# 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 — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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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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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) — address `suppl-3241-214/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第二条
<sup>suppl-3241-214/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3241-214/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律施行の際、金融業以外の事業を営む会社（外国会社を含む。）が第十条第二項の改正規定に反して所有する国内の他の会社の株式又は社債の処置については、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-3241-214/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3241-214/art-2/par-1</sup>
The disposition of shares of other companies in Japan or company bonds that a company engaged in a business other than financial business (including a foreign company) holds, at the time this Act comes into effect, in contravention of the amended provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2) is to be specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  金融業以外の事業を営む国内の会社であつてその総資産が五百万円をこえるもの又は金融業以外の事業を営む外国会社は、昭和二十四年四月一日現在において国内の他の会社の株式又は社債を所有している場合（株式又は社債の有価証券信託において、自己を受益者とする場合を含む。但し、株式については、自己が議決権を行使する場合に限る。）には、第十条第四項の改正規定にかかわらず、同日現在においてその所有し、又は信託をしている株式又は社債に関する報告書を公正取引委員会規則で定める日まで、公正取引委員会に提出しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-3241-214/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3241-214/art-2/par-2</sup>
A company in Japan engaged in a business other than financial business whose total assets exceed 5,000,000 yen, or a foreign company engaged in a business other than financial business, if it holds shares of other companies in Japan or company bonds as of April 1, 1949 (including the case where, in a securities trust of shares or company bonds, it is the beneficiary provided, however, that for shares, this is limited to the case where it exercises the voting rights itself), must, notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 10, paragraph (4), submit to the Japan Fair Trade Commission, by the date specified by the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission, a written report on the shares or company bonds that it holds or has placed in trust as of that date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## 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 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3241-214/art-4/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3241-214/art-5/par-1

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## 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-20261106T060022-005, translated 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch antimonopoly-act-20261106T060022-005, 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
