# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24) - 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（起訴状の朗読方法の特例） — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-24 - 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. --- ### 第二十四条（起訴状の朗読方法の特例） — (Special Provisions on the Manner of Reading Out Charging Sheets) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-24 **第一項** 秘匿決定があったときは、刑事訴訟法第二百九十一条第一項の起訴状の朗読は、営業秘密構成情報特定事項を明らかにしない方法でこれを行うものとする。この場合においては、検察官は、被告人に起訴状を示さなければならない。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-24/par-1 If a protective ruling has been issued, the charging sheet must be read out, pursuant to Article 291, paragraph (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in a manner that does not disclose any matter allowing trade secrets to be identified. In this case, the public prosecutor must show the charging sheet to the accused. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 刑事訴訟法第二百七十一条の二第四項の規定による措置がとられた場合（当該措置に係る個人特定事項（同法第二百一条の二第一項に規定する個人特定事項をいう。以下この項において同じ。）の全部について同法第二百七十一条の五第一項の決定があった場合を除く。）における前項後段の規定の適用については、同項後段中「起訴状」とあるのは、当該措置に係る個人特定事項の一部について同法第二百七十一条の五第一項の決定があった場合にあっては「起訴状抄本等（同法第二百七十一条の二第二項に規定する起訴状抄本等をいう。）及び同法第二百七十一条の五第四項に規定する書面」と、それ以外の場合にあっては「起訴状抄本等（同法第二百七十一条の二第二項に規定する起訴状抄本等をいう。）」とする。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-24/par-2 With regard to the application of the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph in cases where measures have been taken pursuant to the provisions of Article 271-2, paragraph (4), Code of Criminal Procedure (excluding cases where a decision by Article 271-5, paragraph (1) of the same Code has been rendered with regard to all of the matters specified as individuals (meaning matters specified as individuals as prescribed in Article 201-2, paragraph (1) of the same Code; the same applies in this paragraph below)), the term "charging sheet" in the second sentence of the same paragraph is to be replaced with "charging sheet extract, etc. (meaning a charging sheet extract, etc. as prescribed in Article 271-2, paragraph (2) of the same Code) and documents as prescribed in Article 271-5, paragraph (4) of the same Code" in cases where a decision by Article 271-5, paragraph (1) of the same Code has been rendered with regard to some of the matters specified as individuals relating to the measures, and with "charging sheet extract, etc. (meaning a charging sheet extract, etc. as prescribed in Article 271-2, paragraph (2) of the same Code)" in other cases. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to the application of the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph in cases where measures have been taken pursuant to the provisions of Article 271-2, paragraph (4), Code of Criminal Procedure (excluding cases where a decision by Article 271-5, paragraph (1) of the same Code has been rendered with regard to all of the matters specified as individuals (meaning matters specified as individuals as prescribed in Article 201-1, paragraph (1) of the same Code; the same applies in this paragraph below)), the term "charging sheet" in the second sentence of the same paragraph is to be replaced with "charging sheet extract, etc. (meaning a charging sheet extract, etc. as prescribed in Article 271-2, paragraph (2) of the same Code) and documents as prescribed in Article 271-5, paragraph (4) of the same Code" in cases where a decision by Article 271-5, paragraph (1) of the same Code has been rendered with regard to some of the matters specified as individuals relating to the measures, and with "charging sheet extract, etc. (meaning a charging sheet extract, etc. as prescribed in Article 271-2, paragraph (2) of the same Code)" in other cases." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4920/tb --- ## Cites - art-24/par-1: 刑事訴訟法第二百九十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第二百九十一条第一項 (Article 291, paragraph (1)), art-291/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-24/par-2: 刑事訴訟法第二百七十一条の二第四項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第二百七十一条の二第四項 (Article 271-2, paragraph (4)), art-271-2/par-4 — not held in this collection - art-24/par-2: 同法第二百一条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第二百一条の二第一項 (Article 201-2, paragraph (1)), art-201-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-24/par-2: この項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-24/par-2 - art-24/par-2: 同法第二百七十一条の五第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第二百七十一条の五第一項 (Article 271-5, paragraph (1)), art-271-5/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-24/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-24/par-1 - art-24/par-2: 同法第二百七十一条の二第二項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第二百七十一条の二第二項 (Article 271-2, paragraph (2)), art-271-2/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-24/par-2: 同法第二百七十一条の五第四項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第二百七十一条の五第四項 (Article 271-5, paragraph (4)), art-271-5/par-4 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第二十四条第二項（起訴状の朗読方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-24/par-2 - 不正競争防止法 第三十一条第一項（最高裁判所規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-31/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Unfair Competition Prevention Act (不正競争防止法), Article 24, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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