# 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 — 第三十五条 (Article 35) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35. 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: 第三十五条 (Article 35) — address `art-35` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35 - 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. --- ### 第三十五条 art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35 **第一項** 公正取引委員会の事務を処理させるため、公正取引委員会に事務総局を置く。 art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-1 The General Secretariat is hereby established for the Japan Fair Trade Commission for the purpose of the administration of its affairs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事務総局に事務総長を置く。 art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-2 The General Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 事務総長は、事務総局の局務を統理する。 art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-3 The Secretary General presides over the administrative affairs of the General Secretariat. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 事務総局に官房及び局を置く。 art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-4 The Secretariat and Bureaus are hereby established in the General Secretariat. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 内閣府設置法第十七条第二項から第八項までの規定は、前項の官房及び局の設置、所掌事務の範囲及び内部組織について準用する。 art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-5 The provisions of paragraphs (2) through (8) of Article 17 of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office apply mutatis mutandis to the establishment, the scope of the affairs under the jurisdiction, and the internal organization of the secretariat and bureaus referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第四項の規定に基づき置かれる官房及び局の数は、三以内とする。 art-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-6 The Secretariat and Bureaus established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) do not exceed three. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 事務総局の職員中には、検察官、任命の際現に弁護士たる者又は弁護士の資格を有する者を加えなければならない。 art-35/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-7 A public prosecutor, an attorney practicing at the time of the appointment, or a person qualified to be an attorney must be among the staff members of the General Secretariat. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 前項の検察官たる職員の掌る職務は、この法律の規定に違反する事件に関するものに限る。 art-35/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-8 The duties of the staff member who is the public prosecutor referred to in the preceding paragraph are limited to duties related to cases of violation of the provisions of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35/par-5: 内閣府設置法第十七条第二項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-35/par-5: 第八項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第十七条第八項 (Article 17, paragraph (8)), art-17/par-8 — not held in this collection - art-35/par-5: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十五条第四項 (Article 35, paragraph (4)), art-35/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-4 - art-35/par-6: 第四項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十五条第四項 (Article 35, paragraph (4)), art-35/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-4 - art-35/par-8: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十五条第七項 (Article 35, paragraph (7)), art-35/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-7 ## 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 第三十五条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-5 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十五条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-6 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三十五条第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-35/par-8 - 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（審判官に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-8/par-1 --- ## 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