# 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 — 第四十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 41)

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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: 第四十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 41)（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3611-93/art-41`
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### 第四十一条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-3611-93/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3611-93/art-41</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる事項に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3611-93/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3611-93/art-41/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and to acts committed after the enforcement of this Act that relate to matters for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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## Cited by

1 provision cites 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 附則第四十二条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-3611-93/art-42/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-20261106T060022-008, 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
