# 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 — 第七十四条 (Article 74) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74. 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: 第七十四条 (Article 74) — address `art-74` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74 - 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. --- ### 第七十四条 art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74 **第一項** 公正取引委員会は、第十二章に規定する手続による調査により犯則の心証を得たときは、検事総長に告発しなければならない。 art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74/par-1 If the Japan Fair Trade Commission is convinced, after an investigation conducted pursuant to the procedures provided in Chapter XII, that a criminal offense has taken place, it must file an accusation with the Prosecutor General. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公正取引委員会は、前項に定めるもののほか、この法律の規定に違反する犯罪があると思料するときは、検事総長に告発しなければならない。 art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74/par-2 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, if the Japan Fair Trade Commission believes that a crime violating the provisions of this Act has taken place, it must file an accusation with the Prosecutor General. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項の規定による告発に係る事件について公訴を提起しない処分をしたときは、検事総長は、遅滞なく、法務大臣を経由して、その旨及びその理由を、文書をもつて内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-74/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74/par-3 If the Prosecutor General has decided not to prosecute a case that is the subject of an accusation under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the Prosecutor General must promptly submit a written report to that effect to the Prime Minister through the Minister of Justice, giving the reasons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-74/par-2: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74/par-1 - art-74/par-3: 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 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74/par-1 - art-74/par-3: 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 第七十四条第二項 (Article 74, paragraph (2)), art-74/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不当景品類及び不当表示防止法 第三十六条第五項（協定又は規約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/premiums-and-representations-act/art-36/par-5 (e-Gov law ID 337AC0000000134) - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-74/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第百十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-116/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch antimonopoly-act-20261106T060022-004, translated 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