# 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 — 第二十二条 (Article 22) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-22. 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22) — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-22 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第二十二条 art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-22 **第一項** この法律の規定は、次の各号に掲げる要件を備え、かつ、法律の規定に基づいて設立された組合（組合の連合会を含む。）の行為には、これを適用しない。ただし、不公正な取引方法を用いる場合又は一定の取引分野における競争を実質的に制限することにより不当に対価を引き上げることとなる場合は、この限りでない。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-22/par-1 The provisions of this Act do not apply to acts by a partnership (including a federation of partnerships) which conforms to the requirements listed in each of the following items and which has been formed pursuant to the provisions of other Acts provided, however, that this does not apply if unfair trade practices are employed, or if competition in any particular field of trade is substantially restrained, resulting in unjust price increases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 小規模の事業者又は消費者の相互扶助を目的とすること。 art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 the purpose of the partnership is to provide mutual support to small-scale enterprises or consumers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 任意に設立され、かつ、組合員が任意に加入し、又は脱退することができること。 art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 the partnership is voluntarily formed, and the partners may voluntarily participate in and withdraw from it; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 各組合員が平等の議決権を有すること。 art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 each partner possesses equal voting rights; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 組合員に対して利益分配を行う場合には、その限度が法令又は定款に定められていること。 art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 if a distribution of profits among partners is contemplated, the limits of the distributions are prescribed by the applicable laws and regulations or in the articles of partnership. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites 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 第九条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-9/par-5 --- ## 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 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 — 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