# 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 — 第九十五条の四 (Article 95-4)

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- 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
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### 第九十五条の四
<sup>art-95-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-95-4</sup>

**第一項**  裁判所は、十分な理由があると認めるときは、第八十九条第一項第二号又は第九十条に規定する刑の言渡しと同時に、事業者団体の解散を宣告することができる。
<sup>art-95-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-95-4/par-1</sup>
If the court finds that sufficient grounds exist, it may sentence a trade association to dissolution, simultaneously with the rendition of punishments as provided in Article 89, paragraph (1), item (ii) or Article 90.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the court finds that sufficient grounds exist, it may sentence a trade association to dissolution, simultaneously with the rendition of punishments as provided in Article 89 or Article 90, paragraph (1), item (ii)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により解散が宣告された場合には、他の法令の規定又は定款その他の定めにかかわらず、事業者団体は、その宣告により解散する。
<sup>art-95-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-95-4/par-2</sup>
If a trade association has been sentenced to dissolution pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the trade association is dissolved by virtue of the sentence, notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws or regulations, articles of incorporation or other stipulations.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-95-4/par-1: 第八十九条第一項第二号 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八十九条第一項第二号 (Article 89, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-89/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-89/par-1/item-2
- art-95-4/par-1: 第九十条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十条 (Article 90), art-90 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-90
- art-95-4/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 第九十五条の四第一項 (Article 95-4, paragraph (1)), art-95-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-95-4/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 第九十五条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-95-4/par-2
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-96/par-3

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## 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 95-4, 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 — 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
