# 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 — 第八十三条 (Article 83) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83. 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: 第八十三条 (Article 83) — address `art-83` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八十三条 art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83 **第一項** 秘密保持命令が発せられた訴訟（すべての秘密保持命令が取り消された訴訟を除く。）に係る訴訟記録につき、民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項の決定があつた場合において、当事者から同項に規定する秘密記載部分の閲覧等の請求があり、かつ、その請求の手続を行つた者が当該訴訟において秘密保持命令を受けていない者であるときは、裁判所書記官は、同項の申立てをした当事者（その請求をした者を除く。第三項において同じ。）に対し、その請求後直ちに、その請求があつた旨を通知しなければならない。 art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-1 When a court has issued a ruling under Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure with regard to the case record for an action in which a protective order has been issued (excluding an action in which all the protective orders have been rescinded), if a party requests to conduct an inspection, etc. of the portion of the record that includes the secret provided for in the paragraph, and the person who makes the request was not subject to a protective order in the action, immediately after the request is made, the court clerk must notify the party that filed the petition under the paragraph (excluding the requestor; the same applies in paragraph (3)) of the fact that the request was made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、裁判所書記官は、同項の請求があつた日から二週間を経過する日までの間（その請求の手続を行つた者に対する秘密保持命令の申立てがその日までにされた場合にあつては、その申立てについての裁判が確定するまでの間）、その請求の手続を行つた者に同項の秘密記載部分の閲覧等をさせてはならない。 art-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-2 In cases under the preceding paragraph, the court clerk must not allow the party who performed the procedure for the request under the paragraph to conduct an inspection, etc. of the portion of the record that represents the secret until two weeks have passed since the date of the request (if a petition for a protective order against the person who performed the procedure for the request was filed on or before the date, until the date on which the decision on the petition becomes final and binding). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、第一項の請求をした者に同項の秘密記載部分の閲覧等をさせることについて民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項の申立てをした当事者のすべての同意があるときは、適用しない。 art-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if all parties who filed a petition under Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure consent to allow the party who made the request under paragraph (1) to conduct an inspection, etc. of the portion of the record that represents the secret. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-83/par-1: 民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109) - art-83/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 第八十三条第三項 (Article 83, paragraph (3)), art-83/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-3 - art-83/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 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-1 - art-83/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 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-1 - art-83/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 第八十三条第二項 (Article 83, paragraph (2)), art-83/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-2 - art-83/par-3: 民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-92/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 408AC0000000109) ## 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 第八十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-83/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第十五条第一項（文書提出命令の特則についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4211-51/art-15/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