# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第十九条の三 (Article 19-3) - Law: 不正競争防止法 (Unfair Competition Prevention Act), 平成五年法律第四十七号 - English title "Unfair Competition Prevention Act": 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: 第十九条の三 (Article 19-3)（適用範囲） — address `art-19-3` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-3 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十九条の三（適用範囲） — (Scope of Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-3 **第一項** 第一章、第二章及びこの章の規定は、日本国内において事業を行う営業秘密保有者の営業秘密であって、日本国内において管理されているものに関し、日本国外において第二条第一項第四号、第五号、第七号又は第八号に掲げる不正競争を行う場合についても、適用する。ただし、当該営業秘密が専ら日本国外において事業の用に供されるものである場合は、この限りでない。 art-19-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-3/par-1 The provisions of Chapter I, Chapter II, and this Chapter also apply if a person commits an act of unfair competition stated in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv), (v), (vii), or (viii) outside Japan, in connection with a trade secret managed within Japan by a trade secret holder; provided, however, that this does not apply if the trade secret is used exclusively for business outside Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19-3/par-1: 第二条第一項第四号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-4 - art-19-3/par-1: 第五号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第五号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-5 - art-19-3/par-1: 第七号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第七号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-2/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-7 - art-19-3/par-1: 第八号 → 不正競争防止法 第二条第一項第八号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-2/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-2/par-1/item-8 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 不正競争防止法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/405AC0000000047/20260521_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Unfair Competition Prevention Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 不正競争防止法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11