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二条第九項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i)), art-2/par-9/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-2/par-9/item-1 - art-20-2/par-1: この条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2), art-20-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2 - art-20-2/par-1: 第七条の二第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の二第一項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1)), art-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2/par-1 - art-20-2/par-1: 第八条の三 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条の三 (Article 8-3), art-8-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-8-3 - art-20-2/par-1: 次条から第二十条の五まで → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の三 (Article 20-3), art-20-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-3 - art-20-2/par-1: 次条から第二十条の五まで → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の四 (Article 20-4), art-20-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-4 - art-20-2/par-1: 次条から第二十条の五まで → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の五 (Article 20-5), art-20-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-5 - art-20-2/par-1: 第七条の九第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の九第一項 (Article 7-9, paragraph (1)), art-7-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-9/par-1 - art-20-2/par-1: 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 第七条の九第二項 (Article 7-9, paragraph (2)), art-7-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-9/par-2 - art-20-2/par-1: 第七条の四第七項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の四第七項 (Article 7-4, paragraph (7)), art-7-4/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-4/par-7 - art-20-2/par-1: 第七条の七第三項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の七第三項 (Article 7-7, paragraph (3)), art-7-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-7/par-3 - art-20-2/par-1: 第六十三条第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六十三条第二項 (Article 63, paragraph (2)), art-63/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-63/par-2 - art-20-2/par-1/item-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 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20 - art-20-2/par-1/item-1: 第二条第九項第一号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二条第九項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i)), art-2/par-9/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-2/par-9/item-1 - art-20-2/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の二第一項第二号 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-20-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-2 - art-20-2/par-1/item-1: この条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2), art-20-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2 - art-20-2/par-1/item-2: 前条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20 - art-20-2/par-1/item-2: この条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2), art-20-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2 ## Cited by 18 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 第十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-18-2/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第十八条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-18-2/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20-7/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-4/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の五第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-5/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-8/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の九第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-9/par-4 - 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 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-62/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-70/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4211-51/art-5/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第六条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4211-51/art-6/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第八条第一項（審決及び排除措置命令に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4211-51/art-8/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-6/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第六条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-5011-45/art-6/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-5011-45/art-9/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 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 20-2, 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