# 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 — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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
- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4141-98`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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## 附　則 平成一四年七月三一日法律第九八号
<sup>suppl-4141-98 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4141-98</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4141-98/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4141-98/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公社法の施行の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4141-98/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4141-98/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Corporation Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三十八条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4141-98/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4141-98/art-38</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前にした行為並びに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場合及びこの附則の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合における施行日以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-4141-98/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4141-98/art-38/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before the Effective Date and to conduct engaged in on or after the Effective Date in the case where the provisions then in force are to remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of this Act and in the case where provisions are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261106T060022-006, translated 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch antimonopoly-act-20261106T060022-009, translated 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch antimonopoly-act-20261106T060022-011, 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
