# 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 — 第八十六条 (Article 86) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86. 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: 第八十六条 (Article 86) — address `art-86` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八十六条 art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86 **第一項** 東京地方裁判所は、第八十五条各号に掲げる訴訟及び事件並びに前条に規定する訴訟については、三人の裁判官の合議体で審理及び裁判をする。 art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86/par-1 The Tokyo District Court is to conduct a proceeding and make a judicial decision by a panel consisting of three judges for action and case provided for in Article 85, as well as actions provided for in the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、東京地方裁判所は、同項の訴訟及び事件について、五人の裁判官の合議体で審理及び裁判をする旨の決定をその合議体ですることができる。 art-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Tokyo District Court, with regard to the action and case in the preceding paragraph, may make a ruling by the panel of five judges who are to conduct a proceeding and make a judicial decision. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Tokyo District Court, with regard to the action and case preceding paragraph, may make a ruling by the panel of five judges who are to conduct a proceeding and make a judicial decision." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb **第三項** 前項の場合には、判事補は、同時に三人以上合議体に加わり、又は裁判長となることができない。 art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86/par-3 In the case of the preceding paragraph, the panel may not contain three or more assistant judges simultaneously, and no assistant judge may serve as the presiding judge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-86/par-1: 第八十五条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-85 - art-86/par-1: 前条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十五条の二 (Article 85-2), art-85-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-85-2 - art-86/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 第八十六条第一項 (Article 86, paragraph (1)), art-86/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86/par-1 - art-86/par-3: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十六条第二項 (Article 86, paragraph (2)), art-86/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 特定受託事業者に係る取引の適正化等に関する法律 第十条第一項（私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/freelance-act/art-10/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 505AC0000000025) - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-86/par-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第十一条第一項（施行日前に認可申請の却下等の審決を受けた者に対する抗告訴訟に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-11/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 86, 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 — 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