# 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 — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

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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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### 第三条（既往の違反行為に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Past Violations
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<sup>suppl-4171-35/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際旧法第四十八条第一項若しくは第二項の規定による勧告又は旧法第五十条第二項の規定による審判開始決定書の謄本の送達がされることなくその行為がなくなった日から一年を経過している違反行為については、改正後の私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律（以下「新法」という。）第七条第二項（新法第八条の二第二項及び第二十条第二項において準用する場合を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定にかかわらず、新法第七条第二項に規定する措置を命ずることができない。
<sup>suppl-4171-35/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to a violation for which one year has elapsed, at the time this Act comes into effect, since the day on which the act ceased without a recommendation pursuant to Article 48, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Former Act or the service of a transcript of the written decision to commence trial proceedings pursuant to Article 50, paragraph (2) of the Former Act having been made, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade after amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 8-2, paragraph (2) and Article 20, paragraph (2) of the New Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), the measures prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (2) of the New Act cannot be ordered.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4171-35/art-3/par-1: 第七条第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7/par-2
- suppl-4171-35/art-3/par-1: 新法第八条の二第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条の二第二項 (Article 8-2, paragraph (2)), art-8-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-8-2/par-2
- suppl-4171-35/art-3/par-1: 第二十条第二項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-20/par-2
- suppl-4171-35/art-3/par-1: この条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4171-35/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-3

## 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 附則第三条第一項（既往の違反行為に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-3/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第十二条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4171-35/art-12/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-20261106T060022-012, 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
