# 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 — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

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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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（施行日前に認可の取消しに係る審判手続を開始した場合についての経過措置） — address `suppl-4251-100/art-4`
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### 第四条（施行日前に認可の取消しに係る審判手続を開始した場合についての経過措置） — Transitional Measures in Cases Where Trial Proceedings Concerning Rescission of Approval Were Commenced before the Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4251-100/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に旧法第七十条の十二第一項の規定により審判手続を開始した場合における審判手続、当該審判手続による審決の取消しの訴えに係る手続その他これらに類する手続として公正取引委員会規則で定めるものについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4251-100/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-4/par-1</sup>
In the case where trial proceedings were commenced before the Effective Date pursuant to Article 70-12, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern the trial proceedings, procedures for an action to revoke a decision made through those trial proceedings, and other procedures similar to these that are specified by the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

3 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 附則第二条第一項（施行日前に排除措置命令又は納付命令に係る通知があった場合についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-2/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第八条第一項（審判官に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-8/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第八条第二項（審判官に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4251-100/art-8/par-2

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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-20261106T060022-015, 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
