# 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 — 第四十八条の六 (Article 48-6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6. 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: 第四十八条の六 (Article 48-6) — address `art-48-6` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十八条の六 art-48-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6 **第一項** 公正取引委員会は、第三条、第六条、第八条又は第十九条の規定に違反する疑いの理由となつた行為が既になくなつている場合においても、公正かつ自由な競争の促進を図る上で特に必要があると認めるときは、第一号に掲げる者に対し、第二号に掲げる事項を書面により通知することができる。ただし、第五十条第一項（第六十二条第四項において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）の規定による通知をした後は、この限りでない。 art-48-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1 When the Japan Fair Trade Commission finds it to be particularly necessary for promotion of fair and free competition, even if the act that was the reason for the suspicion of violation of the provisions of Article 3, Article 6, Article 8, or Article 19 has already ceased to exist, it may notify the party stated in item (i) of the matters in item (ii) in writing provided, however, that this does not apply after notice was made pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) (including when these are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (4) following the deemed replacement of terms). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the Japan Fair Trade Commission finds it to be particularly necessary for promotion of fair and free competition, even if the act that was the reason for the suspicion of violation of the provisions of Article 3, Article 6, Article 8, or Article 19 has already ceased to exist, it may notify the party stated in item (i) in the form of a document of the matters in item (ii) in writing provided, however, that this does not apply after notice was made pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) (including when these are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (4) following the deemed replacement of term)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **一** 次に掲げる者 art-48-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-1 the following party: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 疑いの理由となつた行為をした者 art-48-6/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-1/sub-1 the party who committed the act that was the reason for the suspicion; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 疑いの理由となつた行為をした者が法人である場合において、当該法人が合併により消滅したときにおける合併後存続し、又は合併により設立された法人 art-48-6/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-1/sub-2 if the party who committed the act that was the reason for the suspicion is a corporation, any corporation surviving, or established as a result of the merger when the corporation ceased to exist; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 疑いの理由となつた行為をした者が法人である場合において、当該法人から分割により当該行為に係る事業の全部又は一部を承継した法人 art-48-6/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-1/sub-3 if the party who committed the act that was the reason for the suspicion is a corporation, any corporation who has acquired all or part of the business involving the relevant act from the corporation by virtue of a company split; or Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "if the party who committed the act that was the reason for the suspicion is a corporation, any corporation who has acquired all or part of the business involving the relevant act from the corporation by virtue of a company spilt; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **ニ** 疑いの理由となつた行為をした者から当該行為に係る事業の全部又は一部を譲り受けた者 art-48-6/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-1/sub-4 any party who acquired all or part of the business involving the relevant act from the party who committed the act that was the reason for the suspicion. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 次に掲げる事項 art-48-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-2 the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 疑いの理由となつた行為の概要 art-48-6/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-2/sub-1 the overview of the act that was the reason for the suspicion; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 違反する疑いのあつた法令の条項 art-48-6/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-2/sub-2 the clause of the laws and regulations for which there was suspicion of violation; and Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the clause of the laws and regulations for which there was suspicion of violation; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **ハ** 次条第一項の規定による認定の申請をすることができる旨 art-48-6/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-2/sub-3 the fact that it is possible to make an application for approval under the provisions of Article 48-7, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-48-6/par-1: 第三条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-3 - art-48-6/par-1: 第六条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-6 - art-48-6/par-1: 第八条 → 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 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-8 - art-48-6/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-48-6/par-1: 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 第四十八条の六第一項第一号 (Article 48-6, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-48-6/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-1 - art-48-6/par-1: 第二号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の六第一項第二号 (Article 48-6, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-48-6/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1/item-2 - art-48-6/par-1: 第五十条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第五十条第一項 (Article 50, paragraph (1)), art-50/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-50/par-1 - art-48-6/par-1: 第六十二条第四項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第六十二条第四項 (Article 62, paragraph (4)), art-62/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-62/par-4 - art-48-6/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 次条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の七第一項 (Article 48-7, paragraph (1)), art-48-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-7/par-1 ## 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 第四十八条の六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-7/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 48-6, 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 (私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律), Article 48-6, paragraph (1), item (i), (c) — 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 (私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律), Article 48-6, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b) — 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