# 不正競争防止法 / Unfair Competition Prevention Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25)（尋問等の制限） — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-25 - 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. --- ### 第二十五条（尋問等の制限） — (Limiting Examinations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-25 **第一項** 裁判長は、秘匿決定があった場合において、訴訟関係人のする尋問又は陳述が営業秘密構成情報特定事項にわたるときは、これを制限することにより、犯罪の証明に重大な支障を生ずるおそれがある場合又は被告人の防御に実質的な不利益を生ずるおそれがある場合を除き、当該尋問又は陳述を制限することができる。訴訟関係人の被告人に対する供述を求める行為についても、同様とする。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-25/par-1 If a protective ruling has been issued and examinations or statements by persons concerned in the case include the matter allowing trade secrets to be identified, unless limiting the examinations or statements could materially interfere with proving the offence or could be substantially detrimental to the defense of the accused, the presiding judge may limit the questions or statements. The same applies to questions for the accused by persons concerned in the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 刑事訴訟法第二百九十五条第五項及び第六項の規定は、前項の規定による命令を受けた検察官又は弁護士である弁護人がこれに従わなかった場合について準用する。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-25/par-2 The provisions of Article 295, paragraphs (5) and (6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure apply mutatis mutandis if the public prosecutor or attorney acting as defense counsel has disobeyed an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-2: 刑事訴訟法第二百九十五条第五項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第二百九十五条第五項 (Article 295, paragraph (5)), art-295/par-5 — not held in this collection - art-25/par-2: 第六項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000131, 第二百九十五条第六項 (Article 295, paragraph (6)), art-295/par-6 — not held in this collection - art-25/par-2: 前項 → 不正競争防止法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-25/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不正競争防止法 第二十五条第二項（尋問等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000047/art-25/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 - 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