# 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 — 第三十四条 (Article 34) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34. 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34) — address `art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34 - 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. --- ### 第三十四条 art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34 **第一項** 公正取引委員会は、委員長及び二人以上の委員の出席がなければ、議事を開き、議決することができない。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-1 No meeting of the Japan Fair Trade Commission may be held, nor may a resolution be effected without the attendance of the Chair and two or more Commissioners. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公正取引委員会の議事は、出席者の過半数を以て、これを決する。可否同数のときは、委員長の決するところによる。 art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-2 A Japan Fair Trade Commission's decision is effected by a majority of the attendees. In the event of a tie vote, the Chair is to decide. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 公正取引委員会が第三十一条第五号の規定による決定をするには、前項の規定にかかわらず、本人を除く全員の一致がなければならない。 art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a decision by the Japan Fair Trade Commission under the provisions of Article 31, item (v) must have unanimous concurrence by all Commissioners and the Chair except for the Commissioner or Chair concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 委員長が故障のある場合の第一項の規定の適用については、前条第二項に規定する委員長を代理する者は、委員長とみなす。 art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-4 For the purpose of applying the provisions of paragraph (1) if the Chair cannot execute the Chair's duties, the Commissioner chosen to act on behalf of the Chair pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article is deemed to be the Chair. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-34/par-3: 第三十一条第五号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十一条第一項第五号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-31/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-31/par-1/item-5 - art-34/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 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-2 - art-34/par-4: 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 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-1 - art-34/par-4: 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 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-33/par-2 ## Cited by 4 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 第三十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-34/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-65/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-65/par-3 --- ## 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