# Article 100, paragraph (2), its wordings — Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade

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How the wording of Article 100, paragraph (2) (第百条第二項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: 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) — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act
- Provision: Article 100, paragraph (2) (第百条第二項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-100/par-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/antimonopoly-act/art-100/par-2)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 39 of 2025

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 前項第一号の宣告をした判決が確定したときは、裁判所は、判決の謄本を特許庁長官に送付しなければならない。

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> When a judgment with a sentence as provided in item (i) of the preceding paragraph becomes final and binding, the court must send a copy to the Commissioner of the Patent Office.

## 2. By 31 March 2027 — Act No. 39 of 2025

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 31 March 2027
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 39 of 2025) — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments/20270331_507AC0000000039

Japanese:

> 前項第一号の宣告をした判決が確定したときは、裁判所は、判決の謄本（判決が電磁的記録である場合にあつては、当該電磁的記録）を特許庁長官に送付しなければならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> When a judgment with a sentence as provided in item (i) of the preceding paragraph becomes final and binding, the court must send a copy (or, if the judgment is an electronic or magnetic record, that electronic or magnetic record) to the Commissioner of the Patent Office.

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054/20260521_505AC0000000063)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054/20270331_507AC0000000039)