# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第十九条の四 (Article 19-4)

- 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: 第十九条の四 (Article 19-4)（政令等への委任） — address `art-19-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4
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### 第十九条の四（政令等への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4</sup>

**第一項**  この法律に定めるもののほか、没収保全と滞納処分との手続の調整について必要な事項で、滞納処分に関するものは、政令で定める。
<sup>art-19-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is prescribed in this Act, the matters concerning measures to collect arrears, which are necessary for the procedural alignment between those measures and the direct freezing of assets are to be specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  この法律に定めるもののほか、第三十二条の規定による第三者の参加及び裁判に関する手続、第八章に規定する没収保全及び追徴保全に関する手続並びに第九章に規定する国際共助手続について必要な事項（前項に規定する事項を除く。）は、最高裁判所規則で定める。
<sup>art-19-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4/par-2</sup>
Beyond what is prescribed in this Act, matters necessary for procedures concerning a third party's participation and a judicial decision under Article 32, procedures for the direct freezing of assets and the value freezing of assets under Chapter VIII, and procedures for international mutual legal assistance under Chapter IX (excluding matters prescribed in the preceding paragraph) are to be specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-19-4/par-2: 第三十二条 → 不正競争防止法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-32
- art-19-4/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第十九条の四第一項 (Article 19-4, paragraph (1)), art-19-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 不正競争防止法 第十九条の四第二項（政令等への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-19-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-19-4/par-2

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## 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
