# 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 — 第七条の八 (Article 7-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8. 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: 第七条の八 (Article 7-8) — address `art-7-8` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Any enterprise that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 7-2 must pay the surcharge calculated pursuant to the provisions of the article, Article 7-3, paragraph (2) or (3) of Article 7-4, paragraph (3) of Article 7-5, or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **第二項** 第七条の二、第七条の三、第七条の四第二項若しくは第三項、第七条の五第三項又は前条第一項の規定により計算した課徴金の額に一万円未満の端数があるときは、その端数は、切り捨てる。 art-7-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-2 If the amount of surcharge calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, Article 7-3, Article 7-4, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 7-5, paragraph (3), or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article includes numbers to the right of the ten thousands place, the surcharge is rounded down to the nearest ten thousand yen. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the amount of surcharge calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, Article 7-3, paragraph (2) or (3) of Article 7-4, paragraph (3) of Article 7-5, or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article includes numbers to the right of the ten thousands place, the surcharge is rounded down to the nearest ten thousand yen." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **第三項** 第七条の二第一項に規定する違反行為をした事業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は、当該法人がした違反行為並びに当該法人が受けた同項の規定による命令、第七条の四第七項及び前条第三項の規定による通知並びに第六十三条第二項の規定による決定（以下この項及び次項において「命令等」という。）は、合併後存続し、又は合併により設立された法人がした違反行為及び当該合併後存続し、又は合併により設立された法人が受けた命令等とみなして、第七条の二からこの条までの規定を適用する。 art-7-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-3 If an enterprise that has committed a violation provided in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) is a corporation and if the relevant corporation has ceased to exist by virtue of a merger, the violation committed by the relevant corporation and order pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) and paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, or decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2) received by the corporation (hereinafter referred to as an "order, etc." in this paragraph and the following paragraph) is deemed to be a violation committed by the corporation surviving, or established as a result of the merger, or an order, etc. received by the corporation surviving, or established as a result of the merger for the purpose of application of the provisions from Article 7-2 through this Article. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an enterprise that has committed a violation provided in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) is a corporation and if the relevant corporation has ceased to exist by virtue of a merger, the violation committed by the relevant corporation and order pursuant to the provisions of the Article, notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) and paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, or decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2) received by the corporation (hereinafter referred to as an "order, etc." in this paragraph and the following paragraph) is deemed to be a violation committed by the corporation surviving, or established as a result of the merger, or an order, etc. received by the corporation surviving, or established as a result of the merger for the purpose of application of the provisions from Article 7-2 through this Article." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **第四項** 第七条の二第一項に規定する違反行為をした事業者が法人である場合において、当該法人がその一若しくは二以上の子会社等に対して当該違反行為に係る事業の全部を譲渡し、又は当該法人（会社である場合に限る。）がその一若しくは二以上の子会社等に対して分割により当該違反行為に係る事業の全部を承継させ、かつ、合併以外の事由により消滅したときは、当該法人がした違反行為及び当該法人が受けた命令等は、当該事業の全部若しくは一部を譲り受け、又は分割により当該事業の全部若しくは一部を承継した子会社等（以下「特定事業承継子会社等」という。）がした違反行為及び当該特定事業承継子会社等が受けた命令等とみなして、同条からこの条までの規定を適用する。この場合において、当該特定事業承継子会社等が二以上あるときは、第七条の二第一項中「当該事業者に対し」とあるのは「特定事業承継子会社等（第七条の八第四項に規定する特定事業承継子会社等をいう。以下この項及び同条第一項において同じ。）に対し、この項の規定による命令を受けた他の特定事業承継子会社等と連帯して」と、第一項中「受けた者は」とあるのは「受けた特定事業承継子会社等は、同項の規定による命令を受けた他の特定事業承継子会社等と連帯して」とする。 art-7-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-4 If an enterprise that has committed a violation provided in paragraph (1) of Article 7-2 is a corporation and the corporation transferred all of the business concerned with the violation to any one or more of its subsidiary companies, etc., or if the corporation (limited to a company) had any one or more of its subsidiary companies, etc. succeed to all of the business concerned with the violation through a split, and ceased to exist due to a reason other than merger, the violation committed by the corporation and the order, etc. received by the corporation is deemed to be a violation committed by the subsidiary company, etc. to whom all or part of the relevant business has been transferred or who has succeeded to all or part of the relevant business through a split (hereinafter referred to as a "subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business") or to be an order, etc. received by the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business, respectively, for the purpose of application of the provisions from that Article through this Article. In this case, if there are two or more subsidiary companies, etc. that have succeeded to the specified business, the term "order the enterprise" appearing in paragraph (1) of Article 7-2 is deemed to be replaced with "order the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business (meaning the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business as provided in paragraph (4) of Article 7-8; the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (1) of that Article), jointly and severally with any other subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business and that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph," and the term "Any enterprise that has received an order" appearing in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Any subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business and that has received an order, jointly and severally with any other subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business and that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph". Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If an enterprise that has committed a violation provided in paragraph (1) of Article 7-2 is a corporation and the corporation transferred all of the enterprise concerned with the violation to any one or more of its subsidiary companies, etc., or if the corporation (limited to a company) had any one or more of its subsidiary companies, etc. succeed to all of the business concerned with the violation through a split, and ceased to exist due to a reason other than merger, the violation committed by the corporation and the order, etc. received by the corporation is deemed to be a violation committed by the subsidiary company, etc. to whom all or part of the relevant business has been transferred or who has succeeded to all or part of the relevant business through a split (hereinafter referred to as a "subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business") or to be an order, etc. received by the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business, respectively, for the purpose of application of the provisions from the article through this Article. In this case, if there are two or more subsidiary companies, etc. that have succeeded to the specified business, the term "order the enterprise" appearing in paragraph (1) of Article 7-2 is deemed to be replaced with "order the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business (meaning the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business as provided in paragraph (4) of Article 7-8; the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (1) of the article), jointly and severally with any other subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business and that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph," and the term "Any enterprise who has received an order" appearing in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Any subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business and that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph, jointly and severally with any other subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business and that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph"." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **第五項** 前二項の場合において、第七条の四及び第七条の五の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-7-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-5 In cases under the preceding two paragraphs, matters necessary for the application of the provisions of Article 7-4 and Article 7-5 are provided by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 実行期間の終了した日から七年を経過したときは、公正取引委員会は、当該違反行為に係る課徴金の納付を命ずることができない。 art-7-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-6 After seven years have passed since the end of the period of implementation, the Japan Fair Trade Commission may not order payment of a surcharge for the relevant violation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7-8/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-7-8/par-1: 同条 → 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 (Article 7-2), art-7-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2 - art-7-8/par-1: 第七条の三 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の三 (Article 7-3), art-7-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-3 - art-7-8/par-1: 第七条の四第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の四第二項 (Article 7-4, paragraph (2)), art-7-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-4/par-2 - art-7-8/par-1: 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 第七条の四第三項 (Article 7-4, paragraph (3)), art-7-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-4/par-3 - art-7-8/par-1: 第七条の五第三項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の五第三項 (Article 7-5, paragraph (3)), art-7-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-5/par-3 - art-7-8/par-1: 前条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の七第一項 (Article 7-7, paragraph (1)), art-7-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-7/par-1 - art-7-8/par-2: 第七条の二 → 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 (Article 7-2), art-7-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2 - art-7-8/par-2: 第七条の三 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の三 (Article 7-3), art-7-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-3 - art-7-8/par-2: 第七条の四第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の四第二項 (Article 7-4, paragraph (2)), art-7-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-4/par-2 - art-7-8/par-2: 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 第七条の四第三項 (Article 7-4, paragraph (3)), art-7-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-4/par-3 - art-7-8/par-2: 第七条の五第三項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の五第三項 (Article 7-5, paragraph (3)), art-7-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-5/par-3 - art-7-8/par-2: 前条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の七第一項 (Article 7-7, paragraph (1)), art-7-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-7/par-1 - art-7-8/par-3: 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-7-8/par-3: 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-7-8/par-3: 前条第三項 → 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-7-8/par-3: 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-7-8/par-3: この項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の八第三項 (Article 7-8, paragraph (3)), art-7-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-3 - art-7-8/par-3: 次項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の八第四項 (Article 7-8, paragraph (4)), art-7-8/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-4 - art-7-8/par-3: 第七条の二 → 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 (Article 7-2), art-7-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2 - art-7-8/par-3: 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 第七条の八 (Article 7-8), art-7-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8 - art-7-8/par-4: 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-7-8/par-4: 同条 → 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 (Article 7-2), art-7-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-2 - art-7-8/par-4: 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 第七条の八 (Article 7-8), art-7-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8 - art-7-8/par-4: 第七条の八第四項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の八第四項 (Article 7-8, paragraph (4)), art-7-8/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-4 - art-7-8/par-4: 同条第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の八第一項 (Article 7-8, paragraph (1)), art-7-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-1 - art-7-8/par-5: 前二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の八第三項 (Article 7-8, paragraph (3)), art-7-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-3 - art-7-8/par-5: 前二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の八第四項 (Article 7-8, paragraph (4)), art-7-8/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-4 - art-7-8/par-5: 第七条の四 → 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 (Article 7-4), art-7-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-4 - art-7-8/par-5: 第七条の五 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の五 (Article 7-5), art-7-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-5 ## Cited by 16 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 第七条の八第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の八第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の八第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-8/par-5 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の九第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-9/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条の九第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7-9/par-4 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-8-3/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-5011-45/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 附則第五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-5011-45/art-5/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-5011-45/art-5/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-5011-45/art-6/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-5011-45/art-6/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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 7-8, 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 7-8, paragraph (2) — 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 7-8, paragraph (3) — 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 7-8, paragraph (4) — 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